Taxon: Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.

• the 4 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• common iceplant   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• crystalline iceplant   (Source: Names Beetle ) – English
  
• iceplant   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• ficoïde cristalline   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• ficoïde glaciale   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Eiskraut   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• barrilha   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• barrilla de Canarias   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• escarchada   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• escarchosa   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• isört   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Human food: vegetable   (fide Food Feed Crops US; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide F NAmer)
  
• Weed   (fide Rep NCEPPC; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

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Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores, Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
  Middle Atlantic Ocean: St. Helena
  Northern Africa: Algeria [n.]; Libya [n.]; Morocco; Tunisia
  West Tropical Africa: Mauritania
  South Tropical Africa: Angola [s.w.]
  Southern Africa: Namibia; South Africa - Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Egypt - Sinai; Israel
• EUROPE
  Southeastern Europe: Croatia [s.w.]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]
  Southwestern Europe: France [s.e. & Corsica]; Spain [incl. Baleares]

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Egypt [n.]
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia [s.]
• EUROPE
  Southwestern Europe: Portugal
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Pennsylvania
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja California
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Western South America: Ecuador; Peru - Arequipa
  Southern South America: Argentina - Chubut, Rio Negro; Chile

• EUROPE
  Southeastern Europe: Greece [incl. Crete]

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Beetle, A. A. 1970. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31.
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45.
• Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In: Luken, J. O. & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. 255–267.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Eriksson, O. et al. 1979. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 2.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• George, A. S., ed. 1980–. Flora of Australia.
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973–. Flora of Ecuador.
• Hartmann, H. E. K., ed. 2001. Illustrated handbook of succulent plants: Aizoaceae A-E & Aizoaceae F-Z. F–Z:148.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
• Jacobsen, H. J. 1981. Das Sukkulentenlexicon, ed. 2. 500.
• Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae.
• Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Wiggins, I. L. 1980. Flora of Baja California. [introduced].
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina.
• Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74., 1999

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Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Mesembryanthemum crystallinum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Mesembryanthemum crystallinum.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Cryophytum crystallinum (L.) N. E. Br.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• ABRS: Australian Biological Resources Study Flora of Australia online
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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