Orthopterum

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Orthopterum

Orthopterum L.Bolus in S. African Gard. 17: 281. 1927 sec. Hartmann 20171 wfo-4000027287

Type: Orthopterum waltoniae L.Bolus

• 1. Hartmann, H. E. K. 2017 – In: Hartmann, H. E. K., Illustrated handbook of succulent plants. Aizoaceae, ed. 2. – Berlin: Springer

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Notes

Orthopterum, comprising two species, is closely allied to Faucaria (Klak & al. 2013), from which it mainly differs by the repeatedly opening and closing fruits (Hartmann 2001b).A,B,C

Bibliography

A. Hartmann, H. E. K. 2001: Illustrated handbook of succulent plants. Aizoaceae F – Z. – Berlin, Heidelberg & New York: Springer

B. Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., von Mering, S., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler, R., Ocampo, G. & Ochoterena, H. 2015: A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. – Willdenowia 45(3): 281-383. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.45.45301

C. Klak, C., Hanáček, P. & Bruyns, P. V. 2013: A phylogenetic hypothesis for the recently diversified Ruschieae (Aizoaceae) in southern Africa. – Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69: 1005-1020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.05.030