Lithops lesliei var. hornii

Donate now to support the LLIFLE projects.
Your support is critical to our success.

Since 4 Aug 2013

sponsored link

Lithops lesliei var. hornii de Boer
Succulenta (Netherlands) 45 (3) 37-38 [Mar 1966]
Family: AIZOACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Lithops lesliei (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br.
Gard. Chron. 1922, Ser. III. lxxi. 65.

Origin and Habitat: Endemic to a small area South-West and South of Modderrivier (South-South-West of Kimberley), South Africa.
Habitat: It grows in fairly heavy rainfall area in gravel pockets in grassy places. It is orangish-brown in the reddish soil from decomposed ironstone. The plants mimic the small, haphazardly arranged rocks that surround them. In habitat the plants grows embedded in the soil and can tolerate extreme hight temperature and only temperature that exceed 60° C are lethal.

Synonyms:

Lithops lesliei var. hornii de Boer

See all synonyms of Lithops lesliei

back

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Lithops lesliei (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br.
Gard. Chron. 1922, Ser. III. lxxi. 65.
Synonymy: 59

Lithops lesliei (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br.

Lithops lesliei var. luteoviridis (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br.

Lithops lesliei f. minor (de Boer) B.Fearn

Lithops venteri Nel

Cultivars (8):

Lithops lesliei var. minor C006A 25 km SW of Swartruggens, South Africa cv. Witblom D.T.Cole
Lithops lesliei var. venteri C001 cv. Green form
Lithops lesliei C005A TL: Near Warrenton, South Africa cv. albiflora D.T.Cole

Lithops lesliei f. albiflora (D.T.Cole) D.T.Cole

Lithops lesliei C036A TL: Near Warrenton, South Africa cv. albinica D.T.Cole

Lithops lesliei f. albinica (D.T.Cole) D.T.Cole

Lithops lesliei C036B Near Warrenton, South Africa cv. Storms Albinigold D.T.Cole
Lithops lesliei var. hornii C015A 40 km SW of Kimberley, South Africa cv. Greenhorn D.T.Cole
Lithops lesliei cv. Fred´s Redhead
Lithops lesliei cv. Vivid Green

back

Description: Lithops leslieiSN|12964]]SN|12964]] var. hornii is one of the local form of the very variable Lithops leslieiSN|12964]]SN|12964]] that differs in a number of colour characters, but not sufficiently differentiated and often considered merely a local variant of the latter (if not the same). Its faces typically displays an orangish-brown or pinkish-brown colouring with coarser, irregular and relatively opaque greyish brown branching patterning, and seems a brown coloured var. venteri.
Habit: Lithops leslieiSN|12964]]SN|12964]] var. hornii branches more profusely than other varieties, and often forms groups with more than 10 heads. Each heads consists of two leaves closely pressed together or united, except for a central fissure across the top, from which the large yellow flowers are produced.
Bodies (paired leaves): Medium-large, rounded from above, profile truncated, top of lobes elliptic-reniform, flat, smooth, sometimes slightly convex; sides coloured purple-grey, brownish or green; windows always present, rarely ridged or fully open, dark-green, consisting of small irregular, extremely variable confluent areas; densely or sparsely covered with light ochre, orangish-brown, rusty brown or pinkish-brown irregular projections from the slightly raised margins; in these projections small round dark greyish-brown openings; outer margin distinct but very irregular, sonic laciniae being very short, others projecting into the window; inner margin nearly straight or provided with obtuse very short lobes, giving the whole margin a wavy appearance; on outer edge of the margins few or many irregular distributed more or less circular windows.
Flowers: Large yellow.
Blooming season: Autumn (in habitat blooms in April)
Fruits: Mostly 6-cambered.
Seeds: Reddish.

