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Oscularia prasina (Oscularia prasina)

Description

Oscularia prasina is an arsenic growth species first described by L. Bol., And now became known as HEK Hartmann. Oscularia prasina was included in the Osculariaa genus of succulent flowering plants in the Aizoaceae family. Oscularia is 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