| Subgenus
DERENBERGIA Schwantes - Diurnal or daytime flowers |
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| Section 6 |
CYLINDRATA |
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| Includes:
C. khamiesbergense; C. reconditum ssp.
reconditum; C.
reconditum ssp.
buysianum; C. roodiae; C. rugosum ssp.
rugosum; C. rugosum
ssp.
sanguineum. |
| Plants:
small, sometimes quickly clustering into stemless mats. |
| Flowers:
sometimes scented, petals white - pink, sometimes yellow. |
| Provenance:
Namaqualand, Bushmanland. |
| Type
species: Conophytum ? |
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| Section 7 |
PELLUCIDA
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| Includes:
C. arthurolfago; C. lithopsoides ssp.
lithopsoides; C.
lithopsoides ssp.
boreale; C. lithopsoides ssp.
koubergense; C. pellucidum
ssp.
pellucidum; C. pellucidum ssp.
pellucidum var.
lilianum; C.
pellucidum ssp.
pellucidum var.
neohallii; C. pellucidum ssp.
cupreatum;
C. pellucidum ssp.
pellucidum var.
terrestre. |
| Plants:
soft, bilobed - though lobes mostly fused, apex convex or truncate,
windowed. |
| Flowers:
scentless, often paired. |
| Provenance:
Namaqualand - Bushmanland. |
| Type
species: Conophytum pellucidum Schwantes. |
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| Section 8 |
OPHTHALMOPHYLLUM |
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| Includes:
C. caroli; C. concordans; C. devium; C. friedrichiae; C. limpidum; C. longum; C.
lydiae; C. praesectum; C. pubescens; C. verrucosum. |
| Plants:
bodies soft, fissured, not strongly clustering. |
| Flowers:
sometimes scented. |
| Provenance:
Bushmanland - Namaqualand. |
| Type
species: Conophytum friedrichiae (Dinter & Schwantes). |
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| Section 9 |
SUBFENESTRATA |
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| Includes:
C. concavum; C. subfenestratum. |
| Plants:
bodies soft, somewhat globose, single or clustering. |
| Flowers:
usually scented, magenta, pink or, rarely, white. |
| Provenance:
Knersvlakte - Namaqualand. |
| Type
species: Conophytum subfenestratum Schwantes. |
