Erepsia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, placed by GBIF's Backbone Taxonomy in the order Caryophyllales, class Magnoliopsida. The genus was described by the English botanist Nicholas Edward Brown (N.E.Br.), with the name published in 1925 in the Gardeners' Chronicle (Gard. Chron. III. 78: 433).
Erepsia is native to South Africa, where its distribution is recorded as the Cape Provinces. The genus comprises 31 accepted species, though sources consulted do not enumerate them individually.
At least one Erepsia species, Erepsia heteropetala, is documented growing in cultivation outside its native range.
Distribution
Erepsia is native to South Africa, where it is recorded from the Cape Provinces. GBIF's taxonomic placement (family Aizoaceae, order Caryophyllales) is consistent with this southern African distribution but adds no further range detail.
Taxonomy Notes
The genus was described by Nicholas Edward Brown (N.E.Br.) in 1925, published in the Gardeners' Chronicle (Gard. Chron. III. 78: 433). GBIF's Backbone Taxonomy accepts Erepsia within family Aizoaceae, order Caryophyllales, class Magnoliopsida, and lists 31 accepted descendant species.
