| Subgenus
CONOPHYTUM N.E.Br. - Nocturnal or night time flowers |
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| Section 10 |
CHESHIRE-FELES |
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| Includes:
C. achabense;
C. acutum; C. burgeri; C. hammeri; C. maughanii ssp. armeniacum; C. maughanii
ssp.
latum; C. maughanii ssp. maughanii; C. phoeniceum; C. ratum; C.
subterraneum. |
| Plants:
bodies sunken, soft, usually single. |
| Flowers:
pale, to yellow or peach. |
| Provenance:
Bushmanland, Namaqualand, Knersvlakte. |
| Type
species: Conophytum maughanii N.E.Br. |
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| Section 11 |
CATAFRACTA |
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| Includes:
C. breve; C. calculus; C. calculus ssp.
vanzylii; C. pageae; C.
stevens-jonesianum. |
| Plants:
heads globose, firm. |
| Flowers:
sharply scented, petals usually strongly coloured. |
| Provenance:
Bushmanland, Namaqualand, Knersvlakte, S. Namibia . |
| Type
species: Conophytum calculus (Berger) N.E.Br. |
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| Section 12 |
SAXETANA |
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| Includes:
C. carpianum; C. halenbergense; C. hians; C. klinghardtense ssp.
baradii; C. klinghardtense ssp.
klinghardtense; C. loeschianum; C.
quaesitum ssp.
quaesitum; C. quaesitum ssp.
quaesitum var.
rostratum; C.
quaesitum ssp.
densipunctum; C. saxetanum. |
| Plants:
stemless, globose, pyriform, or wedged. |
| Flowers:
scented, I think, - though some say - 'of cat pee'. |
| Provenance:
Namaqualand, S. Namibia. |
| Type
species: Conophytum saxetanum (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br. |
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