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 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~~~
***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)