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Oscularia copiosa (Oscularia copiosa)

Description

Oscularia copiosa is an arsenic plant species first described by L. Bol., And now became known as HEK Hartmann. Oscularia copiosa is part of the Oscularia genus and the Aizoaceae family, Oscularia is a genus, native to semi-arid and rocky habitats in the Western Cape of South Africa. It was previously included within the related genus Lampranthus, but was split off as a separate genus, due to differences in its fruit and flower.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Tracheophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Aizoaceae

              • Genus: Oscularia