Galenia secunda
| Galenia secunda | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Aizoaceae |
| Genus: | Galenia |
| Subgenus: | Kolleria |
| Species: | G. secunda |
| Binomial name | |
| Galenia secunda (L. f.) Sond. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Galenia secunda (onesided galenia) is a plant species native to South Africa but naturalized in Australia (Western Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales), Spain, and the United States (Florida and New Jersey).[2][3][4][5][6] In Spain and Australia, is considered an invasive weed threatening native vegetation.[7][8]
Galenia secunda is shrub or perennial herb with grayish-white stems that trail along the ground for as much as 60 cm, forming mats. Leaves are grayish-white, folded inward, up to 2.5 cm long. Flowers are small, white to yellowish, up to 2 mm in diameter, often hidden by the leaves. [4][9][10]
References
- ↑ The Plant List
- ↑ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2). Galenia secunda
- ↑ Prescott, A. & J. Venning. 1984. Aizoaceae. Flora of Australia 19–62
- 1 2 Flora of North America, vol 4 p 79, Galenia secunda
- ↑ Adamson, R. S. 1956. The South African species of Aizoaceae III. Galenia L. J. S. African Bot. 22: 87-127.
- ↑ Prescott, A. 1984. Galenia. In: R. Robertson et al., eds. Flora of Australia. 23+ vols. Canberra. Vol. 4, pp. 50-52.
- ↑ García-de-Lomas, Juan, Ignacio Hernández, Íñigo Sánchez-García. 2009. Incipient invasion of Galenia secunda Sond. (Aizoaceae) in southern Spain. Biological Invasions 11:467-472.
- ↑ Weeds in Australia, Australian Government
- ↑ Sonder, Otto Wilhelm in Harvey, William Henry. 1862. Flora capensis :being a systematic description of the plants of the Cape colony, Caffraria, & Port Natal (and neighbouring territories) 2: 474..
- ↑ Clewell, A. F. 1985. Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Florida Panhandle
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