AVONIA SP. NOVA

This member of the Portulacaceae family might not been described yet. I found it in the central South Africa, growing in grit with extreme little water and lots of sun. The caudex grow to two and a half centimetre, the whole plant up to four and a half centimetre in height. The plants on this page was found near Poffadder in South Africa on an expedition with Dr. Graham Williamson, who impressive put a name to everything else we found.

The genera name means 'lawlessness' in Greek, but is more likely from Latin; avus; 'grandfather', referring to the "old-looking" stipular scales. The species name after proff. This might me Avonia gariepensis, accordently to Robert Maijer.