Western Australia FloraFlora Index Acacia glaucoptera (Flat Wattle) Anigozanthos (Kangaroo Paws) Banksia carlinoides Conostylis argentea Daviesia pachyphylla (Ouch Bush) Exocarpos sparteus Gompholobium cyaninum Kingia australis Lechenaultia formosa (Red Leschenaultia) Mesembryanthemum crystallinum Wurmbea tenella (Eight Nancy)
Images and Author Terry Dunham â—¦
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum (Iceplant)… “alien to Western Australia but naturalized and fairly widespread with 4 species”.
mesos = middle + embryon = a fruit + anthemon = a flower.
Crystallinus, crystaline, the appearance of the leaf surface. (The earlier name Mesembrianthemum referred to flowering at mid-day, but when night flowering species were discovered the name was changed to the present spelling with a “y“, a change of meaning without a change of sound). The plant is covered with glistening bladder cells, water vesicles, hence the name crystallinum (Iceplant).
The Mesembryanthemum crystallinum shown here were photographed on Rottnest Island, Western Australia.
- Scientific Classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Charophyta
- Class: Equisetopsida
- Subclass: Magnoliidae
- Superorder: Caryophyllanae
- Order: Caryophyllales
- Family: Aizoaceae
- Genus: Mesembryanthemum
- Species:
- Mesembryanthemum aitonis Jacq.
- Mesembryanthemum bicorne Sond.
- Mesembryanthemum capitatum Haw.
- Mesembryanthemum cordifolium L.f.
- Mesembryanthemum cordifolium L.f. x Mesembryanthemum haeckeliana A.Berger
- Mesembryanthemum cordifolium x Mesembryanthemum haeckelianum
- Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.
- Mesembryanthemum demissum Willd.
- Mesembryanthemum dielsianum A.Berger
- Mesembryanthemum elongatum Haw.
- Mesembryanthemum falciformis Haw.
- Mesembryanthemum geminiflorum Haw.
- Mesembryanthemum glaucoides Haw.
- Mesembryanthemum granulicaule Haw.
- Mesembryanthemum guerichianum Pax
- Mesembryanthemum haeckeliana A.Berger
- Mesembryanthemum immelmaniae L.Bolus
- Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum L.
- Mesembryanthemum sarmentosum Haw.
- Mesembryanthemum spectabile Haw.
- Mesembryanthemum tenue Haw.
- Mesembryanthemum tumidulum Haw.
Source: Atlas of Living Australia
- Scientific Classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
- Subphylum: Angiospermae
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- Order: Caryophyllales
- Family: Aizoaceae
- Subfamily: Mesembryanthemoideae
- Genus: Mesembryanthemum
- Subgenus: Cryophytum
- Section: Papulosa
- Mesembryanthemum alatum
- Elephant Salt Salad (Mesembryanthemum barklyi)
- Crystalline Ice Plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)
- Mesembryanthemum gariusanum
- Brakslaai (Mesembryanthemum guerichianum)
- Mesembryanthemum longipapillosum
- Mesembryanthemum pellitum
Source: iNaturalistAU
Footnote & References
- Mesembryanthemum crystallinum. Photographs and content © Terry Dunham
- Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L., Iceplant, Western Australian Herbarium (1998–). Florabase—the Western Australian flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/2813
- Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L., Common Ice-Plant, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
- Crystalline Ice Plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/49319-Mesembryanthemum-crystallinum
Western Australia FloraFlora Index Acacia glaucoptera (Flat Wattle) Anigozanthos (Kangaroo Paws) Banksia carlinoides Conostylis argentea Daviesia pachyphylla (Ouch Bush) Exocarpos sparteus Gompholobium cyaninum Kingia australis Lechenaultia formosa (Red Leschenaultia) Mesembryanthemum crystallinum Wurmbea tenella (Eight Nancy)
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