Plants photographed elsewhere in Namibia (not on Kyffhäuser)
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Lithops schwantesii Dinter subsp. schwantesii


Lithops schwantesii subsp schwantesii

Flowering plants



Family: Mesembryanthemaceae
Full name: Lithops schwantesii Dinter subsp. schwantesii
Location: Farm Urikos (2416AC)
ID status: Fairly certain
Afrikaans common name(s): -
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Synonym(s): Lithops christinae de Boer
Lithops dinteri Schwantes var. marthae (Loesch & Tischer) B.Fearn
Lithops gulielmi L.Bolus
Lithops kuibisensis Dinter ex H.Jacobsen
Lithops kunjasensis Dinter
Lithops marthae Loesch & Tischer
Lithops rugosa Dinter
Lithops schwantesii Dinter var. christinae (de Boer) B.Fearn
Lithops schwantesii Dinter var. kunjasensis (Dinter) de Boer & Boom
Lithops schwantesii Dinter var. marthae (Loesch & Tischer) D.T.Cole
Lithops schwantesii Dinter var. nutupsdriftensis de Boer
Lithops schwantesii Dinter var. rugosa (Dinter) de Boer & Boom
Lithops schwantesii Dinter var. triebneri (L.Bolus) de Boer & Boom
Lithops schwantesii Dinter var. urikosensis (Dinter) de Boer & Boom
Lithops triebneri L.Bolus
Lithops urikosensis Dinter
Status: Endemic
Description: Dwarf succulent. Leaves truncate in profile, faces flush, mostly elliptic-reniform, smooth to rugose, mostly ca. 25 x 20 mm, fissures shallow; margins often prominently banded, but usually rather fuzzy, not clearly defined; markings sparsely or obscurely reticulate. Rubrications usually an entire or broken network of bold lines, fairly regular, occasionally in a honeycomb pattern, sometimes reduced to a number of isolated short lines, dashes and dots, dull to bright blood-red or purplish red. Flowers yellow, often with longish pedicels. Capsule 5-locular, top flat to slightly convex (Cole, 1988). (from Red Data Book of Namibian Plants, SJ Loots)
Link(s) African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science
Kew Herbarium Catalogue
BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium
Züricher Herbarien
iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer)
iNaturalist (Namibia)
iNaturalist (southern Africa)
Flora of Zimbabwe
Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie
Tree Atlas of Namibia
Photographer: JS Steyn
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Content last updated: 18 Apr 2024


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