Biology:Conophytum bilobum

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Conophytum bilobum
Conophytum bilobum subsp. bilobum (Aizoaceae) (37539170111).jpg
C. bilobum growing in habitat in Namaqua National Park
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Genus: Conophytum
Species:
C. bilobum
Binomial name
Conophytum bilobum
(Marloth) N.E.Br.[2]
Synonyms[3]

Conophytum bilobum is a plant in the family Aizoaceae, native to southern South Africa. It blooms in autumn. It is scentless and grows to a height of 7 cm (2.8 in). The specific epithet bilobum comes from the two-lobed bodies these plants possess.

Subspecies

Currently accepted subspecies include:[3]

  • Conophytum bilobum subsp. altum (L.Bolus) S.A.Hammer
  • Conophytum bilobum subsp. claviferens S.A.Hammer
  • Conophytum bilobum subsp. gracilistylum (L.Bolus) S.A.Hammer

References

  1. Young, A.J. (2022). "Conophytum bilobum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T202850024A202872472. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T202850024A202872472.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/202850024/202872472. Retrieved 1 August 2023. 
  2. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 72: 83 (1922)
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Conophytum bilobum (Marloth) N.E.Br.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:361078-1. 
  • Hassler, M. 2018. Conophytum bilobum World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (version Mar. 2018). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 04.
  • USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Conophytum bilobum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 09-Oct-10.

Wikidata ☰ Q5783443 entry