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Delosperma echinatum

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Delosperma echinatum
Delosperma echinatum
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D. echinatum
Binomial name
Delosperma echinatum
(Lam.) Schwantes
Synonyms[1]

Drosanthemum pruinosum (Thunb.) Schwantes
Mesembryanthemum echinatum Lam.

Delosperma echinatum is a succulent plant, native to South Africa. It is also known as the pickle plant. The new genus Delosperma was erected by English botanist N. E. Brown in 1925, with this species later acknowledged as the type species.[2]

a flower on D. echinatum.

References

  1. ^ "Delosperma echinatum (Lam.) Schwantes". World Flora Online Data. 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  2. ^ Taylor, Nigel; Eggli, Urs (1986). "The Lectotype of Delosperma N. E. Brown (Aizoaceae)". Taxon. 35 (4): 709–711. doi:10.2307/1221621. JSTOR 1221621.