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Conophytum vanzylii Lavis
Notes Mesembryanthemum [H.M.L. Bolus] 2: 267 (1931)
Family: AIZOACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Conophytum calculus subs. vanzylii (Lavis) S.A.Hammer
Gen. Conophytum 267 1993 S.A.Hammer

Conophytum vanzylii (Conophytum calculus subs. vanzylii) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
SB1545 (Collector: Steven Brack) Locality: Areb, Springbok, Little Namaqualand, North-West Cape Province, South Africa

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Conophytum calculus (A.Berger) N.E.Br.
Gard. Chron. III, 71: 231 1922
Synonymy: 4 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Conophytum calculus subs. vanzylii (Lavis) S.A.Hammer
Gen. Conophytum 267 1993
Synonymy: 4
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Marble buttons, Living peebles

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Conophytum calculus group

  • Conophytum calculus (A.Berger) N.E.Br.: has globular bodies without dark dots or stripes and yellow scented nocturnal flowers. Distribution: South Africa (Cape Province, southern Namaqualand from the Knersvlakte to Bitterfontein in the north. )
  • Conophytum calculus subs. vanzylii (Lavis) S.A.Hammer: is a local or morphological form with slightly different epidermal colours and markings. Distribution: occurs far to the northeast, in the Bushmanland.


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