Conophytum bilobum(Marloth) N.E.Br.

cone plant

WFO wfo-0000618629 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Conophytum bilobum, photographed by leandra-k_89
fig. a leandra-k_89, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-09-25 / obs. 185193235
Conophytum bilobum, photographed by Ryan van Huyssteen
fig. b Ryan van Huyssteen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 102739424
Conophytum bilobum, photographed by leandra-k_89
fig. c leandra-k_89, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 95513258
Conophytum bilobum, photographed by leandra-k_89
fig. d leandra-k_89, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 95513683
Conophytum bilobum, photographed by leandra-k_89
fig. e leandra-k_89, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 95513836
Conophytum bilobum, photographed by Andrew Hankey
fig. f Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15882252
Conophytum bilobum, photographed by Andrew Hankey
fig. g Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15578807
Conophytum bilobum, photographed by Andrew Hankey
fig. h Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15579628

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Native range 1 botanical country

Regions where Conophytum bilobum is native: Cape Provinces Cape Provinces
Native distribution of Conophytum bilobum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Cape Provinces CPP AFRICA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 140 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Conophytum absimile L.Bolus
  • Conophytum absimile f. majus L.Bolus
  • Conophytum absimile f. umbrosum L.Bolus
  • Conophytum aequale L.Bolus
  • Conophytum albescens N.E.Br.
  • Conophytum altum L.Bolus
  • Conophytum ampliatum L.Bolus
  • Conophytum amplum L.Bolus
  • Conophytum andausanum N.E.Br.
  • Conophytum andausanum var. immaculatum L.Bolus
  • Conophytum angustum N.E.Br.
  • Conophytum angustum L.Bolus
  • Conophytum anomalum L.Bolus
  • Conophytum apertum Tischer
  • Conophytum apiatum (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br.
  • Conophytum apiculatum N.E.Br.
  • Conophytum approximatum Lavis
  • Conophytum asperulum L.Bolus
  • Conophytum asperulum var. brevistylum L.Bolus
  • Conophytum auctum N.E.Br.
  • Conophytum auctum f. approximatum (Lavis) Rawé
  • Conophytum auctum f. auctum
  • Conophytum australe L.Bolus
  • Conophytum barkerae L.Bolus

and 116 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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