 |
| Home |
| Welcome |
| What's New? |
| Haworthia |
| CVs & Hybrids |
| Conophytum |
| Adromischus |
| Artwork |
| Leicester |
| Faces |
| Feedback |
| Search |
| Translation |
| Links |
| Site Map |
| Plant List |
| Seed List |
| Artwork List |
| Auction |
Touch of Taxonomy - Diurnal - Part 1a |
| To explore Taxonomy further... |
|
| Propagation | Click to see what you can achieve with just a little Cono dust and patience. |
| Click this hyperlink to go to go to our specimen Conophytum Photo Galleries. We aim to add more photographs to the galleries throughout the course of the growing years. | |
|
Conophytum Photo Gallery Section - 1 2a 2b 3a 3b 3c 3d 4a 4b 4c 4d 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 |
|
Taxonomy
The genus Conophytum can be loosely subdivided into two man-made subgenera, though the plants haven't always been listening to our ideas.
DERENBERGIA Schwantes with Diurnal or daytime flowering plants
and CONOPHYTUM N. E. Br. with Nocturnal or night flowering plants.
Both of these man-made subgenera can be divided into several sections, each with their own characteristics.
Clicking the small photos will take you directly to the relevant gallery.
| Subgenus DERENBERGIA Schwantes - Diurnal or daytime flowers | ||
| Section 1 | BILOBA |
 |
| Includes: C. bilobum ssp. bilobum; C. bilobum ssp. altum; C. bilobum ssp. gracilistylum; C. chauviniae; C. frutescens; C. meyeri; C. velutinum ssp. velutinum; C. velutinum ssp. polyandrum. | ||
| Plants: sturdy, readily dividing, tending to branch above ground with advancing years. | ||
| Flowers: usually yellow, rarely scented. | ||
| Provenance: Namaqualand - Bushmanland. | ||
| Type species: Conophytum bilobum (Marloth) N.E.Br. | ||
|
|
||
| Section 2 | HERREANTHUS |
 |
| Includes: C. blandum; C. herreanthus ssp. herreanthus; C. herreanthus ssp. rex; C. jarmilae; C. marginatum var. marginatum; C. marginatum var. karamoepense; C. marginatum var. littlewoodii; C. regale; C. semivestitum. | ||
| Plants: usually distinctly lobed. | ||
| Flowers: usually strongly scented, never yellow. (Never say 'never!) | ||
| Provenance: Bushmanland - Namaqualand. | ||
| Type species: Conophytum herreanthus S.A.Hammer | ||
|
|
||
| Section 3
Galleries 3a, 3b, 3c and 3d |
WETTSTEINIA |
|
| Includes: C. bachelorum; C. bolusiae ssp. bolusiae; C. bolusiae ssp. primavernum; C. chrisocruxum; C. chrisolum; C. ernstii ssp. ernstii; C. ernstii ssp. cerebellum, C. flavum ssp. flavum; C. flavum ssp. novicium; C. francoiseae; C. fraternum; C. globosum; C. jucundum ssp. fragile; C. jucundum ssp. jucundum; C. jucundum ssp. marlothii; C. jucundum ssp. ruschii; C. kubusanum; C. minutum var. minutum; C. minutum var. nudum; C. minutum var. pearsonii; C. obscurum ssp. obscurum; C. obscurum ssp. vitreopapillum; C. ricardianum ssp. ricardianum; C. ricardianum ssp. rubriflorum; C. schlechteri; C. taylorianum ssp. taylorianum; C. taylorianum ssp. ernianum; C. taylorianum ssp. rosynense; C. wettsteinii ssp. wettsteinii. | ||
| Plants: usually stemless, usually freely dividing. | ||
| Flowers: scentless. | ||
| Provenance: Namaqualand - Bushmanland - Knersvlakte - S. Namibia. | ||
| Type species: Conophytum wettsteinii (Berger) N.E.Br. | ||
|
|
||
| Section 4
Galleries 4a, 4b, 4c and 4d |
MINUSCULA |
|
| Includes: C. albiflorum; C. auriflorum ssp. auriflorum; C. auriflorum ssp. turbiniforme; C. bicarinatum; C. brunneum; C. bruynsii; C. cubicum; C. ectypum ssp. ectypum; C. ectypum ssp. ectypum var. brownii; C. ectypum ssp. cruciatum; C. ectypum ssp. sulcatum; C. fulleri; C. irmae; C. longibracteatum; C. luckhoffii; C. minusculum ssp. minusculum; C. minusculum ssp. leipoldtii; C. mirabile; C. swanepoelianum ssp. rubrolineatum; C. swanepoelianum ssp. swanepoelianum; C. swanepoelianum ssp. proliferans; C. tantillum ssp. tantillum; C. tantillum ssp. helenae; C. tantillum ssp. inexpectatum; C. tantillum ssp. lindenianum; C. tomasi; C. turrigerum; C. violaciflorum. | ||
| Plants: small & freely dividing. | ||
| Flowers: scentless but showy. | ||
| Provenance: Bushmanland; Namaqualand; Knersvlakte; Southern Cape. | ||
| Type species: Conophytum minusculum (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br. | ||
|
|
||
| Section 5 | VERRUCOSA |
 |
| Includes: C. hermarium; C. smorenskaduense; C. vanheerdei. | ||
| Plants: usually freely dividing, epidermis with translucent spots. | ||
| Flowers: sometimes scented, mostly pink. | ||
| Provenance: Bushmanland. | ||
| Type
species: Conophytum ?
(Problematical - C. fulleri used to be the type plant according to the Conograph but it's now been moved to Minuscula. So what's the type plant for Sect. Verrucosa now?) 'In a sense, this section should have disappeared but C. hermarium etc need a home somewhere'. pp. (SH) |
||
| All photographs are copyright. |
| Propagation | Conophytum Photo Galleries |
|
|
Conophytum Photo Gallery Section - 1 2a 2b 3a 3b 3c 3d 4a 4b 4c 4d 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 |
||
|
|
||
