''Roepera'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

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 ...

in the family

Zygophyllaceae Zygophyllaceae is a family of flowering plants that contains the bean-caper and caltrop. The family includes around 285 species in 22 genera. Plants in the family Zygophyllaceae may be trees, shrubs, or herbs. They are often found in dry habit ...

. It is native to southern Africa and Australia.

Species

The genus ''Roepera'' currently has 60 recognized species: * '' Roepera ammophila'' (

F.Muell. Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Vic ...

) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera angustifolia'' ( H.Eichler) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera apiculata'' (F.Muell.) Beier & Thulin * ''

Roepera aurantiaca ''Roepera'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Zygophyllaceae. It is native to southern Africa and Australia. Species The genus ''Roepera'' currently has 60 recognized species: * '' Roepera ammophila'' (F.Muell.) Beier & Thulin * '' R ...

Lindl. John Lindley FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist. Early years Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley ...

* '' Roepera billardierei'' (

DC. Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle ...

) G.Don * '' Roepera botulifolia'' (Van Zyl) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera compressa'' ( J.M.Black) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera confluens'' (H.Eichler) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera cordifolia'' ( L.f.) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera crassissima'' (

Ising Ising is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ernst Ising (1900–1998), German physicist * Gustav Ising (1883–1960), Swedish accelerator physicist * Rudolf Ising, animator for ''MGM'', together with Hugh Harman often credited ...

) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera crenata'' (F.Muell.) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera cuneifolia'' ( Eckl. & Zeyh.) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera debilis'' (Cham.) Beier & Thulin * ''

Roepera divaricata ''Roepera'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Zygophyllaceae. It is native to southern Africa and Australia. Species The genus ''Roepera'' currently has 60 recognized species: * '' Roepera ammophila'' (F.Muell.) Beier & Thulin * '' R ...

'' (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera eichleri'' (

R.M.Barker Robyn M. Barker (born 1948) is an Honorary Research Associate of the South Australian Herbarium. She now works part-time, her duties include maintenance of the Vascular Plant Census for the State. Barker's research interests also include syst ...

) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera emarginata'' (H.Eichler) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera eremaea'' (

Diels Diels is the last name of several people: * Rudolf Diels (1900–1957), German politician * Otto Diels (1876–1954), German scientist noted for his work on the Diels–Alder reaction * Ludwig Diels (1874–1945), German botanist * Hermann Diels ...

) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera flava'' (H.Eichler ex R.M.Barker) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera flexuosa'' (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera foetida'' (

Schrad. Heinrich Adolf Schrader (1 January 1767 in Alfeld near Hildesheim – 22 October 1836 in Göttingen) was a German botanist and mycologist. He studied medicine early in life. He named the Australian plant genus '' Hakea'' in 1797. In 1795 he ...

J.C.Wendl. Johann Christoph Wendland (July 17, 1755 – July 27, 1828) was a German botanist and gardener born in Petit-Landau, Alsace. Family His son, Heinrich Ludolph Wendland (1791–1869), and his grandson, Hermann Wendland (1825–1903), ...

) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera fruticulosa'' (DC.) G.Don * ''

Roepera fulva ''Roepera'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Zygophyllaceae. It is native to southern Africa and Australia. Species The genus ''Roepera'' currently has 60 recognized species: * '' Roepera ammophila'' (F.Muell.) Beier & Thulin * '' R ...

'' (L.) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera fuscata'' (Van Zyl) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera glauca'' (F.Muell.) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera halophila'' (R.M.Barker) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera hirticaulis'' (Van Zyl) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera horrida'' ( Cham.) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera howittii'' (F.Muell.) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera humillima'' ( Max Koch ex

Tate Tate is an institution that houses, in a network of four art galleries, the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art. It is not a government institution, but its main sponsor is the U ...

) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera hybrida'' (Tate) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera incrustata'' (E.Mey. ex

Sond. Otto Wilhelm Sonder (18 June 1812, Bad Oldesloe – 21 November 1881) was a German botanist and pharmacist. Life A native of Holstein, Sonder studied at Kiel University, where he sat pharmaceutical examinations in 1835, before becoming the prop ...

) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera iodocarpa'' (F.Muell.) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera kochii'' (Tate) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera leptopetala'' (E.Mey. ex Sond.) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera leucoclada'' (Diels) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera lichtensteiniana'' (Cham.) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera lobulata'' (

Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...

) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera macrocarpos'' ( Retief) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera maculata'' ( Aiton) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera maritima'' (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera marliesiae'' (R.M.Barker) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera microphylla'' (L.f.) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera morgsana'' ( L.) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera orbiculata'' (

Welw. Friedrich Martin Josef Welwitsch (25 February 1806 – 20 October 1872) was an Austrian explorer and botanist who in Angola was the first European to describe the plant ''Welwitschia mirabilis''. His report received wide attention among the ...

Oliv. Daniel Oliver, FRS (6 February 1830, Newcastle upon Tyne – 21 December 1916) was an English botanist. He was Librarian of the Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1860–1890 and Keeper there from 1864–1890, and Professor of Botany at ...

) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera ovata'' ( Ewart &

Jean White Jean White (1941 – 8 November 2010) was the founding pastor within the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) in London. She was a nurse, midwife, missionary, pastor, counselor, and campaigner for LGBT, LGBTQ community and their inclusion in the ...

) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera prismatotheca'' (F.Muell.) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera pubescens'' ( Schinz) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera pygmaea'' (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera reticulata'' (H.Eichler ex R.M.Barker) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera retivalvis'' (

Domin Karel Domin (4 May 1882, Kutná Hora, Kingdom of Bohemia – 10 June 1953, Prague) was a Czech botanist and politician. After gymnasium school studies in Příbram, he studied botany at the Charles University in Prague, and graduated in 1906 ...

) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera rogersii'' (

Compton Compton may refer to: Places Canada * Compton (electoral district), a former Quebec federal electoral district * Compton (provincial electoral district), a former Quebec provincial electoral district now part of Mégantic-Compton * Compton, Que ...

) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera rowelliae'' (R.M.Barker) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera schreiberiana'' ( Merxm. & Giess) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera sessilifolia'' (L.) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera similis'' (H.Eichler) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera sphaerocarpa'' (Schltr. ex Huysst.) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera spinosa'' (L.) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera teretifolia'' (Schltr.) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera tesquorum'' ( J.M.Black) Beier & Thulin * '' Roepera tetraptera'' (H.Eichler ex R.M.Barker) Beier & Thulin

Gallery

File:Roepera lichtensteiniana = Zygophyllum lichtensteinianum (Zygophyllaceae) (27117633766).jpg, '' Roepera lichtensteiniana'' in

Karoo National Park The Karoo ( ; from the Afrikaans borrowing of the South Khoekhoe !Orakobab or Khoemana word ''ǃ’Aukarob'' "Hard veld") is a semi- desert natural region of South Africa. No exact definition of what constitutes the Karoo is available, so its ...

. File:Zygophyllum morgsana = Roepera morgsana (Zygophyllaceae) (37414301556).jpg, '' Roepera morgsana'' in fruit. Coastline of

Namaqua National Park Namaqua National Park is a South African national park situated approximately 495 km north of Cape Town and 22 km northwest of Kamieskroon. It has an area of more than 1300 km2.Van Deventer, M. and J.A.J. Nel. 2006. Habitat, food, ...

. File:Zygophyllum cordifolium = Roepera cordifolia (Zygophyllaceae) (37387282096).jpg, '' Roepera cordifolia''.

Namaqualand Namaqualand (khoekhoe: "Nama-kwa" meaning Nama Khoe people's land) is an arid region of Namibia and South Africa, extending along the west coast over and covering a total area of . It is divided by the lower course of the Orange River into ...

Dune Strandveld. File:Zygophyllum spinosum = Roepera spinosa (Zygophyllaceae) (37468785332).jpg, '' Roepera spinosa''. Coastline of

. File:Zygophyllum tesquorum flowers and foliage.jpg, '' Roepera tesquorum'' from Australia. File:Zygophyllum ammophilum habit.jpg, Flower of '' Roepera ammophila'' in habit, Australia File:Zygophyllum ammophilum flower.jpg, Flower of ''Roepera ammophila''. File:Zygophyllum eremeum flower.jpg, Flower of '' Roepera eremaea'' from Australia.

References

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