Conophytum flavum
| Conophytum flavum | |
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| Conophytum flavum var. flavum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Aizoaceae |
| Genus: | Conophytum |
| Species: | C. flavum |
| Binomial name | |
| Conophytum flavum | |
Conophytum flavum is a small South African species of succulent plant of the genus Conophytum.
It is indigenous to the arid winter-rainfall Namaqualand region, in the far west of South Africa. Here it grows in rocky outcrops and crevices.
Its flowers appear in autumn and winter. They are unscented and yellow ("flavum" is Latin for "golden"). [1]
The subspecies novicium.jpg)
The subspecies flavum
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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
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