Aizoaceae
Fls us. perfect, regular; calyx 5-8-lobed, tube free or adnate to ovary; petals 0; red to white petaloid staminodes ∞, inserted in calyx tube; stamens perig., few to many. Ovary 1- to several-celled; ovules one to many. Fr. various. Herbs or low shrubs, often fleshy, with us. opp. exstipulate lvs. Widespread, with some 20 genera and 650 spp. Often given the family name Ficoidaceae.
