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Internal ID UUID6440741ceed42470790376
Scientific name Carruanthus ringens
Authority (L.) Boom
First published in in Succulenta (Netherlands) 1959: 142. 1959.

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Carruanthus ringens, also known as Carruanthus caninus, is a flowering plant from the ice plant family Aizoaceae. It is a species native to South Africa and has been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. This succulent can grow up to 20 cm tall and is drought tolerant, thriving in soil with a pH between 6 and 8. It can also withstand mild frost if kept completely dry. The plant produces dandelion-like flowers with fewer petals.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Mesembryanthemum ringens L. Sp. Pl.: 487. 1753.
Mesembryanthemum vulpinum Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 217. 1812.
Tischleria peersii Schwantes in Sukkulentenkunde 4: . 1951.
Mesembryanthemum caninum Lam. Encycl. 2(2): 487. 1788.
Mesembryanthemum caninum var. paucidentatum Salm-Dyck Monogr. Aloes Mesembr. 3: §5 f. 9. 1840.

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Language Common/alternative name
Arabic كاروانط مفغر
Chinese 菊波
Chinese 齿叶番杏

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000588393
Tropicos 700612
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:57194-1
The Plant List kew-2701432
Open Tree Of Life 674792
NCBI Taxonomy 215939
IPNI 57194-1
iNaturalist 581791
GBIF 3703210
Freebase /m/0pd89h0
EOL 5167415
Wikipedia Carruanthus_ringens

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Correlates of hyperdiversity in southern African ice plants (Aizoaceae) Valente LM, Britton AW, Powell MP, Papadopulos AS, Burgoyne PM, Savolainen V Bot J Linn Soc 03-Dec-2013
PMCID:PMC4373134
doi:10.1111/boj.12117
PMID:25821244

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