Mesembryanthemum (female fairy) - Mesembryanthemum

Japanese: メセン(女仙) - メセン
Mesembryanthemum (female fairy) - Mesembryanthemum
A group of succulents from the Vitis family that are found mainly in South Africa are collectively known in ornamental horticulture as Mesembryanthema, or Mesembryanthemum for short. Linnaeus once treated them as a single genus, Mesembryanthemum , but in the 20th century, L. Bolus of the University of Cape Town and NE Brown of the Botanical Gardens, Kew, among others, subdivided them into as many as 120 genera. With over 2,000 species, they are a large group of succulents on a par with cacti, but unlike cacti, they have a different tendency to become fleshy, with fleshy leaves.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
ツルナ科のうち,南アフリカを分布の中心とする多肉植物の一群を観賞園芸上メセンブリアンテマMesembryanthema類,略してメセンと総称している。かつてリンネはメセンブリアンテムム属Mesembryanthemumの1属で扱ったが,20世紀になって,ケープ大学のボルスL.Bolusやキュー植物園のブラウンN.E.Brownなどによって120属もに細分された。2000種以上を含み,サボテンと並ぶ多肉植物の大群であるが,サボテンとは多肉化の傾向が異なり,葉が多肉質になる。

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