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Acrosanthes Ecklon & Zeyher 1837: 328; Adamson 1959: 23–28; Hartmann 2001: 25–26 Lectotypus, designated by Adamson 1959: 23 as “type species”, A. anceps (Thunberg) Sonder = Aizoon L. subg. Acrosanthes (Ecklon & Zeyher) D.Dietrich 1842: 130 LT, designated by Hartmann 2001: 25, Aizoon fistulosum (Ecklon & Zeyher) D.Dietrich ≡ A. fistulosa Ecklon & Zeyher = A. anceps (Thunberg) Sonder Etym Gk akros, point, top, apex anthos, flower, referring to the terminal flowers above a forking = Didaste E. Meyer ex Sonder in Harvey & Sonder 1862: 472 nomen nudum.
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Hartmann, H.E.K. (2017). Acrosanthes Aizooideae . In: Hartmann, H. (eds) Aizoaceae. Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49260-4_3
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