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Opophytum Mesembryanthemaceae

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Opophytum N.E.Br. GC 1925: 412; Bittrich 1987: 5–116; Gerbaulet 2001 in Hartmann 2001: 52, 63, 143–153, 236; Klak et al. 2007: 737–756; Gerbaulet 2012: 187–198; Klak & Bruyns 2013: 197–206 ≡ M. subg. Opophytum (N.E.Br.) Bittrich 1987: 73 Lectotypus, designated by Bittrich 1987: 73, O. fastigiatum (Thunberg) N.E.Br. Etym from Gk, opos, the juice of the plant which drips from a wound, phyton, plant, in allusion to its extreme juiciness = Halenbergia Dinter 1937 in Jacobsen KuaS 1937 158 ≡ Pteropentacoilanthus Rappa & Camarrone 1960: 22, 31 nomen illeg. Typus Halenbergia hypertrophica (Dinter) Dinter ≡ Pteropentacoilanthus hypertrophicus (Dinter) Rappa & Camarrone ≡ O. hypertrophicum (Dinter) Gerbaulet = Hydrodea N.E.Br. GC 1925: 412 Lectotypus, designated by Brown JB 1928b: 107, Hydrodea cryptantha (Hook.f.) N.E.Br. ≡ O. cryptanthum (Hook.f.) Gerbaulet.

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Gerbaulet, M. (2017). Opophytum Mesembryanthemaceae . In: Hartmann, H. (eds) Aizoaceae. Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49260-4_100

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