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[[File:Fenestraria_aurantica.jpg|250px|thumb|''Fenestraria aurantica'' (University of California Botanical Garden).]]'''''Fenestraria''''' (known as '''babies' toes''' or '''window plant''') is a (possibly monotypic) genus of succulent plants in the family ''Aizoaceae'', native to the Namaqualand in Namibia. | [[File:Fenestraria_aurantica.jpg|250px|thumb|''Fenestraria aurantica'' (University of California Botanical Garden).]]'''''Fenestraria''''' (known as '''babies' toes''' or '''window plant''') is a (possibly monotypic) genus of succulent plants in the family ''Aizoaceae'', native to the Namaqualand in Namibia. | ||
In the wild, the plant commonly grows under sand, except for the transparent tips, which allow light into the leaves for photosynthesis. The plant produce optical fibers made from crystalline oxalic acid which transmit light to subterranean photosynthetic sites. | In the wild, the plant commonly grows under sand, except for the transparent tips, which allow [[light (nonfiction)]] into the leaves for photosynthesis. | ||
The plant produce optical fibers made from crystalline oxalic acid which transmit light to subterranean photosynthetic sites. | |||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
<gallery mode="traditional"> | <gallery mode="traditional"> | ||
File:Light_1943.jpg|link=Light (nonfiction)|Light in Union Station wishes it were in Namibia, shining on ''Fenestraria'' photoreceptors. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Crimes against light]] | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Light (nonfiction)]] | |||
External links: | External links: | ||
Latest revision as of 17:08, 12 August 2019
Fenestraria (known as babies' toes or window plant) is a (possibly monotypic) genus of succulent plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Namaqualand in Namibia.
In the wild, the plant commonly grows under sand, except for the transparent tips, which allow light (nonfiction) into the leaves for photosynthesis.
The plant produce optical fibers made from crystalline oxalic acid which transmit light to subterranean photosynthetic sites.
In the News
Light in Union Station wishes it were in Namibia, shining on Fenestraria photoreceptors.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Fenestraria @ Wikipedia
- Oxalic acid @ Wikipedia
- Photosynthesis @ Wikipedia