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Accession Data:

Lithops coleorum S.A.Hammer & R.Uijs

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Aizoaceae Rudolphi.

  • Country of Origin: South Africa (SH 1500, Transvaal)

  • Description: A miniature "living stone," recently discovered in the general vicinity of Johannesburg, near the eastern limit of the distribution of Lithops.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199800151
  • Source: Matt Opel
  • Provenance: S.A. Hammer 1500, Transvaal, RSA. Wild seed from type collection sown Oct 6, 1992.
  • Accession Date: 10-02-1998
  • Bench: 2207 - XER:Namib / Karoo D
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 11-06-2024

Classification:

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

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces

References (external):

Personal communication with Matt Opel, November 1998

data regenerated on Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:24:24 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Aizoaceae

Subfamily Mesembryanthemoideae

  • Aptenia cordifolia
  • Aptenia lancifolia
  • Aridaria serotina W/C
  • Phyllobolus tenuiflorus
  • Sceletium joubertii

Subfamily Ruschioideae
Tribe Dorotheantheae

  • Aethephyllum pinnatifidum

Subfamily Ruschioideae
Tribe Ruschieae

  • Aloinopsis schooneesii
  • Antegibbaeum fissoides W/C
  • Argyroderma fissum W/C
  • Argyroderma patens
  • Astridia longifolia W/C
  • Bergeranthus vespertinus W/C
  • Braunsia geminata W/C
  • Carpobrotus rossii
  • Carruanthus peersii
  • Carruanthus ringens W/C
  • Cerochlamys pachyphylla W/C
  • Cheiridopsis peculiaris W/C
  • Conophytum angelicae W/C
  • Conophytum bachelorum W/C
  • Conophytum bilobum W/C
  • Conophytum bilobum
  • Conophytum bilobum ssp. bilobum W/C
  • Conophytum bilobum ssp. claviferens W/C
  • Conophytum blandum W/C
  • Conophytum bruynsii W/C
  • Conophytum burgeri W/C
  • Conophytum calculus W/C
  • Conophytum calculus ssp. vanzylii W/C
  • Conophytum caroli W/C
  • Conophytum chauviniae W/C
  • Conophytum cubicum W/C
  • Conophytum ectypum
  • Conophytum ectypum ssp. brownii W/C
  • Conophytum ernstii W/C
  • Conophytum frutescens W/C
  • Conophytum globosum W/C
  • Conophytum hammeri W/C
  • Conophytum herreanthus W/C
  • Conophytum irmae W/C
  • Conophytum khamiesbergense W/C
  • Conophytum lydiae W/C
  • Conophytum marginatum ssp. marginatum W/C
  • Conophytum maughanii W/C
  • Conophytum meyeri W/C
  • Conophytum minimum W/C
  • Conophytum obcordellum W/C
  • Conophytum pageae W/C
  • Conophytum pellucidum W/C
  • Conophytum regale W/C
  • Conophytum stevens-jonesianum W/C
  • Conophytum subfenestratum W/C
  • Conophytum subterraneum W/C
  • Conophytum swanepoelianum ssp. rubrolineatum
  • Conophytum tantillum ssp. inexpectatum W/C
  • Conophytum uviforme
  • Conophytum wettsteinii W/C
  • Corpuscularia lehmannii
  • Cylindrophyllum comptonii W/C
  • Cylindrophyllum hallii
  • Deilanthe thudichumii W/C
  • Delosperma nubigenum
  • Delosperma pergamentaceum W/C
  • Delosperma pruinosum
  • Delosperma sawdahense W/C
  • Didymaotus lapidiformis W/C
  • Diplosoma luckhoffii W/C
  • Drosanthemum speciosum
  • Esterhuysenia alpina W/C
  • Faucaria bosscheana
  • Faucaria nemorosa
  • Faucaria paucidens W/C
  • Faucaria tigrina
  • Fenestraria rhopalophylla
  • Frithia pulchra W/C
  • Gibbaeum album W/C
  • Glottiphyllum depressum
  • Glottiphyllum nelii
  • Glottiphyllum oligocarpum W/C
  • Jacobsenia kolbei W/C
  • Jensenobotrya lossowiana W/C
  • Juttadinteria decumbens
  • Lampranthus deltoides
  • Lampranthus godmaniae W/C
  • Lampranthus gracilis W/C
  • Lampranthus haworthii
  • Lampranthus tenuifolius
  • Lampranthus unidentified
  • Lapidaria margaretae
  • Lithops aucampiae
  • Lithops aucampiae W/C
  • Lithops bromfieldii W/C
  • Lithops bromfieldii var. insularis
  • Lithops coleorum
  • Lithops comptonii var. weberi
  • Lithops dinteri ssp. frederici
  • Lithops divergens W/C
  • Lithops divergens ssp. amethystina
  • Lithops dorotheae
  • Lithops fulviceps lactinea W/C
  • Lithops geyeri W/C
  • Lithops hallii W/C
  • Lithops helmutii W/C
  • Lithops herrei W/C
  • Lithops hookeri W/C
  • Lithops julii
  • Lithops karasmontana ssp. bella
  • Lithops lesliei var. mariae
  • Lithops lesliei v. venteri
  • Lithops marmorata W/C
  • Lithops meyeri W/C
  • Lithops naureeniae W/C
  • Lithops olivacea var. nebrownii W/C
  • Lithops optica W/C
  • Lithops salicola W/C
  • Lithops schwantesii
  • Lithops villetii
  • Lithops viridis W/C
  • Lithops werneri W/C
  • Machairophyllum uniondalense
  • Marlothistella stenophylla
  • Meyerophytum meyeri W/C
  • Mitrophyllum grande W/C
  • Monilaria globosa W/C
  • Monilaria scutata W/C
  • Neohenricia sibbettii
  • Oophytum oviforme W/C
  • Oscularia sp.
  • Pleiospilos bolusii
  • Pleiospilos compactus subsp. canus
  • Pleiospilos simulans
  • Psammophora longifolia W/C
  • Psammophora modesta W/C
  • Rabiea albipuncta W/C
  • Rhombophyllum dolabriforme W/C
  • Ruschia crassa W/C
  • Ruschia gemina W/C
  • Ruschia marianae
  • Ruschia octonaria W/C
  • Schlechteranthus hallii W/C
  • Schwantesia ruedebuschii
  • Stoeberia arborea W/C
  • Titanopsis calcarea W/C
  • Trichodiadema cf. littlewoodii
  • Trichodiadema densum
  • Trichodiadema densum W/C
  • Trichodiadema mirabile
  • Vlokia ater W/C
  • Wooleya farinosa W/C
  • Zeuktophyllum calycinum

Subfamily Sesuvioideae

  • Sesuvium portulacastrum
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