View source for Carpobrotus edulis

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|accepted_name=Carpobrotus edulis
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) N. E. Brown in E. P. Phillips
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in E. P. Phillips, Gen. S. Afr. Fl. Pl.,
|place=249. 1926
|year=1926
}}
|common_names=Hottentot-fig
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Mesembryanthemum edule
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Syst. Nat. ed.
|publication_place=10, 2: 1060. 1759
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Aizoaceae;Carpobrotus;Carpobrotus edulis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Aizoaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Carpobrotus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carpobrotus edulis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 76, 85, 86
|treatment_page=page 87
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>to 3 m; bark persistent, leathery. <b>Leaves</b> green; blade sharply 3-angled in cross section, widest proximal to middle, adaxial side concave, outer angle serrate near apex, 5–11 × 1–1.5 cm. <b>Inflorescences</b>: pedicel 20–60 mm. <b>Flowers</b> 8–10 cm diam.; calyx lobes 10–60 mm; outer 2 lobes sharply 3-angled in cross section, abaxial angle serrate near apex, 30–60 mm; inner 3 lobes smaller, with membranous margins; petals (including petaloid staminodia) 100–200, yellow, aging pink, 2–4(–5)-seriate, 30–40 mm; stamens 100 per series, yellow, 4(–7)-seriate, simple to plumose, 6–8(–12) mm; anthers yellow; stigmas radiating out over fruits, 8–15 mm. <b>Fruits</b> yellowish, clavate to subglobose, depressed apically, 20–35 mm. <b>Seeds</b> ca. 1000. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering year-round, mostly spring.
|habitat=Coastal dunes, bluffs and terraces, margins of estuaries
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Calif.;Fla.;Mexico (Baja California);South America (Chile);Europe;s Africa;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|discussion=<p><i>Carpobrotus edulis</i> is extensively planted in gardens and along highways and is also used for dune and bluff stabilization. An invasive, introduced species escaped from cultivation, <i>C. edulis</i> hybridizes with other <i>Carpobrotus</i> species. According to W. Wisura and H. F. Glen (1993), pink-flowered plants are seen in the wild only when <i>C. edulis</i> comes in contact with species of <i>Carpobrotus</i> with purple flowers.</p>
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name=Carpobrotus edulis
|authority=(Linnaeus) N. E. Brown in E. P. Phillips
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Mesembryanthemum edule
|family=Aizoaceae
|phenology=Flowering year-round, mostly spring.
|habitat=Coastal dunes, bluffs and terraces, margins of estuaries
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Calif.;Fla.;Mexico (Baja California);South America (Chile);Europe;s Africa;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=in E. P. Phillips, Gen. S. Afr. Fl. Pl.,
|publication year=1926
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_179.xml
|genus=Carpobrotus
|species=Carpobrotus edulis
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