Avonia papyracea subsp. papyracea is a plant in the Anacampserotaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Avonia papyracea subsp. papyracea

Avonia papyracea subsp. papyracea

This is a succulent subspecies from the Anacampserotaceae family, endemic to South Africa’s Eastern Cape, part of a Southern African species complex.

Genus
Avonia
Order
Caryophyllales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Avonia papyracea subsp. papyracea

Avonia papyracea subsp. papyracea was previously described under the synonym Anacampseros papyracea, a succulent plant species belonging to the family Anacampserotaceae. The entire Anacampseros papyracea species is endemic to Southern Africa. Of its three subspecies, Anacampseros papyracea subsp. papyracea is endemic to the Eastern Cape. Anacampseros papyracea subsp. namaensis is endemic to Namibia and also occurs in South Africa’s Northern Cape. Anacampseros papyracea subsp. perplexa is found in the Western Cape.

Photo: (c) Colin Ralston, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Colin Ralston · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Caryophyllales Anacampserotaceae Avonia

More from Anacampserotaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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