Taxon

Cheiridopsis namaquensis

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Common name: Cheridopsis
Family: Aizoaceae (Vygie)
Synonym: Cheiridopsis cigarettifera
Distribution: Widespread on shale slopes and flats at an altitude of 300-950m from Namaqualand to the western Little Karoo
Habitat: Shale slopes and flats
National red list: Least Concern
Life form: Succulent plant
Comments: The bags reminded Berger so strongly of the paper mouthpiece of a cigarette that he gave it the very descriptive name of Mesembryanthemum cigarettiferum, the Mesembryanthemum bearing cigarettes. (Since renamed.)
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Locations

  • 1: Arid House 1 • Accession: 1999-977/1 • Provenance: Unrecorded
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