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Annual or perennial succulent herbs, subshrubs or shrubs with succulent leaves. Leaves opposite, usually decussate, the lowest usually rosulate, free or ± connate in a sheath, usually simple, undivided and entire. Flowers usually 5-merous, usually small, not showy, in cymes which are arranged in axillary clusters, thyrses, corymb-like inflorescences or with 1(-2) flowers in the leaf axils. Sepals free or connate at base. Corolla usually white, sometimes turning brown when dry; petals connate at base into a tube. Stamens as many as petals. Carpels free or connate at base. Worldwide: 200 species, almost cosmopolitan. Malawi: 12 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| alba Forssk. var. alba | Description, Image | |
| alsinoides (Hook. f.) Engl. | N,S | Description, Image |
| globularioides Britten | N?,C,S | Image |
| granvikii Mildbr. | N | |
| lanceolata (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Endl. ex Walp. subsp. denticulata (Brenan) Toelken[End] | N,S | Description, Image |
| lanceolata (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Endl. ex Walp. subsp. lanceolata | C,S | |
| sarcocaulis Eckl.& Zeyh. subsp. rupicola Tolken var. mlanjiana R. Fern.[End] | S | |
| setulosa Harv. var. setulosa | C,S | Description, Image |
| swaziensis Schönland subsp. brachycarpa R. Fern. | S | Description |
| swaziensis Schönland subsp. swaziensis var. swaziensis | N,C | Description, Image |
| vaginata Eckl. & Zeyh. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| zombensis Baker f.[NrEnd] | S |
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