PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / CARYOPHYLLALES / AIZOACEAE / RUSCHIOIDEAE / RUSCHIEAE / CONOPHYTUM / MINUTUM / NUDUM
Plant highly caespitose, forming dense mats. Sheath papery, white or yellowish-tan, unspotted, persistent, rather firm. Bodies 5-15 x 3-8 x 3-8 mm, narrowly obo-vate, top truncate to deeply concave, round in outline or elliptic when paired; fissure long, impressed, whitish, papillate. Epidermis glabrous, often glossy or blank, dull grey-green (Komkans) to deep grass-green or purple (Holrivier) sometimes with a transient greyish bloom, unspotted or vaguely spotted, spots never prominent. Flowers autumnal, diurnal, scentless. Calyx-tube 4-8 mm long, thin, whitish, with 4-5 green sepals 3 mm long, corolla-tube 8-15 mm long, whitish becoming magenta, or entirely magenta, petals (12-)15-25(-40) in 2-6 series, magenta, acute at the tips or spathulate, with an inner ring of white, yellow, or pink staminodes, these acute and very thin, rarely absent, stamens ca. 30, hidden at the base of the tube, rarely exserted; style minute with 4-5 stigmas, these 2-4 mm long. Capsule 2 x 3 mm, shallow, pale tan; seeds 0.60 mm long, wrinkled, slightly papillate, not ocellate. From: Hammer, SA. 2002. Dumpling and his Wife: New views of the genus Conophytum. EAE Creative Colour Ltd., Norwich. [All rights reserved]
There is a fine population near Vredendal on a long low ridge of quartzite. From: Hammer, SA. 2002. Dumpling and his Wife: New views of the genus Conophytum. EAE Creative Colour Ltd., Norwich. [All rights reserved]
Restricted parts of the southern and southwestern Knersvlakte. From: Hammer, SA. 2002. Dumpling and his Wife: New views of the genus Conophytum. EAE Creative Colour Ltd., Norwich. [All rights reserved]
120 to 350 m
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
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
Published in: Succulenta (Netherlands) 52: 143 (1973)
Conophytum nudum Tischer
Published in: Kakteen And. Sukk. 9: 31 (1958)
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Caryophyllales
FAMILY Aizoaceae
SUBFAMILY Ruschioideae
TRIBE Ruschieae
GENUS Conophytum
SPECIES minutum
VARIETY nudum
9 results for Conophytum minutum (Haw.) N.E.Br. var. nudum (Tischer) Boom
Barcode: PRE0765066-0 Collector(s) & number: Burgoyne, PM, 10552(c) | 2006-9-18
South Africa, Western Cape, Vredendal District; ± 4 km S of Doringbaai.
General notes: Strandveld. Slope: gentle. Height: ± 2-4 cm. Rounded caespitose clumps with bodies close together - red spots on upper surface of bodies.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0765067-0 Collector(s) & number: Burgoyne, PM, 10533(b) | 2006-9-18
South Africa, Western Cape, Vredendal District. Hills S of Papendorp above lagoon.
General notes: Strandveld. Common in spots. Grazed by goats. Slope: moderate. Clump forming with buff bodies with red dots.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0579435-0 Collector(s) & number: Burgoyne, PM, 9602 | 2003-6-3
South Africa, Western Cape, 31° 24' 53.9" S: 18° 39' 15.5" E. Vanrhynsdorp District: ± 25 km N of Vanrhynsdorp. Quaggaskop Farm.
General notes: Schist & quartzite. SE-aspect. Gentle slope. Succulent, 2-5 cm high, forms dense clumps. Fruit absent. Common in spots.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0141519-0 Collector(s) & number: Stayner, FJ, s.n. | 1971--
South Africa, Western Cape, Cape (3118AD Van Rhynsdorp), Moedverloor.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0584725-0 Collector(s) & number: Burgoyne, PM, 7408B | 1999-7-2
South Africa, Western Cape, Vanrhynsdorp District: ± 42km N of Vanrhynsdorp.
General notes: Succulent Scrubland. No slope. Clump-forming with pelucid dots on bodies.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0577182-0 Collector(s) & number: Burgoyne, PM, 7569 | 1999-9-9
South Africa, Western Cape, Van Rhynsdorp District. Knersvlakte. Quaggaskop Farm.
General notes: Nama Karoo. Rocky succulent scrubland. Plain. Soil. Well-drained. Gravel. Quartzite. Full sun. Slope: none. Biotic effect: none seen. Succulent, ± 1cm clustered with grey-green glaucous waxy leaves. Flowers absent. Fruit absent. Occasional.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0578945-0 Collector(s) & number: Burgoyne, PM, 9023B | 2002-6-27
South Africa, Western Cape, Vanrhynsdorp District. Knersvlakte. ± 32km N of Vanrhynsdorp.
General notes: White quartzite. Slope: none. Succulent, ± 4cm high, forming dense clumps, bodies glaucous, spotted. Flowers absent, fruit absent. Voucher: photo.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0077402-0 Collector(s) & number: Hall, H, NBG 888/54 | 1964-3-12
South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Province, Van Rhynsdorp District, Vredendal, Koekenaap
General notes: Flowered 3 April 1962.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0856753-0 Collector(s) & number: Burgoyne, PM, 12023(b) | 2009-9-5
South Africa, Western Cape, Vanrhynsdorp District. Knersvlakte ± 38.4 km N of Vanrhynsdorp.
General notes: Gypsum-rich loam. White granite and quartzite. Gentle slope. Plant height: ± 2-3 cm. Low rounded dense clusters.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
2002
BOOK
Dumpling and his Wife: New views of the genus Conophytum Hammer, SAEAE Creative Colour Ltd., Norwich
2001
1995
1973
1973
1958
No results found for Conophytum minutum (Haw.) N.E.Br. var. nudum (Tischer) Boom
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