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Zaleya

Zaleya is a genus of flowering plants in the iceplant family Aizoaceae, found in Cape Verde, Africa, Madagascar, Réunion, Socotra, western Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Australia.

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Zaleya
Zaleya decandra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Subfamily: Sesuvioideae
Genus: Zaleya
Burm.f.1
Species

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Synonyms2
  • Rocama Forssk.
  • Zallia Roxb.

Zaleya is a genus of flowering plants in the iceplant family Aizoaceae, found in Cape Verde, Africa, Madagascar, Réunion, Socotra, western Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Australia.32

Species

Currently accepted species include:2

  • Zaleya camillei (Cordem.) H.E.K.Hartmann
  • Zaleya decandra (L.) Burm.f.
  • Zaleya galericulata (Melville) H.Eichler
  • Zaleya govindia (Buch.-Ham. ex G.Don) N.C.Nair
  • Zaleya pentandra (L.) C.Jeffrey
  • Zaleya redimita (Melville) Bhandari
References

References

  1. Fl. Indica: 110 (1768)
  2. "Zaleya Burm.f." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. Xu, Han (2019). "The complete chloroplast genome of newly alien medicinal and toxic species, Zaleya pentandra (L.) C.Jeffrey (Aizoaceae), in China". Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 4 (2): 3412–3413. doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1674709. PMC 7707379. PMID 33366017. S2CID 208592601.