Leipoldtia Calandra
''Leipoldtia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It is native to Namibia and the Cape Provinces (region of the South African Republic). The genus name of ''Leipoldtia'' is in honour of C. Louis Leipoldt (1880–1947), a South African poet, dramatist, medical doctor, reporter and food expert. It was first described and published in Fl. Pl. South Africa Vol.7 on table 256 in 1927. Known species According to Kew: *''Leipoldtia alborosea'' *'' Leipoldtia calandra'' *'' Leipoldtia compacta'' *'' Leipoldtia frutescens'' *''Leipoldtia gigantea'' *''Leipoldtia klaverensis'' *''Leipoldtia laxa'' *''Leipoldtia lunata'' *''Leipoldtia nevillei'' *''Leipoldtia rosea'' *''Leipoldtia schultzei'' *''Leipoldtia uniflora'' *''Leipoldtia weigangiana ''Leipoldtia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It is native to Namibia and the Cape Provinces (region of the South African Republic). The genus name of ''Leipoldtia'' is i ...
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Flowering Plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants that produce their seeds enclosed within a fruit. They are by far the most diverse group of land plants with 64 orders, 416 families, approximately 13,000 known genera and 300,000 known species. Angiosperms were formerly called Magnoliophyta (). Like gymnosperms, angiosperms are seed-producing plants. They are distinguished from gymnosperms by characteristics including flowers, endosperm within their seeds, and the production of fruits that contain the seeds. The ancestors of flowering plants diverged from the common ancestor of all living gymnosperms before the end of the Carboniferous, over 300 million years ago. The closest fossil relatives of flowering plants are uncertain and contentious. The earliest angiosperm fossils ar ...
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