Accession Data:
Lithops optica (Marloth) N.E.Br.
- Common Name: Living Stone
- Family: Aizoaceae Rudolphi.
- Country of Origin: Namibia (SB 2180, Agate Beach, Luderitz)
- Habitat: Very arid coastal areas, succulent karoo vegetation.
Accession Data:
- Accession # 202100033
- Source: M. Opel ex Mesa Garden
- Provenance:
SB 2180, Agate Beach, Luderitz, Namibia. Seed from Mesa Garden 1683.4 sown May 1, 2019
- Accession Date: 02-24-2021
- Bench: 2207 - XER:Namib / Karoo D
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 04-08-2025
- Restrictions:
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: core eudicots
- Order: Caryophyllales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Aizoaceae
- SubFamily: Ruschioideae
- Tribe: Ruschieae
- SubTribe:
Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Namibia
References (external):
data regenerated on Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:12:11 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
Images:
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Subfamily Ruschioideae
Tribe Dorotheantheae
Subfamily Ruschioideae
Tribe Ruschieae
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- Cheiridopsis peculiaris W/C
- Conophytum angelicae W/C
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- Conophytum bilobum W/C
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- Conophytum chauviniae W/C
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- 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
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- Conophytum meyeri W/C
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- Conophytum pellucidum W/C
- Conophytum regale W/C
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- Conophytum subterraneum W/C
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- Conophytum tantillum ssp. inexpectatum W/C
- Conophytum uviforme
- Conophytum wettsteinii W/C
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- Cylindrophyllum comptonii W/C
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- Deilanthe thudichumii W/C
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- Delosperma pergamentaceum W/C
- Delosperma pruinosum
- Delosperma sawdahense W/C
- 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
- Glottiphyllum nelii
- Glottiphyllum oligocarpum W/C
- Jacobsenia kolbei W/C
- Jensenobotrya lossowiana W/C
- Juttadinteria decumbens
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- Lampranthus godmaniae W/C
- Lampranthus gracilis W/C
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- Lampranthus tenuifolius
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- Lithops divergens W/C
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- Lithops fulviceps lactinea W/C
- Lithops geyeri W/C
- Lithops hallii W/C
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- Lithops herrei W/C
- Lithops hookeri W/C
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- Lithops karasmontana ssp. bella
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- Lithops lesliei v. venteri
- Lithops marmorata W/C
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- Lithops naureeniae W/C
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- Lithops optica W/C
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- 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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- Psammophora modesta W/C
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- Rhombophyllum dolabriforme W/C
- Ruschia crassa W/C
- Ruschia gemina W/C
- Ruschia marianae
- Ruschia octonaria W/C
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- Schwantesia ruedebuschii
- Stoeberia arborea W/C
- Titanopsis calcarea W/C
- Trichodiadema cf. littlewoodii
- Trichodiadema densum
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- Vlokia ater W/C
- Wooleya farinosa W/C
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Subfamily Sesuvioideae
W/C = Wild Collected
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= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days