Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

Common name: Tanquana

Family: Aizoaceae (Vygie)

Distribution: Western Cape

Habitat: broken shale brown and brown rocky outcrops

IUCN Red list: Not evaluated

National red list: Least Concern

Life form: Succulent plant

Comments: Tanquana is a relatively newly erected genus of 3 or 4 species formerly included in Pleiospilos. Although the two genera look similar and both come from the Western Cape, there are some reasons to keep separate the two genus: keels are present on Pleiospilos leaves but not on Tanquana, and capsules are quite different.