Description
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Many-stemmed annual or perennial herbs. Leaevs alternate. Stipules 0. Flowers bisexual, solitary, sessile in leaf axils or forks of branches. Perianth segments 5, united into a short tube. Stamens numerous, in fascicles alternating with the perianth segments. Ovary superior, consisting of 5 carpels, with numerous ovules in each loculus. Styles 5. Fruit a 5-valved loculicidal capsule. Seeds numerous, reniform, ridged.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Aizoon Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=561
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Aizoon: Brief Summary
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Aizoon or Aizoön is a genus of flowering plants in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae.
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