UCONN UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Biodiversity Education & Research Greenhouses

  • Collections
  • Teaching
  • Research
  • Outreach
  • Visiting
  • Staff
  • IPM Info
  • Support the Greenhouse

Accession Data:

Roepera morgsana (L.) Beier & Thulin

  • Common Name: Skilpadbos, Slymbos
  • Family: Zygophyllaceae R.Br.

  • Country of Origin: South Africa
  • Habitat: Lowland and coastal thickets, winter-rainfall areas.

  • Description: Shrub with slightly succulent leaves.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201000201
  • Source: Silverhill Seeds
  • Provenance: Stellenbosch, Western Cape, S. Africa
  • Accession Date: 12-20-2010
  • Bench: 2113 - MED:Fynbos E
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 05-09-2018

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Zygophyllales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Zygophyllaceae
  • SubFamily: Zygophylloideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, January 19, 2017.

data regenerated on Wed, 16 May 2018 13:17:54 -0400

Images:

Roepera morgsana

Additional images for this accession:

Click on thumbnails to enlarge

Current Accessions in the Zygophyllaceae

Subfamily Tribuloideae

  • Balanites maughamii

Subfamily Zygophylloideae

  • Guaiacum sanctum
  • Roepera morgsana W/C
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 10 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= voucher(s) on file at CONN for this accession
  • © University of Connecticut
  • Disclaimers, Privacy & Copyright