Accession Data
Conophytum fraternum
Family: Aizoaceae
Synonym(s): Conophytum orbicum N.E.Br. ex Tischer
Country of Origin: Nel sub SUG 9330, Kuboos (Kabies), NC, RSA
Accession Data
Accession #: 202000056
Accession Date: 2020-12-31
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 6105
Quantity: 2
Source: Nel sub SUG 9313, Kuboos, Richtersveld, NC, RSA
Provenance: Nel sub SUG 9330, Kuboos, Richtersveld, NC, RSA. Plants from Steven Hammer, Sept. 26, 2020. This population is Conophytum orbicum, sometimes considered a synonym of C. jucundum, but based on epidermal structure (superficial stomata), more closely related to C. fraternum. Actual collection locality is likely not the modern town Kuboes, but probably Kabies near Skimmelberg in the southern Richtersveld.
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
SubFamily: Ruschioideae
Tribe: Ruschieae
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