| Common Names - fig-marigold family, ice plant family | Synonyms - |
| Authority - Martynov. | Total Number of genera - |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 135 |
| Plant forms - Most are herbs | |
| World Distribution - Most species (96 %, 1782 species in 132 genera) in this family are endemic to arid or semi-arid parts of southern Africa,[1] but a few are from Australia and the Central Pacific | |
| Comments - Most fig-marigolds are herbaceous, rarely somewhat wood | |
| 1 - Carpobrotus. 2 - Lampranthus. |