Lithops hookeri (A.Berger) Schwantes
LC Indigenous Endemic

Morphological description

Körperchen verkehrt eiförmig-kegelig, gestutzt, grau, an der flach konvexen Oberseite bräunlich und warzenartig uneben, im Alter durch das folgende Blattkörperchen gesprengt und in seinen zwei Hälften zu dessen Seiten stehen bleibend, am Grunde ganz und nicht zerrissen. Blüten einzeln, sitzend, geöffnet 4 cm breit. Fruchtknoten eingeschlossen: Kelchzipfel 6, hervorragend, aufrecht, röhrig zusammengeneigt, lanzettlich, grün, an den Spitzen gerötet. Blumenblätter zweireihig, sehr zahlreich, lineallanzettlich, stumpflich, strohgelb, rückwärts an der Spitze gerötet. Staubfäden zahlreich, aufrecht, weiß. Fruchtknoten flach, mit 5 fädlichen Griffeln. From: Berger, A. 1908. Mesembrianthemen und Portulacaceen. Beschreibung und Anleitung zum Bestimmen der wichtigsten Arten, mit kurzen Angaben über die Kultur . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart. [https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.15522] [All rights reserved] As: Mesembryanthemum hookeri A.Berger

Diagnostic description

Auch diese Art ist leider seither nicht mehr gesehen worden, sie ist mit M. nuciforme Haw. am nächsten verwandt. - M. truncatellum Haw. ist nach den Beschreibungen des Autors nicht mit dieser Art zu vereinigren. Ein weiteres, anscheinend hierher gehörendes Mesembrianthemum hat Dr. Marloth am Vaalfluß bei Vereeniging (Nr. 4578) gefunden. Es ist jedoch weit kleiner als M. hookeri, hat aber ebenso eine branne, fast krustenartige Oberfläche wie dieses. From: Berger, A. 1908. Mesembrianthemen und Portulacaceen. Beschreibung und Anleitung zum Bestimmen der wichtigsten Arten, mit kurzen Angaben über die Kultur . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart. [https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.15522] [All rights reserved] As: Mesembryanthemum hookeri A.Berger

Altitude

890 to 1460 m

Occurrence records map

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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

FSA

SA

BOT

NAM

ESW

LES

WC

EC

NC

FS

GA

KZN

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MP

NW

Absent

Indigenous

Endemic

Naturalised

Invasive

Names and Sources

Accepted name
Lithops hookeri (A.Berger) Schwantes

Published in: Möller's Deutsche Gärtn.-Zeitung 43: 46 (1928)

Synonym(s)

Mesembryanthemum hookeri A.Berger

Published in: Mesembr. Portulac.: 283 (1908)


Lithops aurantiaca L.Bolus


Lithops dabneri L.Bolus


Lithops marginata Nel


Lithops turbiniformis auct., sensu N.E.Br.


Lithops turbiniformis auct. var. brunneo-violacea de Boer, sensu N.E.Br.


Lithops turbiniformis auct. var. dabneri (L.Bolus) D.T.Cole, sensu N.E.Br.


Lithops turbiniformis auct. var. elephina D.T.Cole, sensu N.E.Br.


Lithops turbiniformis auct. var. lutea de Boer, sensu N.E.Br.


Lithops turbiniformis auct. var. marginata (Nel) D.T.Cole, sensu N.E.Br.


Lithops turbiniformis auct. var. subfenestrata de Boer, sensu N.E.Br.


Lithops turbiniformis auct. var. susannae D.T.Cole, sensu N.E.Br.


Mesembryanthemum truncatellum Hook.f.


Mesembryanthemum turbiniforme auct., sensu N.E.Br.


Lithops hookeri (A.Berger) Schwantes var. dabneri (L.Bolus) D.T.Cole

Published in: Lithops Flowering Stones: 218 (1988)


Lithops hookeri (A.Berger) Schwantes var. elephina (D.T.Cole) D.T.Cole

Published in: Lithops Flowering Stones: 219 (1988)


Lithops hookeri (A.Berger) Schwantes var. lutea (de Boer) D.T.Cole

Published in: Lithops Flowering Stones: 225 (1988)


Lithops hookeri (A.Berger) Schwantes var. marginata (Nel) D.T.Cole

Published in: Lithops Flowering Stones: 226 (1988)


Lithops hookeri (A.Berger) Schwantes var. subfenestrata (de Boer) D.T.Cole

Published in: Lithops Flowering Stones: 231 (1988)


Lithops hookeri (A.Berger) Schwantes var. susannae (D.T.Cole) D.T.Cole

Published in: Lithops Flowering Stones: 231 (1988)


Classification

KINGDOM Plantae

SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae

SUBFAMILY Ruschioideae

GENUS Lithops

SPECIES hookeri

16 results for Lithops hookeri (A.Berger) Schwantes

Specimen records

Barcode: PRE0389987-0 Collector(s) & number: Cole, DT, 91 | 1967-12-3

General notes: Specimen prepared 28-3-1970.

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Barcode: PRE0389983-0 Collector(s) & number: Anderson, E, 11641 | --

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Barcode: PRE0389984-0 Collector(s) & number: Knox-Davies, CN, PRE 53543 | --

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Barcode: PRE0389962-0 Collector(s) & number: Cole, DT, 88 | 1970-11-21

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Barcode: PRE0763699-0 Collector(s) & number: Burgoyne, PM, 10500(c) | 2006-9-14

General notes: Acacia nigrescens dominant. Slope: none. Height: 0.5-1 cm. Two bodies rusty red with deeper brown islands on leaf tips.

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Barcode: PRE0389980-0 Collector(s) & number: Cole, DT, 53 | 1971-9-25

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Barcode: PRE0389981-0 Collector(s) & number: Cole, DT, 23 | 1971-9-25

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Barcode: PRE0389982-0 Collector(s) & number: Cole, DT, 142B | 1970-11-14

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Barcode: PRE0389963-0 Collector(s) & number: Cole, DT, 35 | 1970-11-21

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Observation records

Date: 5/27/2021 3:33:29 PM

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Date: 12/14/2021 8:08:58 AM

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Date: 12/30/2007 12:00:00 AM

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Date: 8/16/2022 5:07:53 PM

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Date: 4/24/2023 12:00:00 AM

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Plant occurence records per dataset

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Occurrence records map

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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:

1965

PERIODICAL/JOURNAL

Notes on Mesembryanthemum and allied genera Bolus, HML

Journal of South African Botany 31: 237-240

1946

BOOK

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

Univ. Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch

1928

BOOK CHAPTER

Notes on Mesembrianthemum and allied genera Bolus, HML

1-16

University of Cape Town, Cape Town

1928

PERIODICAL/JOURNAL

Schwantes, MHG

Moller's Deutsche Gartner-Zeitung 43:

1874

BOOK

Vol. 30 Hooker, WJ

Curtis, London

No results found for Lithops hookeri (A.Berger) Schwantes

Status

Status and criteria

LC

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