Aizoaceae
| Aizoaceae | |
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Mesembryanthemum crystallinum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Aizoaceae Martinov |
Type genus | |
Aizoon L. | |
| Genera | |
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The Aizoaceae Martynov, nom. cons. (fig-marigold family) is a large family of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing 135 genera and about 1800 species.[1] They are commonly known as ice plants or carpet weeds. They are often called vygies in South Africa and New Zealand. Highly succulent species that resemble stones are sometimes called mesembs.
Contents
1 Description
2 Evolution
3 Uses
4 Taxonomy
4.1 Subfamily Aizooideae
4.2 Subfamily Mesembryanthemoideae
4.3 Subfamily Ruschioideae
4.4 Subfamily Sesuvioideae
5 Footnotes
6 References
7 External links
Description
Mesembryanthemum guerichianum seedling, showing the epidermal bladder cells that inspired the name "ice plant".
The Aizoaceae family is widely recognised by taxonomists. It once went by the botanical name "Ficoidaceae", now disallowed. The APG II system of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system of 1998) also recognizes the family, and assigns it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots. The APG II system also classes the former families Mesembryanthemaceae Fenzl, Sesuviaceae Horan. and Tetragoniaceae Link under the family Aizoaceae.
The common Afrikaans name "vygie" meaning "small fig" refers to the fruiting capsule, which resembles the true fig.[2] Glistening epidermal bladder cells give the family its common name "ice plants".[3]
Most species (96%, 1782 species in 132 genera) in this family are endemic to arid or semiarid parts of Southern Africa in the Succulent Karoo.[4] Much of the Aizoaceae's diversity is found in the Greater Cape Floristic Region, which is the most plant-diverse temperate region in the world.[5] A few species are found in Australia and the Central Pacific area.[6]
Most fig-marigolds are herbaceous, rarely somewhat woody, with sympodial growth and stems either erect or prostrate. Leaves are simple, opposite or alternate, and more or less succulent with entire (or rarely toothed) margins. Flowers are perfect in most species (but unisexual in some), actinomorphic, and appear singularly or in few-flowered cymes developing from the leaf axils. Sepals are typically five (3-8) and more or less connate (fused) below. True petals are absent. However, some species have numerous linear petals derived from staminodes.[7] The seed capsules have one to numerous seeds per cell and are often hygrochastic, dispersing seeds by "jet action" when wet.[3]
Evolution
The radiation of the Aizoaceae, specifically the subfamily Ruschioideae, was one of the most recent among the angiosperms, occurring 1.13-6.49 Mya. It is also one of the fastest radiations ever described in the angiosperms, with a diversification rate of about 4.4 species per million years.[8] This diversification was roughly contemporaneous with major radiations in two other succulent lineages, Cactaceae and Agave.[9]
The family includes many species that use crassulacean acid metabolism as pathway for carbon fixation. Some species in the subfamily Sesuvioideae instead use C4 carbon fixation, which might have evolved multiple times in the group.[10]
Uses
Tetragonia tetragonoides ("New Zealand spinach")
Several genera are cultivated. Lithops, or "living stones", are popular as novelty house plants because of their stone-like appearance.
Some species are edible, including:
Carpobrotus edulis (Hottentot fig, highway ice plant) has edible leaves and fruit.[11]
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum has edible leaves.[11]
Tetragonia tetragonoides ("New Zealand spinach") is grown as a garden plant in somewhat dry climates and used as an alternative to spinach in upscale salads.[11][12]
C. edulis was introduced to California in the early 1900s to stabilize soil along railroad tracks and has become invasive.[13] In southern California, ice plants are sometimes used as firewalls;[14] however, they do burn if not carefully maintained.[15]
Taxonomy
Aptenia cordifolia or rock rose
Because of the hyperdiversity of the Aizoaceae and the young age of the clade, many generic and species boundaries are uncertain.[8]
Carpobrotus edulis, an "ice plant"
Cheiridopsis denticulata
Drosanthemum speciosum
Fenestraria rhopalophylla
Jensenobotrya lossowiana
Lithops bromfieldii
Sesuvium portulacastrum
Subfamily Aizooideae
Genera:[16]
Acrosanthes Eckl. & Zeyh.
