# Machairophyllum

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{{Short description|Genus of succulents}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Machairophyllum stenopetalum.jpg
|image_caption = ''Machairophyllum bijlii'',<br> after its flowers have dried out
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Machairophyllum
|authority = [Schwantes](/source/Martin_Heinrich_Gustav_Schwantes)<ref name=ipni1>In: ''Mollers Deutsch. Gartner-Zeit.'' 1927, xlii. 187. {{ cite web |url=http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do;jsessionid=802E96B3846C96308AB360719AAF01C8?id=16241-1 |title=Plant Name Details for ''Machairophyllum'' |work=[IPNI](/source/International_Plant_Names_Index) |accessdate=December 21, 2009}}</ref>
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = See text
|synonyms = ''Perissolobus'' <small>[N.E.Br.](/source/N._E._Brown)</small>
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=POWO_16241-1>{{Cite POWO|title=''Machairophyllum'' Schwantes|id=16241-1|access-date=13 October 2025|mode=cs1}}</ref>
}}

'''''Machairophyllum''''' is a genus of plants in the family [Aizoaceae](/source/Aizoaceae). It includes four species native to the [Cape Provinces](/source/Cape_Provinces) of South Africa.<ref name=POWO_16241-1/>

==Species==
{{As of|2025|October}}, [Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) accepted the following species:<ref name=POWO_16241-1/>
*''[Machairophyllum albidum](/source/Machairophyllum_albidum)'' <small>Schwantes</small>
*''[Machairophyllum bijlii](/source/Machairophyllum_bijlii)'' <small>(N.E.Br.) L.Bolus</small>
*''[Machairophyllum brevifolium](/source/Machairophyllum_brevifolium)'' <small>L.Bolus</small>
*''[Machairophyllum stayneri](/source/Machairophyllum_stayneri)'' <small>L.Bolus</small>

==References==
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Category:Aizoaceae
Category:Aizoaceae genera
Category:Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces
Category:Taxa named by Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes

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