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Accession Data:

Jensenobotrya lossowiana A.G.J.Herre

  • Common Name: Druiwetrosvygie
  • Family: Aizoaceae Rudolphi.

  • Country of Origin: Dolphin Head, Namibia
  • Habitat: coastal areas that receive frequent water from fog

  • Description: Jensenobotrya lossowiana is a shrub with thick woody, prostrate or hanging branches forming large dense mats 400-1000 mm in diameter. It has a fibrous root system and the branches are brittle and covered with dark brown to blackish, flaking, longitudinally fissured bark. Old branches are bare for up to two-thirds of their length and may be up to 70 mm in diameter. The younger branches have spongy internodes 5-10 mm long and up to 5 mm in diameter which are brownish at first and bear the remnants of old persistent leaves.

    Taken from Jensenobotrya lossowiana by Ernst J. van Jaarsveld - Kirstenbosch NBG - follow link for more detail

  • Culture: Grows in coastal areas that receive frequent water from fog. Water lightly but frequently.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200600047
  • Source: Matt Opel
  • Provenance:
    locality: E. van Jaarsveld s.n., Dolphin Head, Namibia
  • Accession Date: 05-18-2006
  • Bench: 2207 - XER:Namib / Karoo D
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 04-08-2025
  • Restrictions:
    • IUCN Red List: Species Vulnerable or Habitat Critically Threatened

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:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
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2021
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References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Namibia

References (external):

  1. Jensenobotrya lossowiana by Ernst J. van Jaarsveld - Kirstenbosch NBG
  2. Copyrighted images of Dolphin Head by Brian J. McMorrow (remote links)
    • Dolphin Head, Namibia (25 44S)
    • Dolphin Head, Namibia, looking north towards Spencer Bay
  3. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, September 21, 2017.
  4. Jensenobotrya lossowiana at IUCN Redlist. Last accessed on Thursday, September 21, 2017.

data regenerated on Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:03:07 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Jensenobotrya lossowiana

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Subfamily Ruschioideae
Tribe Dorotheantheae

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Subfamily Ruschioideae
Tribe Ruschieae

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  • Conophytum ectypum
  • Conophytum ectypum ssp. brownii W/C
  • Conophytum ernstii W/C
  • Conophytum frutescens W/C
  • Conophytum globosum W/C
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  • Conophytum herreanthus W/C
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  • Conophytum khamiesbergense W/C
  • Conophytum lydiae W/C
  • Conophytum marginatum ssp. marginatum W/C
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  • Conophytum meyeri W/C
  • Conophytum minimum W/C
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  • Conophytum regale W/C
  • Conophytum stevens-jonesianum W/C
  • Conophytum subfenestratum W/C
  • Conophytum subterraneum W/C
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  • Cylindrophyllum hallii
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  • 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
  • Glottiphyllum depressum
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  • Glottiphyllum oligocarpum W/C
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  • Juttadinteria decumbens
  • Lampranthus deltoides
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  • Lampranthus gracilis W/C
  • Lampranthus haworthii
  • Lampranthus tenuifolius
  • Lampranthus unidentified
  • Lapidaria margaretae
  • Lithops aucampiae
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  • 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
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Subfamily Sesuvioideae

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W/C = Wild Collected
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