Oscularia alba

(Oscularia alba)

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Description

Oscularia alba is an arsenic plant species first described by L. Bol., And now became known as HEK Hartmann. Oscularia alba is a member of the Oscularia a genus of succulent flowering plants in the Aizoaceae family. Oscularia is native to semi-arid and rocky habitats in the Western Cape of South Africa. It was previously included within the related genus Lampranthus, but was split off as a separate genus, due to differences in its fruit and flower.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Aizoaceae
Genus:Oscularia
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