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Oscularia vernicolor (Oscularia vernicolor)

Description

Oscularia vernicolor is an arsenic plant species first described by L. Bol., And now became known as HEK Hartmann. Oscularia Vernicolor is a member of the Oscularia genus and the Aizoaceae family. Oscularia is a genus of succulent flowering plants, 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