Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Aizoaceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Carpobrotus N.E.Br., Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 78: 433 (1925)
 Description

Prostrate perennial succulent herbs; stems trailing. Lvs opposite, sessile, united at base, sharply 3-angled, smooth, bitter-tasting. Fls solitary, terminal, ebracteate. Sepals 5, sharply 3-angled: 2 large, denticulate on keels, 3 smaller with expanded membranous margins. Petals numerous, > sepals, free; stamens numerous; staminodes 0. Placentation parietal. Stigmas 8–16, plumose. Fr. indehiscent, fleshy, mucilaginous; locules as many as stigmas. Seeds slightly compressed, obovoid, smooth.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Carpobrotus N.E.Br.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Non-endemic)1
Exotic: Fully Naturalised2
Total3
 Bibliography
Brown, N.E. 1925: Gardeners' Chronicle, ser. 3, 78: 433.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Hitchmough, R.; Townsend, A.J. 2009: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47: 61–96.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.