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Lithops lesliei group

Lithops lesliei (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br.: (var. lesliei) Cole numbers: C014, C020, C028, C036, C026, C151, C344, C352, C358. Deep rusty brown with brown windows; flowers golden yellow.
Lithops lesliei subs. burchellii D.T.Cole: Cole number(s):C302, C308. Distinguished from subsp. lesliei by colour and markings, and from var. venteri by the much finer meshlike markings and clavate marginal lines. Origin: RSA: CP, in small area NE of Douglas. It is probable that this subspecies occurs also in the military zone further to the NE, along the Vaal River.
Lithops lesliei subs. burchellii C302 TL: 20 km NNE of Douglas, South Africa: highly branched lines.
Lithops lesliei subs. burchellii C308 10 km NNE of Douglas, South Africa: beautiful form.
Lithops lesliei C005A TL: Near Warrenton, South Africa cv. albiflora D.T.Cole: Extremely rare white flowering form, occasionally found in any one colony, but in all other respects the plants are indistinguishable from others in the same colony. They can therefore be identified only when in flower.
Lithops lesliei C005 TL: (Warrenton Form) Near Warrenton, South Africa: brown spotted window.
Lithops lesliei C007 15 km S of Johannesburg, South Africa: green bronze top.
Lithops lesliei C008 (grey Form) 70 km W of Mafikeng, South Africa
Lithops lesliei C009 (grey Form) 70 km W of Mafikeng, South Africa: rusty grey, jagged.
Lithops lesliei C010 25 km SW of Lobatse, Botswana: lacy windows.
Lithops lesliei C014 (Kimberley Form) 15 km NW of Kimberley, South Africa: transparent veined network.
Lithops lesliei C018 Near Stella, South Africa
Lithops lesliei C020 (syn. luteoviridis) TL: 15 km W of Magaliesburg, South Africa: mysterious green shades.
Lithops lesliei C026 60 km SW of Johannesburg, South Africa: rusty pink, olive green windows.
Lithops lesliei C027 Near Bethlehem, South Africa: blue grey body, clear green windows.
Lithops lesliei C028 10 km N of Harrismith, South Africa: brown background, jagged green veins.
Lithops lesliei C029 45 km NE of Vaalwater, South Africa: dark rusty, olive-green-pink window.
Lithops lesliei C030 (Pietersburg Form) 30 km NW of Pietersburg, South Africa: windows of opportunity.
Lithops lesliei C031 10 km NE of Meyerton, South Africa: dark green windows.
Lithops lesliei C032 (Pietersburg Form) 10 km SE of Pietersburg, South Africa: pinkish grey.
Lithops lesliei C033 45 km E of Pietersburg, South Africa: pale green grey, very nice pattern.
Lithops lesliei C036 (Warrenton Form) Near Warrenton, South Africa: rusty tinge.
Lithops lesliei C036A TL: Near Warrenton, South Africa cv. albinica D.T.Cole: Distinctly translucent, grass green to yellowish sheen with yellow lines and patches. White flowers. Known only from one locality, CP.
Lithops lesliei C036B Near Warrenton, South Africa cv. Storms Albinigold D.T.Cole: Distinctly translucent, grass green to yellowish sheen with yellow lines and patches with rich yellow flowers. It is indistinguishable from acf 'Albinica'. It can therefore be identified only when in flower.
Lithops lesliei C096 (Warrenton Form) 25 km N of Kimberley, South Africa
Lithops lesliei C115 5 km NW of Vryburg, South Africa: translucent green windows.
Lithops lesliei C138 Near Benoni, South Africa: opaque pink-green jagged window.
Lithops lesliei C139 5 km E of Benoni, South Africa
Lithops lesliei C151 (grey Form) 25 km NW of Christiana, South Africa: dark veined network.
Lithops lesliei C331 15 km SSE of Pretoria, South Africa
Lithops lesliei C341 (Kimberley Form) 20 km NW of Kimberley, South Africa: pale form.
Lithops lesliei C342 10 km NE of Pretoria, South Africa: Chinese-red, nice.
Lithops lesliei C343 Near Vanderbijlpark, South Africa: reddish, with tiny windows.
Lithops lesliei C344 Near Orkney, South Africa
Lithops lesliei C352 45 km E of Pietersburg, South Africa: coarse pale markings, distinctive.
Lithops lesliei C354 (Kimberley Form) 15 km NW of Kimberley, South Africa: quite dark brown, lined.
Lithops lesliei C358 25 km W of Lobatse, Botswana: jagged markings.
Lithops lesliei C359 (grey Form) 115 km SW of Lobatse, Botswana: grey-brown surface.
Lithops lesliei C407 15 km N of Krugersdorp, South Africa
Lithops lesliei var. hornii de Boer: Cole numbers:C015, C364. Light ochre to rusty brown coloured body with greyish brown branching patterning. Yellow flowers. Endemic to a small area SW and S of Modderrivier.
Lithops lesliei var. hornii C015 40 km SW of Kimberley, South Africa: jagged rusty brown window.
Lithops lesliei var. hornii C015A 40 km SW of Kimberley, South Africa cv. Greenhorn D.T.Cole
Lithops lesliei var. hornii C364 TL: 45 km SSW of Kimberley, South Africa: rusty brown.
Lithops lesliei var. mariae D.T.Cole: Cole numbers:C141, C152.Gold specled with clear, orangish body with many very fine, pinspots darker dots. Yellow flowers. Distribution: RSA: OFS, in a small area within the range of var. lesliei, to the W of Boshoff and N and NE of Kimberley.
Lithops lesliei var. mariae C141 TL: 10 km SW of Boshof, South Africa: spattered, fine pattern.
Lithops lesliei var. mariae C152 30 km NNE of Kimberley, South Africa: fine speckles and lines.
Lithops lesliei var. minor de Boer: Cole numbers: C006. Yellow-brown to rusty brown, very similar to the typical form of var. lesliei, but consistently smaller and with slightly different markings. Yellow flowers. Distribution: RSA: Tvl, in a very small area to the SW of Swartruggens, thus within the range of var. lesliei.
Lithops lesliei var. minor C006A 25 km SW of Swartruggens, South Africa cv. Witblom D.T.Cole: White flowering form. It is indistinguishable from the standar v. minor. It can therefore be identified only when in flower.
Lithops lesliei var. minor C006 TL: 25 km SW of Swartruggens, South Africa: dark window, rust body, small.
Lithops lesliei var. rubrobrunnea de Boer: Cole numbers: C017, C204. Differs from the type variety mainly for the red brow colour. Distribution: RSA: Tvl, within the range of var. lesliei, in a very small area W of Randfontein and Krugersdorp.
Lithops lesliei var. rubrobrunnea C017 TL: 5 km NW of Randfontein, South Africa: reddish grey body.
Lithops lesliei var. rubrobrunnea C204 5 km NW of Krugersdorp, South Africa: dark maroon top.
Lithops lesliei var. venteri (Nel) de Boer & Boom: Cole numbers:C001, C047, C153. Grey body with grey black denticulate windows, like small worms. Yellow flowers. Distribution: RSA: CP, in a fairly narrow strip on both sides of the Harts River, extending NE from its confluence with the Vaal River near Delportshoop to a point near Taung.
Lithops lesliei var. venteri C001 30 km NW of Warrenton, South Africa: grey-black top, intricate.
Lithops lesliei var. venteri C001 cv. Green form
Lithops lesliei var. venteri C047 TL: 30 km W of Warrenton, South Africa: margin veined.
Lithops lesliei var. venteri C153 (syn. maraisii) TL: 60 km NW of Kimberley, South Africa: grey or black apex.
Lithops lesliei cv. Fred´s Redhead
Lithops lesliei cv. Vivid Green

