Accession Data
Conophytum regale
Family: Aizoaceae
Country of Origin: South Africa: SB 793, Namaqualand, NC
Description: Dwarf succulent with velvety, windowed leaves, and large regal violet flowers in autumn. This species was known from a single, fairly small population on a quartzite mountain in eastern Namaqualand. Its conservation status is technically considered critically endangered, but recent reports from the field indicate that Conophytum regale is either extinct in the wild or very nearly so, due to an increase in poaching beginning in 2019 (M.Opel).
Accession Data
Accession #: 202300008
Accession Date: 2023-01-12 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 2207
Quantity: 1
Source: M. Opel research collection
Provenance:
SB 793, Namaqualand, NC, RSA. Cuttings from Steven Hammer received by Matthew Opel, Aug. 1995
SB 793, Ratelport, N. Springbok, NC, RSA
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:| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
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A.J. Young & D. Raimondo 2020. SANBI Red List of South African Plants. Conophytum regale. Accessed Jan 12 2023.
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