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Conophytum

Conophytum is a genus of South African and Namibian succulent plants that belong to the family Aizoaceae. The name is derived from the Latin conus (cone) and Greek phytum (plant). The plants are also known as knopies (buttons in Afrikaans), waterblasies (water blisters in Afrikaans), sphaeroids, conos, cone plants, dumplings, or button plants.

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60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Mini Buttons

speciesConophytum minutum

Spotted Buttons

speciesConophytum obcordellum

Eastern Buttons

speciesConophytum truncatum

Conophytum bilobum

speciesConophytum bilobum

Fig Buttons

speciesConophytum ficiforme

Stone Buttons

speciesConophytum minusculum

Marble Buttons

speciesConophytum calculus

Conophytum subfenestratum

speciesConophytum subfenestratum

Conophytum pageae

speciesConophytum pageae

Conophytum saxetanum

speciesConophytum saxetanum

Jolly Buttons

speciesConophytum jucundum

Egg Buttons

speciesConophytum uviforme

Conophytum meyeri

speciesConophytum meyeri

Conophytum pellucidum

speciesConophytum pellucidum

Conophytum flavum

speciesConophytum flavum

Conophytum swanepoelianum

speciesConophytum swanepoelianum

Conophytum minimum

speciesConophytum minimum

Conophytum ectypum

speciesConophytum ectypum

Conophytum luckhoffii

speciesConophytum luckhoffii

Conophytum loeschianum

speciesConophytum loeschianum

Conophytum maughanii

speciesConophytum maughanii

Conophytum friedrichiae

speciesConophytum friedrichiae

Conophytum longum

speciesConophytum longum

Conophytum piluliforme

speciesConophytum piluliforme

Conophytum comptonii

speciesConophytum comptonii

Conophytum hians

speciesConophytum hians

Conophytum breve

speciesConophytum breve

Conophytum lydiae

speciesConophytum lydiae

Conophytum quaesitum

speciesConophytum quaesitum

Conophytum marginatum

speciesConophytum marginatum

Conophytum obscurum

speciesConophytum obscurum

Conophytum stephanii

speciesConophytum stephanii

Conophytum joubertii

speciesConophytum joubertii

Conophytum stevens-jonesianum

speciesConophytum stevens-jonesianum

Conophytum violaciflorum

speciesConophytum violaciflorum

Conophytum wettsteinii

speciesConophytum wettsteinii

Conophytum roodiae

speciesConophytum roodiae

Fuzzy Belly Button

speciesConophytum concavum

Conophytum taylorianum

speciesConophytum taylorianum

Conophytum turrigerum

speciesConophytum turrigerum

Conophytum fulleri

speciesConophytum fulleri

Conophytum praesectum

speciesConophytum praesectum

Conophytum burgeri

speciesConophytum burgeri

Conophytum angelicae

speciesConophytum angelicae

Conophytum frutescens

speciesConophytum frutescens

Conophytum ernstii

speciesConophytum ernstii

Conophytum lithopsoides

speciesConophytum lithopsoides

Conophytum devium

speciesConophytum devium

Conophytum bolusiae

speciesConophytum bolusiae

Conophytum buysianum

speciesConophytum buysianum

Conophytum limpidum

speciesConophytum limpidum

Conophytum pubicalyx

speciesConophytum pubicalyx

Bowl Buttons

speciesConophytum crateriforme

Kamiesberg Buttons

speciesConophytum khamiesbergense

Conophytum globosum

speciesConophytum globosum

Conophytum velutinum

speciesConophytum velutinum

Conophytum hermarium

speciesConophytum hermarium

Conophytum albiflorum

speciesConophytum albiflorum

Conophytum pubescens

speciesConophytum pubescens

Conophytum chauviniae

speciesConophytum chauviniae

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