Vanzijlia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It only contains one known species, Vanzijlia annulata.[2]

Vanzijlia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Aizoaceae
Genus:	Vanzijlia L.Bolus
Species:	V. annulata
Binomial name
Vanzijlia annulata (A.Berger) L.Bolus
Synonyms[1]
Species synonymy Mesembryanthemum angustipetalum L.Bolus Mesembryanthemum annulatum A.Berger Vanzijlia angustipetala (L.Bolus) N.E.Br.

It is native to the Cape Provinces of the South African Republic.[2]

The genus name of Vanzijlia is in honour of Dorothy Constantia van Zijl (1886–1938), South African plant collector.[3] The Latin specific epithet of annulata means ring-shaped or with an annulus.[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Fl. Pl. South Africa Vol.7 on table 262 in 1927.[1][2] The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they do not list any known species.[5]

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