Bibliography: Major refences and further lectures
1) Heidrun E. K. Hartmann “Aizoaceae F – Z” Springer 2002
2) Achim Hecktheuer “Mesembs, mehr als nur Lithops” Books on Demand GmbH Norderstedt. 2008
3) Desmond T. Cole & Naureen A. Cole, Uwe Beyer, Yves Delange “Les Lithops” SUCCULENTES Spécial 2008 AIAPS (now Terra seca). 2008
4) Desmond T. Cole & Naureen A. Cole “LITHOPS Flowering Stones” Cactus & Co. Libri. 2005
5) Yasuhiko Shimada “The Genus Lithops” Dobun Shoin. 2001
6) Rudolf Heine “Lithops - Lebende Steine” Neumann Verlag. 1986
7) Bernd Schlösser “Lithops – Lebende Steine” Praktische Anleitung für die Zimmerkultur. BussinessPoint MEDIA. 2000
8) Steven A. Hammer “Lithops – Treasures of the veld” British Cactus and Succulent Society. 1999
9) Desmond T. Cole “Lithops – Flowering Stones” Acorn Books 1988
10) Rudolf Heine “Lithops – lebende Steine” Neumann Verlag. 1986
11) David L. Sprechman “Lithops” Associated University Presses, Inc. 1970
12) Gert Cornelius Nel “Lithops” Hortors Limited, South Africa 1946
13) Edgar Lamb "The illustrated reference on cacti and other succulents" Blandford Press. 1978
14) Christopher Brickell, Royal Horticultural Society "RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants: K-Z., Volume 2" Kindersley, 2008
15) G. C . Nel “Lithops: Plantae succulantae, rarissimae, in terra obscuratae, e famailia Aizoaceae, ex Africa australi” Hortors Limited, Cape Town, South Africa 1946
16) Heidrun E. K. Hartmann "Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Aizoaceae F-Z" Springer, 2002
17) Steven A. Hammer "Lithops: Joyaux du veld" Editions Quae, 25/nov/2010

Your Actions
	Back to Lithops index
	Back to Aizoaceae index
	Back to Succulents Encyclopedia index

Cite this page: "Lithops lesliei var. hornii" Text available under a CC-BY-SA Creative Commons Attribution License. www.llifle.com 14 Nov. 2005. 28 Dec 2024. </Encyclopedia/SUCCULENTS/Family/Aizoaceae/12977/Lithops_lesliei_var._hornii>