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Portulacaria pygmaea

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It is a small, compact, soft-wooded, dwarf shrub with Unisexual flowers (dioecious). Its blue-green leaves are semi-evergreen. Its tiny compact branches spread, and often droop, staying close to the ground. It also develops a thick caudex or root-stock, which has led to it being a popular bonsai
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Phylogenetic relationships in the Didiereaceae with special reference to subfamily Portulacarioideae
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it is most closely related to its larger sister-species
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P.Bruyns, M.Oliveira-Neto, G.F. Melo de Pinna, C.Klak:
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Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Caryophyllales
Didiereaceae
Portulacaria
Binomial name
succulent plant
Namibia
Cape Provinces
South Africa
Portulacaria
Portulacaria fruticulosa
Taxon identifiers
Wikidata
Q19630702
Wikispecies
Portulacaria pygmaea
CoL
4M2HL
GBIF
4023247
iNaturalist
592455
IPNI
699420-1

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