Conophytum Bilobum
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''Conophytum bilobum'' is a plant in the family
Aizoaceae The Aizoaceae, or fig-marigold family, is a large family of dicotyledonous flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is d ...
, native to southern South Africa. It blooms in autumn. It is scentless and grows to a height of . The specific epithet ''bilobum'' comes from the two-lobed bodies these plants possess.


Subspecies

Currently accepted subspecies include: *''Conophytum bilobum'' subsp. ''altum'' (L.Bolus) S.A.Hammer *''Conophytum bilobum'' subsp. ''claviferens'' S.A.Hammer *''Conophytum bilobum'' subsp. ''gracilistylum'' (L.Bolus) S.A.Hammer


References

*Hassler, M. 2018. Conophytum bilobum World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (version Mar. 2018). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 04. *USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Conophytum bilobum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 09-Oct-10. bilobum Endemic flora of South Africa Flora of the Cape Provinces Taxa named by N. E. Brown Taxa named by Rudolf Marloth {{Aizoaceae-stub