Aizoaceae

Aizoaceae Martinov, Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 15. 1820. Stone Plant Family

Characteristic Features:

Herbs or rarely shrubs or trees
Leaves opposite, succulent, often showing C4 or CAM photosynthesis
Flowers solitary or in cymes, epiperigynous or perigynous
Perianth uniseriate (outer petaloid staminodes are found in many)
Stamens numerous, ovary with numerous ovules

Diversity:

World- 146 genera, 2271 species (The Plant List 2013); 121 genera, 1900 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 125 genera, 1880 species (Mabberley 2017); 125 genera, 1904 species (CoL 2021)
India - 3 genera, 7 species (Karthikeyan et al. 2009); 5 genera, 9 species (BSI, 2021)
Indian Himalaya- 2 genera, 4 species (Singh et al. 2019)
Uttarakhand -1 genus, 1 species (Uniyal et al. 2007)

General Characters:

Aizoaceae in Watson & Dallwitz (1992 onwards)
Aizoaceae in Stevens (2001 onwards)
Aizoaceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Aizoaceae in Wikipedia

Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)

Super Kingdom- Eukaryota, Kingdom- Plantae, Subkingdom- Viridiplantae, Infrakingdom- Streptophyta, Superphylum- Embryophyta, Phylum- Tracheophyta, Subphylum- Spermatophytina, Superclass- Angiospermae, Class- Magnoliopsida, Superorder- Caryophyllanae, Order- Caryophyllales

Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)

Class : Dicotyledons
Subclass : Polypetalae
Series : Calyciflorae
Orders : Ficoidales

Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)

Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Embryophyta Siphonogama
Subdivision: Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledoneae
Subclass : Archichlamydeae
Order : Centrospermae

Hutchinson (1973)

Phylum : Angiospermae
Subphylum : Dicotyledones
Division : Herbaceae
Order : Caryophyllales

Cronquist (1988)

Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Caryophyllidae
Order : Caryophyllales

Thorne & Reveal (2007)

Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Caryophyllidae
Super Order : Caryophyllanae
Order : Caryophyllales

Takhtajan (2009)

Phylum : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Caryophyllidae
Super Order : Caryophyllanae
Order : Caryophyllales

Reveal (2012)

Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order : Caryophyllanae
Order : Caryophyllales

APG-IV (2016)

Clade : Angiosperms
Clade : Eudicots
Clade : Core Eudicots
Clade : Superasterids
Order : Caryophyllales

Shipunov (2021)

Class : Angiospermae
Subclass : Asteridae
Super Order: Caryophyllanae
Order : Caryophyllales
Suborder : Caryophyllineae

Genera & Species in Pantnagar

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~Wild Flora~

Trianthema portulacastrum L.

Cultivated Flora

Cleretum bellidiforme (Burm.f.) G.D.Rowley

Vernacular name: Ice plant, Livingston Daisy, Mesembryanthemum (English); Burf, Daftari babu (Hindi)

Nativity:Cape Province in South Africa (POWO, 2019)

Common Characteristics: Annual herb, short, branching starting from base. Leaves simple, fleshy and rounded at tip. Inflorescence axillary or terminal.

Flowering period: February to March

Propagation Methods: Propagated by seeds (Dave’s Garden)