Delosperma

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Delosperma

Delosperma N.E.Br. in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 78: 412. 1925 sec. Hartmann 20171 wfo-4000011014
      Lectotype (designated by M.Lavis 1967: 3132): Delosperma echinatum (Lam.) Schwantes
  • 1. Hartmann, H. E. K. 2017 – In: Hartmann, H. E. K., Illustrated handbook of succulent plants. Aizoaceae, ed. 2. – Berlin: Springer, 2. M.Lavis 1967: – J. S. African Bot. 33
  • =Daggodora S.A.Hammer in Mesemb Study Group Bull. 30: 57. 2015 syn. sec. Kew 20193 wfo-4000049163
  • 3. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens
  • =Komsbergella Niederle, Skalnickáruv rok 75: 28. 2017 syn. sec. Kew 20194 wfo-4000049169
  • 4. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens

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A large genus of 142 species, which has never been revised. The study by Klak & al. (2013) suggests that Delosperma is not monophyletic in its current circumscription. A detailed morphological and molecular study is needed to establish generic boundaries within the Delosperma clade, in which several other smaller genera, including Corpuscularia, Ectotropis, Mestoklema, Trichidiadema and Frithia take part (Klak & al. 2013).A

Bibliography

A. 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