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Aizoon secundum

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Species of succulent

Aizoon secundum
Aizoon secundum flowers
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Genus: Aizoon
Species: A. secundum
Binomial name
Aizoon secundum
L.f. (1782)
Synonyms
  • Aizoon contaminatum Eckl. & Zeyh. (1837)
  • Aizoon elongatum Eckl. & Zeyh. (1837)
  • Aizoon glinoides Eckl. & Zeyh. (1837), nom. illeg.
  • Aizoon propinquum Eckl. & Zeyh. (1837)
  • Galenia secunda (L.f.) Sond. (1862)

Aizoon secundum, the onesided galenia, is a species of flowering plant native to southern Africa, including Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa (Cape Provinces, Free State, and Northern Provinces). It is naturalized in Australia (Western Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales), Spain, and the United States (Florida and New Jersey). In Spain and Australia, is considered an invasive weed threatening native vegetation.

Aizoon secundum is shrub or perennial herb with grayish-white stems that trail along the ground for as much as 60 cm, forming mats. Leaves are grayish-white, folded inward, up to 2.5 cm long. Flowers are small, white to yellowish, up to 2 mm in diameter, often hidden by the leaves.

References

  1. ^ Aizoon secundum L.f. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  2. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2). Galenia secunda
  3. Prescott, A. & J. Venning. 1984. Aizoaceae. Flora of Australia 19–62
  4. ^ Flora of North America, vol 4 p 79, Galenia secunda
  5. Adamson, R. S. 1956. The South African species of Aizoaceae III. Galenia L. J. S. Afr. Bot. 22: 87-127.
  6. Prescott, A. 1984. Galenia. In: R. Robertson et al., eds. Flora of Australia. 23+ vols. Canberra. Vol. 4, pp. 50-52.
  7. García-De-Lomas, Juan; Hernández, Ignacio; Sánchez-García, Íñigo (2009). "Incipient invasion of Galenia secunda Sond. (Aizoaceae) in Southern Spain". Biological Invasions. 11 (2): 467–472. Bibcode:2009BiInv..11..467G. doi:10.1007/s10530-008-9278-2.
  8. Weeds in Australia, Australian Government
  9. Sonder, Otto Wilhelm in Harvey, William Henry. 1862. Flora capensis :being a systematic description of the plants of the Cape colony, Caffraria, & Port Natal (and neighbouring territories) 2: 474..
  10. Clewell, A. F. 1985. Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Florida Panhandle
Taxon identifiers
Aizoon secundum
Galenia secunda
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