Lithops werneri

Lithops werneri
Lithops werneri at Gothenburg Botanical Garden.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Aizoaceae
Genus:Lithops
Species: L. werneri
Binomial name
Lithops werneri
Schwantes ex H.Jacobsen

Lithops werneri is a species of plant in the Aizoaceae family. It is endemic to Namibia. Its natural habitat is rocky areas.[1]

Several recent visitors over a period of years to the only known habitat of Lithops werneri report that no plants could be found [2] and it may possibly be extinct.

References

  1. 1 2 Loots, S. 2004. Lithops werneri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.
  2. Jainta, Harald (2008). "Lost Treasures of the Veld". 23 (2). Mesemb Study Group: 33–34.


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