''Jacobsenia'' is a genus of

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 th ...

s belonging to the family

Aizoaceae The Aizoaceae, or fig-marigold family, is a large family of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing 135 genera and about 1800 species. They are commonly known as ice plants or carpet weeds. They are often called vygies in South Africa and Ne ...

. It is native to the

Cape Provinces The Cape Provinces of South Africa is a biogeographical area used in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It is part of the WGSRPD region 27 Southern Africa. The area has the code "CPP". It includes the Sout ...

in the South African Republic. The genus name of ''Jacobsenia'' is in honour of Hermann Jacobsen (1898–1978), a German gardener and botanist. He was also curator and supervisor at a botanical garden in

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and specialist in succulents. It was first described and published Kakteen And. Sukk. Vol.5 on page 69 in 1954. Species, according to Kew; *'' Jacobsenia hallii'' *'' Jacobsenia kolbei''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q145154 Aizoaceae Aizoaceae genera Plants described in 1954 Flora of the Cape Provinces Taxa named by Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes Taxa named by Louisa Bolus