Conophytum wettsteinii

Conophytum wettsteinii is a species of flowering plant in the genus Conophytum, native to the northwest Cape Provinces of South Africa.[2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]

Conophytum wettsteinii
At the University of California Botanical Garden
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Genus: Conophytum
Species:
C. wettsteinii
Binomial name
Conophytum wettsteinii
Synonyms[2]
  • Conophytum brevipes L.Bolus
  • Mesembryanthemum wettsteinii A.Berger

Subtaxa

The following subspecies are currently accepted:[2]

  • Conophytum wettsteinii subsp. fragile (Tischer) S.A.Hammer
  • Conophytum wettsteinii subsp. francoiseae S.A.Hammer
  • Conophytum wettsteinii subsp. ruschii (Schwantes) S.A.Hammer

References
  1. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 71: 231 (1922)
  2. "Conophytum wettsteinii (A.Berger) N.E.Br". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  3. "Conophytum wettsteinii". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 27 February 2021.


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