Aizoanthemum Dinter ex Friedrich
Aizoon L.
Galenia L.
Gunniopsis Pax
Plinthus Fenzl
Tetragonia L.
Subfamily Mesembryanthemoideae
Genera:[17]
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Subfamily Ruschioideae
Genera:
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- Tribe Ruschiae[20]
Acrodon N.E.Br
Aloinopsis Schwantes
Amphibolia L.Bolus ex A.G.J.Herre
Antegibbaeum Schwantes ex C.Weber
Antimima N.E.Br
Arenifera A.G.J.Herre
Argyroderma N.E.Br
Astridia Dinter
Bergeranthus Schwantes
Bijlia N.E.Br
Braunsia Schwantes
Brianhuntleya Chess. et al.
Carpobrotus N.E.Br
Carruanthus (Schwantes) Schwantes
Cephalophyllum N.E.Br
Cerochlamys N.E.Br
Chasmatophyllum Dinter & Schwantes
Cheiridopsis N.E.Br
Circandra N.E.Br
Conophytum N.E.Br
Corpuscularia Schwantes
Cylindrophyllum Schwantes
Delosperma N.E.Br
Dicrocaulon N.E.Br
Didymaotus N.E.Br
Dinteranthus Schwantes
Diplosoma Schwantes
Disphyma N.E.Br
Dracophilus (Schwantes) Dinter & Schwantes
Drosanthemum Schwantes
Eberlanzia Schwantes
Ebracteola Dinter & Schwantes
Enarganthe N.E.Br
Erepsia N.E.Br
Esterhuysenia L.Bolus
Faucaria Schwantes
Fenestraria N.E.Br
Frithia N.E.Br
Gibbaeum Haw. ex N.E.Br
Glottiphyllum Haw. ex N.E.Br
Hallianthus H.E.K.Hartmann
Hereroa (Schwantes) Dinter & Schwantes
Ihlenfeldtia H.E.K.Hartmann
Imitaria N.E.Br
Jacobsenia L.Bolus & Schwantes
Jensenobotrya A.G.J.Herre
Jordaaniella H.E.K.Hartmann
Juttadinteria Schwantes
Khadia N.E.Br
Lampranthus N.E.Br
Lapidaria (Dinter & Schwantes) N.E.Br.
Leipoldtia L.Bolus
Lithops N.E.Br
Machairophyllum Schwantes
Malephora N.E.Br
Malotigena Niederle
Mestoklema N.E.Br. ex Glen
Meyerophytum Schwantes
Mitrophyllum Schwantes
Monilaria (Schwantes) Schwantes
Mossia N.E.Br
Muiria N.E.Br
Namaquanthus L.Bolus
Namibia (Schwantes) Schwantes
Nananthus N.E.Br
Nelia Schwantes
Neohenricia L.Bolus
Octopoma N.E.Br
Odontophorus N.E.Br
Oophytum N.E.Br
Ophthalmophyllum Dinter & Schwantes
Orthopterum L.Bolus
Oscularia Schwantes
Ottosonderia L.Bolus
Pleiospilos N.E.Br
Polymita N.E.Br
Psammophora Dinter & Schwantes
Rabiea N.E.Br
Rhinephyllum N.E.Br
Rhombophyllum (Schwantes) Schwantes
Ruschia Schwantes
Ruschianthemum Friedrich
Ruschianthus L.Bolus
Schlechteranthus Schwantes
Schwantesia Dinter
Scopelogena L.Bolus
Smicrostigma N.E.Br
Stayneria L.Bolus
Stoeberia Dinter & Schwantes
Stomatium Schwantes
Tanquana H.E.K.Hartmann & Liede
Titanopsis Schwantes
Trichodiadema Schwantes
Vanheerdea L.Bolus ex H.E.K.Hartmann
Vanzijlia L.Bolus
Vlokia S.A.Hammer
Wooleya L.Bolus
Zeuktophyllum N.E.Br
Subfamily Sesuvioideae
This subfamily includes a number of C4 species.[10]
Genera:[21]
Cypselea Turpin
Sesuvium L.
