carpetweed family

1. Succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds;
   Fig marigolds (synset 111839414)
   is a type of: caryophylloid dicot family - family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
   member holonym:

   • carpobrotus, genus carpobrotus - a caryophyllaceous genus of Carpobrotus
   • dorotheanthus, genus dorotheanthus - a caryophyllaceous genus of Dorotheanthus
   • genus lithops - genus of stemless South African succulents
   • genus mesembryanthemum, mesembryanthemum - South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that open only in bright sunlight
   • genus molluga, molluga - carpetweeds
   • genus pleiospilos, pleiospilos - perennial succulents of South Africa
   • genus tetragonia, tetragonia - New Zealand spinach
   belongs to: caryophyllales, chenopodiales, order caryophyllales, order-chenopodiales - corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae
   same as: aizoaceae, family aizoaceae, family tetragoniaceae, tetragoniaceae

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