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Lithops dinteri

Lithops dinteri
Photo: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Aizoaceae (Ice-plant family)
Grows as
Succulent
Native range
Namibia to N. Cape Prov.
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Lithops dinteri is a species of the genus Lithops of the family Aizoaceae. It is a succulent plant native to Namibia and the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, where it grows in deserts which receive an average yearly rainfall of 464 mm.

The succulent plant is named after Mortiz Kurt Dinter, a German botanist of the late 19th and early 20th century. He was a collector of exotic succulents and his collection numbered around 8,400 pressed specimens.

Other Lithops plants

Lithops amicorum · Aucamps Living Stone · Langberg Stonefig · Lithops coleorum · Lithops comptonii · Lithops divergens · Lithops dorotheae · Lithops francisci · Lithops fulviceps · Lithops gesineae · Lithops geyeri · Lithops gracilidelineata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lithops dinteri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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