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Accession Data:

Conophytum pellucidum Schwantes

  • sect. Pellucida

  • Common Name: Window Plant
  • Family: Aizoaceae Rudolphi.

  • Country of Origin: South Africa - Northern Cape
  • Habitat: shallow pans of soil on granitic domes

  • Description: Autumn/winter growing "window plant."

    The conical shaped bodies of Conophytum pellucidum do not easily absorb sunlight, but have translucent window parts in the top surface that allow sunlight to be captured and utilized even when the plant are at the soil level or retracted below the surface of the soil.3

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199800146
  • Source: Matt Opel
  • Provenance: 3 km S. of Concordia, NC, RSA. Seed from Steven Hammer sown ca. 1992.
  • Accession Date: 10-02-1998
  • Bench: 2207 - XER:Namib / Karoo D
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 04-08-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Caryophyllales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Aizoaceae
  • SubFamily: Ruschioideae
  • Tribe: Ruschieae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • Plants used in EEB 2244 - General Ecology
  • Scavenger Hunt - Grades 9-12 (generic)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces

References (external):

  1. Personal communication with Matt Opel, November 1998
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 26, 2017.
  3. Conophytum pellucidum at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 26, 2017.
  4. Conophytum pellucidum at Encyclopedia of Succulents. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 26, 2017.

data regenerated on Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:00:13 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Conophytum pellucidum

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Subfamily Ruschioideae
Tribe Dorotheantheae

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Subfamily Ruschioideae
Tribe Ruschieae

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  • Bergeranthus vespertinus W/C
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  • Conophytum blandum W/C
  • Conophytum bruynsii W/C
  • Conophytum burgeri W/C
  • Conophytum calculus W/C
  • Conophytum calculus ssp. vanzylii W/C
  • Conophytum caroli W/C
  • Conophytum chauviniae W/C
  • Conophytum cubicum W/C
  • Conophytum ectypum
  • Conophytum ectypum ssp. brownii W/C
  • Conophytum ernstii W/C
  • Conophytum frutescens W/C
  • Conophytum globosum W/C
  • Conophytum hammeri W/C
  • Conophytum herreanthus W/C
  • Conophytum irmae W/C
  • Conophytum khamiesbergense W/C
  • Conophytum lydiae W/C
  • Conophytum marginatum ssp. marginatum W/C
  • Conophytum maughanii W/C
  • Conophytum meyeri W/C
  • Conophytum minimum W/C
  • Conophytum obcordellum W/C
  • Conophytum pageae W/C
  • Conophytum pellucidum W/C
  • Conophytum regale W/C
  • Conophytum stevens-jonesianum W/C
  • Conophytum subfenestratum W/C
  • Conophytum subterraneum W/C
  • Conophytum swanepoelianum ssp. rubrolineatum
  • Conophytum tantillum ssp. inexpectatum W/C
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  • Cylindrophyllum hallii
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  • Delosperma pergamentaceum W/C
  • Delosperma pruinosum
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  • Didymaotus lapidiformis W/C
  • Diplosoma luckhoffii W/C
  • Drosanthemum speciosum
  • Esterhuysenia alpina W/C
  • Faucaria bosscheana
  • Faucaria nemorosa
  • Faucaria paucidens W/C
  • Faucaria tigrina
  • Fenestraria rhopalophylla ssp. aurantiaca
  • Frithia pulchra W/C
  • Gibbaeum album W/C
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  • Glottiphyllum nelii
  • Glottiphyllum oligocarpum W/C
  • Jacobsenia kolbei W/C
  • Jensenobotrya lossowiana W/C
  • Juttadinteria decumbens
  • Lampranthus deltoides
  • Lampranthus godmaniae W/C
  • Lampranthus gracilis W/C
  • Lampranthus haworthii
  • Lampranthus tenuifolius
  • Lampranthus unidentified
  • Lapidaria margaretae
  • Lithops aucampiae
  • Lithops aucampiae W/C
  • Lithops bromfieldii W/C
  • Lithops bromfieldii var. insularis
  • Lithops coleorum
  • Lithops comptonii var. weberi
  • Lithops dinteri ssp. frederici
  • Lithops divergens W/C
  • Lithops divergens ssp. amethystina
  • Lithops dorotheae
  • Lithops fulviceps lactinea W/C
  • Lithops geyeri W/C
  • Lithops hallii W/C
  • Lithops helmutii W/C
  • Lithops herrei W/C
  • Lithops hookeri W/C
  • Lithops julii
  • Lithops karasmontana ssp. bella
  • Lithops lesliei var. mariae
  • Lithops lesliei v. venteri
  • Lithops marmorata W/C
  • Lithops meyeri W/C
  • Lithops naureeniae W/C
  • Lithops olivacea var. nebrownii W/C
  • Lithops optica W/C
  • Lithops salicola W/C
  • Lithops schwantesii
  • Lithops villetii
  • Lithops viridis W/C
  • Lithops werneri W/C
  • Machairophyllum uniondalense
  • Marlothistella stenophylla
  • Meyerophytum meyeri W/C
  • Mitrophyllum grande W/C
  • Monilaria globosa W/C
  • Monilaria scutata W/C
  • Neohenricia sibbettii
  • Oophytum oviforme W/C
  • Oscularia sp.
  • Pleiospilos bolusii
  • Pleiospilos compactus subsp. canus
  • Pleiospilos simulans
  • Psammophora longifolia W/C
  • Psammophora modesta W/C
  • Rabiea albipuncta W/C
  • Rhombophyllum dolabriforme W/C
  • Ruschia crassa W/C
  • Ruschia gemina W/C
  • Ruschia marianae
  • Ruschia octonaria W/C
  • Schlechteranthus hallii W/C
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  • Trichodiadema densum
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Subfamily Sesuvioideae

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