Aizoaceae (Noun)
Meaning
Succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Members of the Aizoaceae family are highly varied in their morphology.
- Delosperma is one of the large genera in the Aizoaceae that attracted botanists worldwide due to its immense beauty.
- Species of Aizoaceae are either annual or biennial herbs, or subshrubs, perennial and shrubs in South Africa.
- Cultivation of Aizoaceae species, mainly the carpetweeds and daisybushes, is of great interest in modern horticulture.
- Two of the newly introduced Aizoaceae genera in the field caught worldwide praise – the newly discovered families that are from African and American origins.