Faucaria felina (Weston) H.Jacobsen
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Plantae
- phylum
- Tracheophyta
- class
- Magnoliopsida
- order
- Caryophyllales
- family
- Aizoaceae
- genus
- Faucaria
- species
- Faucaria felina
discussion
Note: According to Ingram (in Baileya 17: 47 - 48. 1970), M. felinum Weston (1770) was published without reference to Linnaeus, preventing the recombination of Linnaeus' varietal epithet in Mesembryanthemum. He gives the correct name as Faucaria felina (Weston) Schwantes ex H. Jacobsen.
materials_examined
Lectotype (Groen & van der Maesen in Bothalia 29: 39. 1999): [icon] " Mesembryanthemum rictum felinum repraesentans " in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 240, t. 187, f. 230. 1732.