Trianthema L.
Tribulocarpus S.Moore
Zaleya Burm.f.
Footnotes
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^ "The Living Stone Page". The Succulent Plant Page. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ ab "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website". www.mobot.org. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
^ Chesselet, P., Smith, G.F., Burgoyne, P.M., Klak, C., Hammer, S.A., Hartmann, H.E.K., Kurzweil, H., van Jaarsveld, E.J., van Wyk, B-E. & Leistner, O.A (2000). "Seed Plants of Southern Africa". Strelitzia. 10: 360–410.CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link)
^ Born, J.; Linder, H. P.; Desmet, P. (2007). "The Greater Cape Floristic Region". Journal of Biogeography. 34 (1): 147–162. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01595.x. JSTOR 4125143.
^ "Browsing: Aizoaceae". World of Succulents. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. (1992 onwards). "The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval". 20 June 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017. Check date values in:|publication-date=(help)CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link)
^ ab Valente, Luis M.; Britton, Adam W.; Powell, Martyn P.; Papadopulos, Alexander S. T.; Burgoyne, Priscilla M.; Savolainen, Vincent (2014-01-01). "Correlates of hyperdiversity in southern African ice plants (Aizoaceae)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 174 (1): 110–129. doi:10.1111/boj.12117. ISSN 0024-4074. PMC 4373134.
^ Arakaki, Mónica; Christin, Pascal-Antoine; Nyffeler, Reto; Lendel, Anita; Eggli, Urs; Ogburn, R. Matthew; Spriggs, Elizabeth; Moore, Michael J.; Edwards, Erika J. (2011). "Contemporaneous and recent radiations of the world's major succulent plant lineages". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108 (20): 8379–8384. doi:10.1073/pnas.1100628108. JSTOR 25830059. PMC 3100969.
^ ab Bohley, Katharina; Joos, Olga; Hartmann, Heidrun; Sage, Rowan; Liede-Schumann, Sigrid; Kadereit, Gudrun (2015). "Phylogeny of Sesuvioideae (Aizoaceae) – Biogeography, leaf anatomy and the evolution of C4 photosynthesis". Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. 17 (2): 116–130. doi:10.1016/j.ppees.2014.12.003. ISSN 1433-8319.
^ abc Facciola. S. (1990). Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications. ISBN 0-9628087-0-9.
^ Low. T. (1989). Wild Food Plants of Australia. Angus and Robertson. ISBN 0-207-14383-8.
^ "Invasive Plants of California's Wildland". California Invasive Plant Council. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ "Fire Safe Landscaping". Cal Fire. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ Baldwin, Debra Lee. "Firewise Landscaping with Succulents - How succulents saved a Rancho Santa Fe home from wildfire". Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ "GRIN Genera of Aizoaceae subfam. Aizooideae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Archived from the original on 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
^ "GRIN Genera of Aizoaceae subfam. Mesembryanthemoideae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Archived from the original on 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
^ "GRIN Genera of Aizoaceae tribe Apatesieae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
^ "GRIN Genera of Aizoaceae tribe Dorotheantheae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Archived from the original on 2012-07-24. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
^ "GRIN Genera of Aizoaceae tribe Ruschiae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
^ "GRIN Genera of Aizoaceae subfam. Sesuvioideae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Archived from the original on 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
References
Volker Bittrich; Heidrun E. K. Hartman (1988). "The Aizoaceae—a new approach". Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 97 (3): 239–254. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1988.tb01581.x.
Cornelia Klak; Angeline Khunou; Gail Reeves; Terry Hedderson (2003). "A phylogenetic hypothesis for the Aizoaceae (Caryophyllales) based on four plastid DNA regions". Am. J. Bot. 90 (10): 1433–1445. doi:10.3732/ajb.90.10.1433.
External links
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aizoaceae. |
Aizoaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
- P. Chesselet (2004 onwards). Interactive Mesembs2
- Plants of southern Africa (2005 onwards). SANBI
- Aizoaceae of South Africa
Family Aizoaceae Flowers in Israel
Aizoaceae in BoDD – Botanical Dermatology Database
