Conophytum stephanii

<h2 id="description">Description</h2>
<p>Plants are small and mat forming, with clusters measuring between 50 and 80 millimetres (2.0 and 3.1 in) in diameter, though old plants may sometimes reach 150 millimetres (5.9 in). Bodies are <a href="/facts/Obconical/QQkqXaHH">obconical</a> in shape, papillate, and greyish green to deep green in colour. Flowers appear in late autumn, and are nocturnal, strongly scented and off-white to yellow in color.
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<h2 id="distribution">Distribution</h2>
<p><i>Conophytum stephanii</i> grows in <a href="/facts/Namaqualand/GaKFA0wj">Namaqualand</a>, South Africa, mainly between the towns of <a href="/facts/Steinkopf,_Northern_Cape/1GhLnlFb">Steinkopf</a> and <a href="/facts/Port_Nolloth/mWIUxtdn">Port Nolloth</a>. Two subspecies are currently recognized: <i>ssp. stephanii</i> and <i>ssp. helmutii</i>.
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<h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2>
<ul><li>Hammer, S.(2002) <i>Dumpling and his wife: New views of the genus Conophytum</i> EAE Creative Colour Ltd. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-9539326-1-3.</li>
<li>Hammer, S.(1993) <i>The genus Conophytum : A Conograph</i> Succulent Plant Publications, Pretoria. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-620-17633-4.</li>
<li>National Botanical Institute of South Africa.(1993) <i>List of Southern African Succulent Plants</i> Umdaus Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 1-919 766-04-9</li>
<li>Hammer S. 1998 A note on Conophytum pellucidum Schwantes and C. terricolor Tischer. Mesemb. Stud. Group Bull. 13. (4): 74-75 (1998) - En Geog=5 Systematics: ANGIOSPERMAE (AIZOACEAE: CONOPHYTUM) South Africa (, 199804669).</li>
<li>Wagner GF. 1996 Conophytum N.E. Br.: Variabilitat der Populationen in der Sektion Pellucida (Schwantes) Tischer ex S.A. Hammer. Teil 2. And. Sukk. 14no.28. (2): 1–4, 12-15 (1996) - col. illus. Ge (En) Icones, Maps. Geog=5 Systematics: ANGIOSPERMAE (AIZOACEAE: CONOPHYTUM) (, 200101181).</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Wagner G. 2002 Conophytum chauviniae (Schwantes) S.A. Hammer: rediscovery of the type locality? Mesemb. Stud. Group Bull. 17. (2): 26-28 (2002) - col. illus. En Geog=5 Systematics: ANGIOSPERMAE (AIZOACEAE: CONOPHYTUM) (, 200201723). <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Rawe R. 1975 The genus Conophytum section Costata Schwantes amended Tischer subsection Verrucosa Schwantes amended Tischer. Cact. Succ. J. (USA) 47. (3): 126-132 (1975) Illustrations, dot map. Geog=5 Systematics: ANGIOSPERMAE (AIZOACEAE: CONOPHYTUM) (, 197500690). <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Conophytum stephanii