Biology:Conophytum hammeri

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Short description: Species of succulent

Conophytum hammeri
Conophytum hammeri EA.jpg
Conophytum hammeri in habitat.
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Genus: Conophytum
Species:
C. hammeri
Binomial name
Conophytum hammeri
G.Will. & H.C.Kenn.[2]

Conophytum hammeri is a small, endangered, South Africa n species of succulent plant, of the genus Conophytum.

Description

This species is onion-shaped and single-bodied. It is slow-growing and usually solitary. It forms a protective papery sheath during its dry dormancy. Its pale yellow, nocturnal flowers have 18 to 26 petals. It superficially resembles Conophytum burgeri, in being single-bodied and cone-shaped, and has even been hybridised with this species in cultivation. However C. hammeri is smaller and solitary, and has an obscure translucent window on its summit. Other similar, single-bodied Conophytums of the "Cheshire-Feles" section include Conophytum ratum and Conophytum maughanii.

Distribution

This species is indigenous to the northernmost parts of the Northern Cape Province, South Africa . It was first discovered in the 1990s, on gentle quartz-covered slopes in the eastern Richtersveld.[3][4][5]

References

Further reading

  • Hammer,S.(2002) Dumpling and his wife: New views of the genus Conophytum EAE Creative Colour Ltd. ISBN:0-9539326-1-3.
  • Hammer,S.(1993) The genus Conophytum : A Conograph Succulent Plant Publications, Pretoria. ISBN:0-620-17633-4.
  • National Botanical Institute of South Africa.(1993) List of Southern African Succulent Plants Umdaus Press. ISBN:1-919 766-04-9

Wikidata ☰ Q15606063 entry