Accession Data

Conophytum burgeri

Common Name: Burger's Onion

Family: Aizoaceae

Country of Origin: South Africa - Bushmanland

Description: Bizzare sphaeroid leaf succulent, perpetually ensheathed in the papery remains of previous years' leaves.

Accession Data

Accession #: 199800171

Accession Date: 1998-11-05 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2207

Quantity: 2

Source: Matt Opel

Provenance:

R.Rawe 1265, Aggeneys, Bushmanland, RSA

Culture: See Growing Conophytum burgeri at Burger's Onion for detailed cultivation information.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: core eudicots

Order: Caryophyllales

Family: Aizoaceae

SubFamily: Ruschioideae

Tribe: Ruschieae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. Personal communication with Matt Opel, November 1998
  2. Burger's Onion - Matt Opel's Bizarre Plant blog
  3. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 26, 2017.
  4. Conophytum burgeri at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 26, 2017.
  5. Young, A.J. 2022. Conophytum burgeri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T202851348A202851350. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T202851348A202851350.en. Accessed on 03 August 2022.

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Conophytum burgeri
Conophytum burgeri