Conophytum lithopsoides ssp. boreale

Common name:

Family: Aizoaceae

Synonym(s): <i>Conophytum boreale</i> L.Bolus

Country of Origin: UC 51/1303, NC, RSA

Description:

Uses:

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Source: UC 51/1303

Provenance:

Univ. California UC 51/1303, pre-WWII material from "a German botanical garden" probably ex Herre. 
Considered by Steven Hammer to likely represent C. lithopsoides ssp. boreale, a lost taxon which was recorded from near the northeastern limits of the range of the genus Conophytum, between Kakamas and Augrabies Falls, NC, RSA. 
Aside from the single clone UC 51/1303, this taxon is unknown either in cultivation or from modern field observations. 
Cutting from Steven Hammer Oct. 21, 2019.  

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Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• SubClass: core eudicots
• Order: Caryophyllales
• SubOrder:
• Family: Aizoaceae
• SubFamily: Ruschioideae
• Tribe: Ruschieae
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References:

1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, 28 February, 2020.
2. BGCI Plant Search. Last accessed on Friday, 28 February, 2020.

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