Schlechteranthus

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Schlechteranthus Schwantes in Monatsschr. Deutsch. Kakteen-Ges. 1: 16. 1929 sec. R.F.Powell & al. 20161

Type: Schlechteranthus maximiliani Schwantes

1. R.F.Powell, Boatwright, J. S., Klak, C. & Magee, A. R. 2016: Phylogenetic placement and generic re-circumscriptions of the multilocular genera Arenifera, Octopoma and Schlechteranthus (Aizoaceae: Ruschieae): Evidence from anatomical, morphological and plastid DNA data. – Taxon 65: 249261. http://doi.org/10.12705/652.3

=Polymita N.E.Br. in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 87: 72. 1930 syn. sec. R.F.Powell & al. 20162

Type: Polymita pearsonii N.E.Br.

2. R.F.Powell, Boatwright, J. S., Klak, C. & Magee, A. R. 2016: Phylogenetic placement and generic re-circumscriptions of the multilocular genera Arenifera, Octopoma and Schlechteranthus (Aizoaceae: Ruschieae): Evidence from anatomical, morphological and plastid DNA data. – Taxon 65: 249261. http://doi.org/10.12705/652.3

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Notes

Schlechteranthus (now including Polymita) is a small genus of six morphologically very homogenous species of succulent shrubs with woody stems and branches (Klak & Bruyns, 2016).

Distribution (General)

South Africa: northern Namaqualand, Richtersveld southward to the Kamiesberg