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Lithops marmorata (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br.
LC Indigenous Endemic
Morphological description

Dwarf, obconical, succulent plant, in many-headed clumps. Leaf- pair widely gaping, elliptic to ± kidney-shaped from above, upper surfaces convex, sometimes ± humped, opaque pale grey, tinged with pale blue, green, cream or smoky pink, with darker marbling. Flowers white, 25-35 mm diam. From: Hammer, SA. 2013. Aizoaceae: Lithops. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 206-208. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Habitat

Gravel plains of quartzite, gneiss, pegmatite and schist. From: Hammer, SA. 2013. Aizoaceae: Lithops. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 206-208. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Distribution

E of Kosies to near Springbok and into Bushmanland. From: Hammer, SA. 2013. Aizoaceae: Lithops. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 206-208. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Altitude

0 to 1320 m

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Residence status

Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature

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Names and Sources

Accepted name
Lithops marmorata (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br.

Published in: Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 71: 80 (1922)

Synonym(s)

Lithops diutina L.Bolus


Lithops elisae de Boer


Lithops framesii L.Bolus


Lithops umdausensis L.Bolus


Mesembryanthemum marmoratum N.E.Br.

Published in: J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 45: 68 (1920)


Lithops herrei L.Bolus f. albiflora H.Jacobsen

Published in: Nat. Cact. & Succ. J. 10: 81 (1955)


Lithops marmorata (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br. var. elisae (de Boer) D.T.Cole

Published in: Excelsa 3: 48 (1973)


Classification

KINGDOM Plantae

SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae

PHYLUM Anthophyta

ORDER Caryophyllales

FAMILY Aizoaceae

SUBFAMILY Ruschioideae

TRIBE Ruschieae

GENUS Lithops

SPECIES marmorata

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Specimen records

Barcode: PRE0843516-0 Collector(s) & number: Burgoyne, PM, 11054(b) | 2007-11-2

South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand District. Precisely 40 km S of Vioolsdrif.

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Barcode: PRE0763698-0 Collector(s) & number: Burgoyne, PM, 10303(e) | 2005-11-28

South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand District. NE of Steinkopf on Steinkopf/Vioolsdrift road at T-junction to road turning to Henkries.

General notes: Gravelly sand. Pegmatite. Slope: none. Short cluster of leaves with buff and light brown markings on leaf tips.

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Barcode: PRE0766055-0 Collector(s) & number: van Wyk, E, EVW217 | 2001-2-7

South Africa, Northern Cape, Rooifontein / Kamasi.

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Observation records

Date: 6/15/2009 12:00:00 AM

Northern Cape, South Africa

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Date: 11/17/2021 2:17:00 PM

Northern Cape, South Africa

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Date: 4/5/2022 3:02:01 PM

Northern Cape

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Date: 5/4/2023 5:17:00 PM

Northern Cape

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Date: 10/28/2023 12:40:21 PM

Northern Cape

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Date: 10/27/2023 11:13:21 AM

Northern Cape

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Date: 10/28/2023 1:22:31 PM

Northern Cape, South Africa

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Date: 10/27/2023 11:48:25 AM

Northern Cape, South Africa

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Date: 10/28/2023 1:21:35 PM

Northern Cape

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Date: 10/27/2023 11:14:00 AM

Northern Cape, South Africa

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2013

SERIES CHAPTER

Aizoaceae: Lithops Hammer, SA

In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 206-208

South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria

2001

BOOK

Illustrated handbook of succulent plants: Aizoaceae F-Z Hartmann, HEKO

1988

BOOK

Lithops: Flowering Stones Cole, DT

Acorn Books, Randburg

1973

PERIODICAL/JOURNAL

Cole, DT

Excelsa 3:

1961

PERIODICAL/JOURNAL

De Boer, HW

Succulenta (Netherlands):

1955

PERIODICAL/JOURNAL

Jacobsen, HJH

National Cactus and Succulent Journal 10:

1946

BOOK

Lithops plantae succulentae, rarissimae, in terra obscuratae, e familia Aizoaceae, ex Africa austr. Nel, GC

Univ. Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch

1930

PERIODICAL/JOURNAL

Bolus, HML

South African Gardening & Country Life 20:

1928

BOOK CHAPTER

Notes on Mesembrianthemum and allied genera Bolus, HML

1-16

University of Cape Town, Cape Town

1922

PERIODICAL/JOURNAL

Mesembryanthemum and some new genera separated from it Brown, NE

Gardeners' Chronicle 71: 65-65

1920

PERIODICAL/JOURNAL

New and old species of Mesembryanthemum, with critical notes Brown, NE

Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany 45: 53-140

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