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| Section 13 |
COSTATA |
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| Includes:
C. angelicae ssp.
angelicae; C. angelicae ssp.
tetragonum; C. armianum. |
| Plants:
bodies globose or block-shaped, firm leaves wholly fused. |
| Flowers:
scented, petals orange, red, brownish or, rarely, purple. |
| Provenance:
S. Namibia, Bushmanland, Namaqualand. |
| Type
species: Conophytum angelicae (Dinter & Schwantes)
N.E.Br. |
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| Section 14 |
BARBATA
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| Includes:
C. depressum; C. pubicalyx; C. stephanii ssp.
stephanii;
C. stephanii ssp.
abductum. |
| Plants:
bodies papillate, globose to lenticular, soft, leaves wholly fused. |
| Flowers:
scented, always small, petals narrow. |
| Provenance:
Bushmanland, Namaqualand. |
| Type
species: Conophytum stephanii Schwantes. |
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| Section 15 |
CONOPHYTUM |
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| Includes:
C. comptonii; C. ficiforme; c. joubertii; C. minimum; C. obcordellum
ssp.
obcordellum; C. obcordellum ssp.
obcordellum var.
ceresianum; C.
obcordellum ssp.
rolfii; C. obcordellum ssp.
stenandrum; C. piluliforme
ssp.
piluliforme; C. piluliforme ssp.
edwardii; C. truncatum ssp.
truncatum; C. truncatum ssp.
truncatum var.
wiggettiae; C. truncatum ssp.
viridicatum; C. uviforme ssp.
uviforme; C. uviforme ssp.
decoratum; C.
uviforme ssp.
rauhii; C. uviforme ssp.
subincanum. |
| Plants:
bodies globose to obcordate, firm, epidermis often elaborately marked. |
| Flowers:
strongly scented, usually white or cream, sometimes pink. |
| Provenance:
Little Karoo, Great Karoo, Bushmanland, Namaqualand, Knersvlakte. |
| Type
species: Conophytum truncatum (Thunberg) N.E.Br. |
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| Section 16 |
BATRACHIA |
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| Includes:
a single species, C. armianum. |
| Plants: minute,
flat-topped bodies with epidermal warts & sunken stomata. |
| Flowers: orange |
| Provenance:
Namaqualand. |
| Type
species: C. armianum. |
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