Limeum africanum L. is a plant in the Limeaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Limeum africanum L.

Limeum africanum L.

Limeum africanum is a flowering plant species endemic to Southern Africa with common names including common lizardfoot.

Family
Genus
Limeum
Order
Caryophyllales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Limeum africanum L.

Limeum africanum L. is a flowering plant species belonging to the genus Limeum. This species is endemic to Southern Africa. It has two common names: common lizardfoot and koggelmandervoet. The name koggelmandervoet is Afrikaans, meaning "the foot of a lizard from the genus Agama". Limeum africanum occurs in Mpumalanga, the Northern Cape, and the Western Cape, and it is also found growing in Botswana.

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

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Caryophyllales Limeaceae Limeum

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

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