페네스트라리아 아우란티아카

페네스트라리아 아우란티아카

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그러나 국명은 페네스트라리아 아우란티아카

과명	Aizoaceae (번행초과)	속명	Fenestraria (페네스트라리아속)
전체학명	Fenestraria aurantiaca N.E.Br.	추천명	페네스트라리아 아우란티아카
이명		외국명

Origin and Habitat: Coastal South Africa from Namaqualand in the Northern Cape to Luderitz in Namibia.
Habitat: Grows in areas with sandy or calciferous soils. The plants occur in very dry areas with winter-rainfall of only 100 mm or less. In the wild, the they grows mostly buried by sand. The transparent fenestrate leaf tips are often above the sand and allow light into the leaves for photosynthesis.

Synonyms:

• Fenestraria rhopalophylla (Schltr. & Diels) N.E.Br.
• Fenestraria aurantiaca f. rhopalophylla (Schltr. & Diels) G.D.Rowley
• Mesembryanthemum rhopalophyllum Schltr. & Diels
  Common Names include:
  ENGLISH: Window Plant, Baby Toes
  AFRIKAANS (Afrikaans): Vensterplant
  

Description: Fenestraria rhopalophylla is an evergreen mat forming geophyte, mainly subterranean with just the tips of the leaves appearing above the soil. Fenestraria is a monotypic genus comprising only one specie and one subspecies. on each leaf of this plant there is a transparent window-like area at the top, it is for these window ( in Latin “fenestra”) that the genus name is derived from.
Stem: Not present or very reduced.
Leaves: Club-shaped flat or rounded on top, often partially buried with translucent, window-like tips on top to admit light. They are smooth and have a waxy layer.
Roots: Thick.
Flowers: Medium-large, white to yellow, solitary or in groups of up to three. They are borne on long pedicels, five sepals with membraneous margins are present, many petals occur in one to several whorls, fine stigmas spread up from the centre of the flower.
Flowering time: From mid-winter (or autumn) to early spring.

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