코노피툼 트룬카툼-Conophytum truncatum

코노피툼 트룬카툼

 

Conophytum truncatum

국표에 Conophytum (코노피툼속)은 6종이다. 이 속에는 없다.

국표에는 코노피툼 속 6종밖에 없다.

 

종분류	구분	학명	국명	최종수정일
재배식물	정명	Conophytum bilobum (Marloth) N.E.Br.	코노피툼 빌로붐	2011/12/08
재배식물	정명	Conophytum calculus (Berger) N.E.Br.	코노피툼 칼쿨루스	2011/12/08
재배식물	정명	Conophytum uviforme (Haw.) N.E.Br.	코노피툼 우비포르메	2011/12/08
재배식물	정명	Conophytum mundum N.E.Br.	코노피툼 문둠	2011/12/08
재배식물	정명	Conophytum pillansii Lavis	코노피툼 필란시	2011/12/08
재배식물	정명	Conophytum minutum (Haw.) N.E.Br.	코노피툼 미누툼	2011/12/08

 

 

Conophytum truncatum is a small South African species of succulent plant of the genus Conophytum.

Conophytum truncatum can be distinguished from its closest relatives by its truncated, flattened heads, with small fissures.

It is a very variable species. Some population have spots - often arranged into lines; others have no markings.

The flowers are usually a pale yellow.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conophytum_truncatum

 

Origin and Habitat: Widespread in the Little Karoo , Western Cape, South Africa. C. truncatum is the the easternmost species.
Type locality: Camanasie
Habitat: C. truncatum are winter grower succulents found in extreme dry areas in shale or quartzite rock crevices (or on gravel) - known as obligate rock dwellers - where they don't have to compete with other plants for water, space and light. They are found generally growing on east, south or west-facing rocky outcrops and slopes - very seldom north-facing (too hot). They are often found growing in amongst mosses and lichens and other shade lovers. They grow, receiving a bit of winter rain, none at summer, but ocean fog moves inland in the evenings, and this moisture sustains a wealth of succulent life in this harsh semi-desert region. Their flowers are pollinated by nocturnal moths.

Description: Conophytum truncatum is a slow-growing, clump-forming, perennial succulent that forms huge tight mounds of sometimes many hundreds of pea-shaped heads, each one of them consisting of one pair of reduced, fused succulent leaves that get absorbed and regenerated every year. This species comprises many morphological and geographical variant that was early classified as different independent species, but nowadays all this forms are considered part of a multiform species, where each form is linked to others by populations of plants with intermediate characteristics.
Stem: Stemless.
Bodies (paired leaves): It is very variable in form, colour and markings with a sunken fissure at the flattened tip. Stems ranges from small (4-5 mm in diam.) to large (25 mm in diam.!); from completely unmarked specimens to very heavily dark spotted or lined, and from bright green, grey-green, blue-green to having a heavy reddish colouration all often within a single population!
Flowers: The small flowers with spidery petals are nocturnal, and typically in shades of ivory-white, creamy, straw-yellow or salmon and very faint scented.
Blooming: season: Plants flower during the fall months; each blossom opens at night. During the day the flowers close.
Roots: Very rudimentary filamentous root system

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