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Portulacaria fruticulosa

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Portulacaria fruticulosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Didiereaceae
Genus: Portulacaria
Species:
P. fruticulosa
Binomial name
Portulacaria fruticulosa
Pearson & Stephens

Portulacaria fruticulosa (previously Ceraria fruticulosa or Ceraria schaeferi) is a succulent plant found in southwestern Namibia and the northwestern Cape Provinces of South Africa.

Description

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It is a soft-wooded deciduous shrub with flat, round succulent leaves. It bears unisexual flowers on sessile inflorescences.

Within the genus Portulacaria, it is most closely related to its tiny sister-species, Portulacaria pygmaea.[1]

References

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  1. ^ P.Bruyns, M.Oliveira-Neto, G.F. Melo de Pinna, C.Klak: Phylogenetic relationships in the Didiereaceae with special reference to subfamily Portulacarioideae. Taxon 63 (5). October 2014. 1053-1064.