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Scientific Name | Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum Hook.f. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
Synonyms | Aizoon theurkauffii Maire, Hydrodea bossiana Dinter, Hydrodea cryptantha (Hook.f.) N.E.Br., Hydrodea hampdenii N.E.Br., Hydrodea sarcocalycantha (Dinter & A.Berger) Dinter, Mesembryanthemum dactylinum Welw. ex Oliv., Mesembryanthemum forskahlii Hochst. ex Boiss., Mesembryanthemum gaussenii Leredde, Mesembryanthemum sarcocalycanthum Dinter & A.Berger, Mesembryanthemum theurkauffii (Maire) Maire, Opophytum cryptanthum (Hook.f.) Gerbaulet, Opophytum dactylinum (Welw. ex Oliv.) N.E.Br., Opophytum forskahlii (Hochst. ex Boiss.) N.E.Br., Opophytum gaussenii (Leredde) H.Jacobsen ex Greuter & Burdet, Opophytum theurkauffii (Maire) Maire |
Common Names | Bloodfinger (e), Bloodfinger Icefig (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2006/02/23 |
Assessor(s) | P.M. Burgoyne |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Opophytum cryptanthum (Hook.f.) Gerbaulet | Least Concern | 2015.1 | | Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum Hook.f. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Gerbaulet, M. 2012. One or many genera in Mesembryantemoideae (Aizoaceae)? Discussion of conflict in genus perception. Bradleya 30:187-198.
Klak, C., Bruyns, P.V. and Hedderson, T.A.J. 2007. A phylogeny and new classification for Mesembryanthemoideae (Aizoaceae). Taxon 56(3):737-756.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Burgoyne, P.M. 2006. Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum Hook.f. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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