| Conicosia | |
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| Conicosia pugioniformis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Aizoaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ruschioideae |
| Tribe: | Apatesieae |
| Genus: | Conicosia N.E.Br. |
| Species[1] | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Herrea Schwantes | |
Conicosia is a genus of succulent plants in the ice plant family native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.[1] They are known commonly as narrow-leafed ice plants. These are relatively short-lived perennials with underground stems and tentacle-shaped, dull-pointed triangular leaves. They bear large tubular flowers often exceeding 10 centimeters in width, with up to 250 fringelike petals arranged in a ring around a center with hundreds of stamens. The fruit is a capsule which opens when it gets wet, slowly releasing the hundreds of tiny seeds as they fall out of its drying flesh.
Two species are accepted.[1]
- Conicosia elongata (Haw.) Schwantes
- Conicosia pugioniformis (L.) N.E.Br.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Conicosia N.E.Br". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
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