Accession Data
Conophytum lithopsoides ssp. boreale
Family: Aizoaceae
Synonym(s): Conophytum boreale L.Bolus
Country of Origin: UC 51/1303, NC, RSA
Accession Data
Accession #: 201900402
Accession Date: 2019-11-08 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 6105
Quantity: 1
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.
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
SubFamily: Ruschioideae
Tribe: Ruschieae
References
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, 28 February, 2020.
- BGCI Plant Search. Last accessed on Friday, 28 February, 2020.
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