Conophytum N. E. Br.
- 1. Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X 17, Bellville, Cape Town 7535, South Africa & Compton Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X 7, Claremont, Cape Town 7735, South Africa
- 2. Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X 17, Bellville, Cape Town 7535, South Africa
- 3. Bolus Herbarium, Department of Biological Sciences, HW Pearson Building, University of Cape Town, Rhodes Gift, 7707 Rondebosch, South Africa
- 4. Compton Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X 7, Claremont, Cape Town 7735, South Africa & Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, P. O. Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa
Description
1. Old leaves do not form a sheath that encloses the emerging leaf pair during dormancy........................2
1 ′. Old leaves form sheaths that encloses the emerging leaf pair during dormancy.........................................6
2. Capsules five-locular, without covering membranes....................................................................................3
2 ′. Capsules multilocular (more than seven locules), with covering membranes........................................4
3. Flowers green, never opening fully as restricted by adjacent leaf pair; leaves sickle-shaped; pollen unknown; caespitose, with leaves held upright..................................................................... Ruschianthus
3 ′. Flowers white to pink, opening fully; leaves shortly clavate to almost globose; pollen syncolpate; shrub, with leaves hanging down cliffs like bunches of grapes............................................... Jensenobotrya
4. Leaves not fused at the base, trigonous to clubshaped; flowers without filamentous staminodes.................................................................... Enarganthe
4 ′. Leaves fused at least 1 / 3 of their length at the base, leaves finger-shaped, triquetrous to trigonous; flowers with or without filamentous staminodes.............5
5. Capsules without closing bodies; finger-shaped leaves which almost form a U-shape................................................................................. Namaquanthus
5 ′. Capsules with closing bodies; leaves triquetrous to trigonous.................................... Schlechteranthus
6. Petaloid staminodes fused forming a tube; capsules soft and papery, three to eight-locular, without covering membranes and closing bodies....................................................................................... Conophytum
6. Petaloid staminodes free, not forming a tube; capsules hard and woody, 8- to 18-locular, with covering membranes and closing bodies............ Cheiridopsis
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.1093/botlinnean/box037 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/7868488 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/D447CE23FFDBFFF6714CA71BEC27A92C (URL)
- Is source of
- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/287EB65BFFCAFFE7721DA628E984AC49 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Aizoaceae
- Genus
- Conophytum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Scientific name authorship
- N. E. Br.
- Taxon rank
- genus