Mesembryanthemum
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mesembryanthemum-314-11634366
title:
Mesembryanthemum
text:
Mesembryanthemum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, indigenous to southern Africa. As with many members of that family, it is characterized by long-lasting flower heads. Flowers of Mesembryanthemum protect their gametes from night-time dews or frosts but open in sunlight. There is an obvious evolutionary advantage to doing this; where sun, dew, frost, wind or predators are likely to damage exposed reproductive organs, closing may be advantageous during times when flowers are
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Genus of plants
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesembryanthemum
date created:
date modified:
2024-01-01T00:43:12Z
main entity:
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image:
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13
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