Memsembryanthemoideae

Ruschia promontorii, copyright Madabotanik.

Belongs within: Aizoaceae.
Contains: Conophytum, Lithops.

The Mesembryanthemoideae, iceplants or ice-daisies, are a group of flowering plants bearing flowers with many petals in several whorls (Hickman 1993).

<==Mesembryanthemoideae [Aptenioideae, Mesembryanthemaceae, Ruschioideae]
    |--Conicosia [Apatesieae] H93
    |    `--C. pugioniformis [=Mesembryanthemum pugioniforme] H93
    |--Carpobrotus G01 [Carpobroteae H93]
    |    |--C. aequilaterus H90 [=Mesembryanthemum aequilaterale R35]
    |    |--C. candidus KM08
    |    |--C. chilensis [=Mesembryanthemum chilense; incl. C. mellei] H93
    |    |--C. edulis [=Mesembryanthemum edule] H93
    |    |--C. glaucescens P82
    |    `--C. modestus GK00
    |--+--Aptenia cordifolia [=Mesembryanthemum cordifolium] H93
    |  `--Mesembryanthemum H93
    |       |--M. aitonis [=Cryophytum aitonis, Gasoul aitonis] H90
    |       |--M. crystallinum [=Cryophytum crystallinum, Gasoul crystallinum] H90
    |       |--M. noctiflorum D00
    |       |--M. nodiflorum [=Gasoul nodiflorum] H90
    |       |--M. pellitum CV06
    |       |--M. splendens D00
    |       |--M. tegens R35
    |       `--M. tenuifolium D00
    `--Ruschieae H93
         |--Malephora H93
         |    |--M. crocea [=Mesembryanthemum croceum] H93
         |    `--M. engleriana CV06
         |--Delosperma H93
         |    |--D. abyssinicum B06b
         |    |--D. klinghardtianum CV06
         |    `--D. litorale [=Mesembryanthemum litorale] H93
         |--Drosanthemum H93
         |    |--D. floribundum [=Mesembryanthemum floribundum] H93
         |    |--D. hispidum H93
         |    |--D. nordenstamii CV06
         |    `--D. pauper CV06
         `--Ruschia B06a
              |--R. deminuta CV06
              |--R. namusmontana CV06
              |--R. odontocalyx CV06
              |--R. pollardii CV06
              |--R. promontorii Bolus 1929 (see below for synonymy) B06a
              |--R. ruschiana CV06
              |--R. (sect. *Sarmentosae) sarmentosa B06a
              `--R. vulvaria CV06

Mesembryanthemoideae incertae sedis:
  Acrodon purpureostylus B06a
  Synaptophyllum juttae CV06
  Jensenobotrya lossowiana CV06
  Ruschianthus falcatus CV06
  Stoeberia CV06
  Astridia halli CV06
  Cheiridopsis caroli-schmidtii CV06
  Dracophilus delaetinus CV06
  Eberlanzia clausa CV06
  Fenestraria rhopalophylla CV06
  Titanopsis schwantesii CV06
  Trichodiadema littlewoodii CV06
  Amphibolia B06a
    |--A. laevis [incl. A. hutchinsonii (preoc.)] B06a
    `--A. saginata CV06
  Namibia CV06
    |--N. cinerea [incl. N. ponderosa] CV06
    `--N. pomonae CV06
  Schwantesia CV06
    |--S. constanceae CV06
    `--S. succumbens CV06
  Cephalophyllum CV06
    |--C. compressum CV06
    `--C. confusum CV06
  Dinteranthus microspermus CV06
    |--D. m. ssp. microspermus CV06
    `--D. m. ssp. impunctatus CV06
  Ebracteola CV06
    |--E. derenbergiana CV06
    `--E. montis-moltkei CV06
  Psammophora CV06
    |--P. nissenii CV06
    `--P. saxicola CV06
  Psilocaulon CV06
    |--P. gessertianum CV06
    |--P. salicornioides CV06
    `--P. tenue H90
  Brownanthus CV06
    |--B. arenosus CV06
    |--B. namibensis CV06
    `--B. pubescens CV06
  Juttadinteria CV06
    |--J. attenuata CV06
    |--J. ausensis CV06
    |--J. deserticola CV06
    `--J. simpsonii CV06
  Antimima B06a
    |--A. argentea CV06
    |--A. aurasensis CV06
    |--A. buchubergensis CV06
    |--A. dolomitica CV06
    |--A. eendornensis CV06
    |--A. modesta CV06
    `--A. quarzitica CV06
  Conophytum CV06
  Lithops CV06
  Disphyma Brown 1925 H90, A61
    `--D. crassifolium H90
         |--D. c. ssp. crassifolium H90
         `--D. c. ssp. clavellatum H90 (see below for synonymy)
  Micropterum papulosum [=Mesembryanthemum papulosum] H90
  Lampranthus H90
    |--L. multiradiatus H90
    |--L. spectabilis MH98
    `--L. tegens H90
  Sarcozona praecox H90

