Soutslaai

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Mesembryanthemum guerichianum Pax
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
AIZOACEAE
Synonyms
Amoebophyllum guerichianum (Pax) N.E.Br., Cryophytum acuminatum L.Bolus, Cryophytum alatum L.Bolus, Cryophytum calycinum L.Bolus, Cryophytum carinatum L.Bolus, Cryophytum crassifolium L.Bolus, Cryophytum fenchelii (Schinz) N.E.Br., Cryophytum framesii L.Bolus, Cryophytum framesii L.Bolus var. laxum L.Bolus, Cryophytum grandiflorum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) N.E.Br., Cryophytum grandiflorum Dinter & Schwantes ex Range (later homonym), not of (Eckl. & Zeyh.) N.E.Br. (1928), Cryophytum grandifolium (Schinz) Dinter & Schwantes, Cryophytum guerichianum (Pax) Schwantes, Cryophytum karrooicum L.Bolus, Cryophytum latisepalum L.Bolus, Cryophytum maxwellii L.Bolus, Cryophytum neilsoniae L.Bolus, Cryophytum pentagonum L.Bolus, Cryophytum roseum L.Bolus, Cryophytum sessiliflorum L.Bolus, Cryophytum setosum L.Bolus, Cryophytum squamulosum L.Bolus, Cryophytum subulatum L.Bolus, Cryophytum truncatum L.Bolus, Derenbergiella luisae Schwantes, Mesembryanthemum alatum (L.Bolus) L.Bolus, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L. var. grandiflorum Eckl. & Zeyh., Mesembryanthemum fenchelii Schinz, Mesembryanthemum grandiflorum Schinz ex Range (orthographic error), Mesembryanthemum grandifolium Schinz, Mesembryanthemum horridum Koutnik & Lavis, Mesembryanthemum intransparens L.Bolus, Mesembryanthemum intransparens L.Bolus var. intransparens, Mesembryanthemum intransparens L.Bolus var. laxum (L.Bolus) L.Bolus, Mesembryanthemum karrooense L.Bolus, Mesembryanthemum latisepalum (L.Bolus) L.Bolus, Mesembryanthemum macrostigma L.Bolus, Mesembryanthemum magniflorum L.Bolus, Mesembryanthemum neilsoniae (L.Bolus) L.Bolus, Mesembryanthemum parvipapillatum L.Bolus, Mesembryanthemum perlatum Dinter, Mesembryanthemum pingue L.Bolus, Mesembryanthemum purpureoroseum L.Bolus, Mesembryanthemum quinangulatum L.Bolus, Mesembryanthemum rhodanthum L.Bolus, Mesembryanthemum rubroroseum L.Bolus, Mesembryanthemum sedentiflorum (L.Bolus) L.Bolus, Mesembryanthemum setosum (L.Bolus) L.Bolus, Mesembryanthemum squamulosum (L.Bolus) L.Bolus (later homonym), not of (Dinter) Dinter ex Range (1938), Mesembryanthemum subrigidum L.Bolus, Mesembryanthemum subtereticaule L.Bolus
Common Names
Brakslaai (a), Ice Plant (e), Salt Icefig (e), Soutslaai (a)
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
Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Mesembryanthemum guerichianum PaxLeast Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.


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.


Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.


Citation
Burgoyne, P.M. 2006. Mesembryanthemum guerichianum Pax. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13

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