| Home | > | List of families | > | Aizoaceae | > | Galenia |
Shrublets. Leaves alternate. Stipules 0. Flowers small, solitary or in cymes. Perianth segments 5. Stamens 10, in pairs, alternating with the tepals. Ovary superior, consisting of (3-)5 carpels, with 1 pendulous ovule in each loculus. Styles (3) 5. Fruit a leathery loculicidal capsule, splitting at the top. Seeds 1, flattened, shiny and striate. Worldwide: 15 species in South Africa, extending into Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe Botswana: 2 taxa. |
No image yet |
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| procumbens L. f. | ||
| secunda (L.f.) Sond. |
| Home | > | List of families | > | Aizoaceae | > | Galenia |