AIZOACEAE - Fig-marigold Family
Leaves opposite or alternate, simple and entire, epidermis with large
bladder-like cells
Seeds with perisperm, no endosperm
12 genera, 2500 species
Economic uses: horticultural - Lithops
(Stone plant)
This family had once been united with the Molluginaceae but members of the
Aizoaceae are betalain-producers
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