Aizoaceae
Lithops

Lithops gesineae de Boer

First published in Succulenta (Netherlands) 1955: 2 (1955)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Namibia. It is a succulent perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Namibia

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Zhang, Y. & Yang, Q.E. (2015). Anemone yulongshanica var. glabrescens (Ranunculaceae) is identical with A. obtusiloba ssp. leiophylla. Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany 23: 277-283.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Jainta, H. (2019). Ein neuer taxonomischer Ansatz für die Gattung Lithops N.E.Br.. Avonia. Journal der Fachgesellschaft andere Sukkulenten 37: 6-17. [Cited as Lithops francisci.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0