Disphyma crassifolium ssp. clavellatum H90 [incl. Mesembryanthemum australe Sol. ex Ait. 1789 H90, A61, D. australe (Sol.) Black 1932 A61, D. blackii H90]

Ruschia promontorii Bolus 1929 [=Mesembryanthemum pansifolium ms, Antimima promontoni Desmet 2000 (l. c.; nom. illeg.), A. promontori (l. c.)] B06a

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[A61] Allan, H. H. 1961. Flora of New Zealand vol. 1. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. R. E. Owen, Government Printer: Wellington (New Zealand).

[B06a] Burgoyne, P. M. 2006a. Mesembryanthemaceae. The identity of Ruschia promontorii. Bothalia 36 (2): 163–167.

[B06b] Burgoyne, P. M. 2006b. Review: Plants of the Simen. A flora of the Simen Mountains and surroundings, northern Ethiopia. Bothalia 36 (2): 253.

[CV06] Craven, P., & P. Vorster. 2006. Patterns of plant diversity and endemism in Namibia. Bothalia 36 (2): 175–189.

[D00] Decandolle, C. 1800. Expériences relatives à l'influence de la lumière sur quelques végétaux. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societé Philomathique de Paris 2 (42): 138–139.

[GK00] Gibson, N., & G. J. Keighery. 2000. Flora and vegetation of the Byenup-Muir reserve system, south-west Western Australia. CALMScience 3 (3): 323–402.

[G01] Grout, T. G. 2001. Advances in understanding the ecology of Euseius (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) species on citrus in southern Africa. In: Halliday, R. B., D. E. Walter, H. C. Proctor, R. A. Norton & M. J. Colloff (eds) Acarology: Proceedings of the 10^th International Congress pp. 464–469. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.

[H90] Harden, G. J. (ed.) 1990. Flora of New South Wales vol. 1. New South Wales University Press.

[H93] Hickman, J. C. (ed.) 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California. University of California Press: Berkeley (California).

[KM08] Keighery, G. J., & W. Muir. 2008. Vegetation and vascular flora of Faure Island, Shark Bay, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 75: 11–19.

[MH98] Morikawa, H., A. Higaki, M. Nohno, M. Takahashi, M. Kamada, M. Nakata, G. Toyohara, Y. Okamura, K. Matsui, S. Kitani, K. Fujita, K. Irifune & N. Goshima. 1998. More than a 600-fold variation in nitrogen dioxide assimilation among 217 plant taxa. Plant, Cell and Environment 21: 180–190.

[P82] Pickard, J. 1982. Catastrophic disturbance and vegetation on Little Slope, Lord Howe Island. Australian Journal of Ecology 7: 161–170.

[R35] Rayment, T. 1935. A Cluster of Bees: Sixty essays on the life-histories of Australian bees, with specific descriptions of over 100 new species. Endeavour Press: Sydney.