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Mesembryanthemum tuberculosum Rolfe
Bot. Mag. 142: t. 8674 B. 1916
Family: AIZOACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Faucaria felina subs. tuberculosa (Rolfe) L.E.Groen
Bothalia 29(1): 42 (1999)

Mesembryanthemum tuberculosum (Faucaria felina subs. tuberculosa) Photo by: Paolo Di Varena
This is a very handsome plant with large tubercles or warts on upper leaf surface and soft white teeth along the edges.

Synonyms:

See all synonyms of Faucaria felina
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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Faucaria felina Schwantes
Z. Sukkulentenk. ii. 177 (1926)
Synonymy: 25 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Faucaria felina subs. britteniae (L. Bolus) L.E.Groen
Bothalia 29(1): 41 (1999)
Synonymy: 6 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Faucaria felina subs. tuberculosa (Rolfe) L.E.Groen
Bothalia 29(1): 42 (1999)
Synonymy: 3 Cultivars (1):
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Shark's Jaws, Knobby Tiger Jaws, Tiger Jaws, Pebbled Tiger Jaws
CHINESE (中文): 荒波

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Faucaria felina group

  • Faucaria candida L. Bolus: has large white flowers and leaves more or less uniform bright green without tubercles or pale speckling. Distribution: Cradock, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
  • Faucaria cradockensis L. Bolus: ((syn: Faucaria felina subs. felina) has long unspotted leaves with white or pink teeth. Distribution: Hill above Cradock, Somerset East Dist., Eastern Cape.
  • Faucaria felina Schwantes: has slender, spreading leaves with an oblique tip of the leaf. The lower number of teeth and the less spots separates it from Faucaria tigrina, which also has more erect leaves. Distribution: Eastern Cape-Province.
  • Faucaria felina subs. britteniae (L. Bolus) L.E.Groen: has stouter whitish-grey green leaves, with darker-grey tiny dots, amd the keel meeting the upper leaf surface nearly at a right angle at the apex. Distribution: Albany, Grahamstown and Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape.
  • Faucaria felina subs. tuberculosa (Rolfe) L.E.Groen: Plant with large white tubercles or warts on upper leaf surface and soft white teeth along the edges. Cultivated plants shows a wide morphologic variability. Distribution: Bedford, Cape Province.
  • Faucaria felina subs. tuberculosa cv. Super Warty: has large bumped and tangled tubercles or warts on upper leaf surface and soft white teeth along the edges. Origin: supposed from Japan.
  • Faucaria longifolia L. Bolus: has long slender, more green leaves, keeled towards apex and with more numerous teeth. Distribution: Cape province.
  • Faucaria lupina (Haw.) Schwantes: has silvery green, long, triangular leaves, with fierce-looking teeth along the upper margin. Distribution: Uitenhage, Eastern Cape Province.
  • Faucaria speciosa L. Bolus: (syn: Faucaria felina subs. britteniae) has a more glaucous colour, and a rough leaf-surface. Distribution: Albany, Eastern Cape Province.


1669 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Mesembryanthemum tuberculosum (Faucaria felina subs. tuberculosa) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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Mesembryanthemum tuberculosum (Faucaria felina subs. tuberculosa) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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Mesembryanthemum tuberculosum (Faucaria felina subs. tuberculosa) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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Mesembryanthemum tuberculosum (Faucaria felina subs. tuberculosa) Photo by: Frikkie Hall

1670 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Mesembryanthemum tuberculosum (Faucaria felina subs. tuberculosa) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
1672 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Mesembryanthemum tuberculosum (Faucaria felina subs. tuberculosa) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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Mesembryanthemum tuberculosum (Faucaria felina subs. tuberculosa) Photo by: Giuseppe Distefano
1668 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Mesembryanthemum tuberculosum (Faucaria felina subs. tuberculosa) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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