Stoeberia
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Stoeberia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.[1]
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Stoeberia | |
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Stoeberia fructescens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Aizoaceae |
Subfamily: | Ruschioideae |
Tribe: | Ruschieae |
Genus: | Stoeberia Dinter & Schwantes |
Synonyms | |
Ruschianthemum Friedrich |
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It is native to Namibia and also the Cape Provinces in the South African Republic.[1]
The genus name of Stoeberia is in honour of Ernst Stoeber (1889–1927?), a German teacher and botanist in Lüderitz in present-day Namibia.[2] It was first described and published in Z. Sukkulentenk. Vol.3 on page 17 in 1927.[1]