Fruticulus compactus glaber, copiose ramosus, ad 2 dm altus, 3 dm diam., caule erecto, basi robusto lignosoque. Rami teretes subcarnosi rigidi, subdichotome divisi, inferiores patentes, saepe declinati, superiores patenti-decurvati, ramulis ultimis circa 2 mm diam. Folia 1-1.4 cm longa, 7-9 mm lata, matura 3-4 mm crassa, patentia sessilia cuneato-obovata, rotundata minuteque apiculata, carnosa sed tamen dura, aspera propter cellas elevatas rotundatas, glauco-viridia, demum lutescenti-viridia. Cymes terminales sessiles, 2-6-fl., bracteis rotundatis, ca. 1 mm longis, pedicellis 2-2.5 mm longis, teretibus, leviter curvatis, gracilibus, parum supra basin articulatis, apice dilatatis concavisque. Calyx cum pedicello articulatus; sepala 0.75 mm longa, orbicularia vel apice breviter acuta, submembranacea, pallide purpurea (pale beetroot-red), opposita, corolla basin amplectentia. Corolla 4 mm diam.; petala 2 mm longa, erecto-patentia, elliptica vel obovato-elliptica, obtusa, basi plana, superne concava, apice cucullata, tenuiter carnosa, marginibus submembranacea, nervo medio leviter prominente, alba more aquae (water-white), externe pallide roseo-suffusa. Stamina basi petalorum adnata; filamenta erecta obclavata, dorsaliter leviter compressa, pallida, 1 mm longa; antherae omnes fertiles, medio affixae, versatiles oblongae. Ovarium 0.5 mm longum, ovatum trigonum; stylum 0.25 mm longom, teres, apice complanatum stigmatiferum minuteque papillatum. From: Multiple authors. 1928. Novitates Africanae (cont.). J. Bot. 66: 195-200. [All rights reserved]
Dwarf, much-branched, succulent shrub, up to 200 mm tall. Leaves cuneate-obovate, 10-14 x 7-9 mm, fleshy. Flowers 2-6, in sessile terminal cymes, white, suffused with pale pink. Feb (in cultivation). From: Snijman, DA. 2013. Didiereaceae. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 368-369. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
On low hills. From: Snijman, DA. 2013. Didiereaceae. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 368-369. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Little Namaqualand: Hills at Grootderm. From: Multiple authors. 1928. Novitates Africanae (cont.). J. Bot. 66: 195-200. [All rights reserved]
Lower Gariep Valley. From: Snijman, DA. 2013. Didiereaceae. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 368-369. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
150 to 1000 m
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Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature
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Names and Sources
Published in: J. Bot. 66: 195 (1928)
Type: South Africa. Namaqualand, hills at Grootderm, Oct 1926, Pillans 5849 (BOL, holo.)
Ceraria pygmaea (Pillans) G.D.Rowley
Published in: Bradleya 14: 82 (1996)
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Caryophyllales
FAMILY Didiereaceae
GENUS Portulacaria
SPECIES pygmaea
15 results for Portulacaria pygmaea Pillans
Barcode: PRE0588998-0 Collector(s) & number: Burgoyne, PM, 8391B | 2001-8-8
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0201881-0 Collector(s) & number: Unknown, s.n. | 1975-5-
General notes: Collected by Drijhout. Photograpgh from slide included.
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Barcode: NBG0201879-0 Collector(s) & number: Univ. Stellenbosch, s.n. | 1975-3-17
General notes: Flowered in Botanic Gardens, Stellenbosch. Flowers pale greenish /white: anthers orange.
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Barcode: PRE0400613-0 Collector(s) & number: Wisura, W, PRE 54035 | 1974-12-5
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0005394-0 Collector(s) & number: Hall, H, NBG 695/53 | 1954-2-15
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2014
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
Phylogenetic relationships in the Didiereaceae with special reference to subfamily Portulacarioideae Bruyns, PV; Oliveira-Neto, M; Melo-da-Pinna, GF; Klak, CTaxon 63(5)1053-1064
2013
SERIES CHAPTER
Didiereaceae Snijman, DAIn: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 368-369
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
1997
1928
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
Novitates Africanae (cont.) Multiple authorsJournal of Botany, British and Foreign 66: 195-200
No results found for Portulacaria pygmaea Pillans
Status and criteria
NE
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