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Succulent taxonomic card

Conophytum pellucidum

Schwantes

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Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Aizoaceae
Genus
Conophytum

Name and source scope

Accepted name in WCVP 16, 4 June 2026 edition. This card documents nomenclature. Inclusion in the succulent scope is supported by the cited source. [27-WWW]

First publication of the name · Möller's Deutsche Gärtn.-Zeitung 42: 316 (1927)

Plants of the World Online [2-WWW]

Synonyms and earlier names

  • Conophytum areolatum Littlew.
  • Conophytum astylum L.Bolus
  • Conophytum cupreatum Tischer · homotypic synonym
  • Conophytum elegans N.E.Br.
  • Conophytum fenestratum Schwantes
  • Conophytum lilianum Littlew. · homotypic synonym
  • Conophytum meridianum L.Bolus
  • Conophytum pardicolor Tischer
  • Conophytum terrestre Tischer · homotypic synonym
  • Conophytum terricolor Tischer
  • Lithops marlothii N.E.Br.
  • Mesembryanthemum pellucidum (Schwantes) N.E.Br. · homotypic synonym
  • Ophthalmophyllum marlothii (N.E.Br.) Schwantes

Accepted infraspecific taxa

  • Conophytum pellucidum subsp. cupreatum (Tischer) S.A.Hammer
  • Conophytum pellucidum subsp. pellucidum
  • Conophytum pellucidum subsp. saueri S.A.Hammer & Smale
  • Conophytum pellucidum var. lilianum (Littlew.) S.A.Hammer
  • Conophytum pellucidum var. neohallii S.A.Hammer
  • Conophytum pellucidum var. terrestre (Tischer) S.A.Hammer

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