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Lithops
Lithops is a genus of succulent plants in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. Members of the genus are native to southern Africa. They avoid being eaten by herbivores with their camouflage as small stones, and are often known as pebble plants or living stones.
"Lithops" is both the genus name and the common name, and is singular as well as plural. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words λίθος (líthos) 'stone' and ὄψ (óps) 'face', referring to the stone-like appearance of the plants.
37 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Lithops lesliei
speciesLithops lesliei
Lithops marmorata
speciesLithops marmorata
Stone Plant
speciesLithops aucampiae
Lithops herrei
speciesLithops herrei
Lithops karasmontana
speciesLithops karasmontana
Lithops hookeri
speciesLithops hookeri
Lithops gracilidelineata
speciesLithops gracilidelineata
Lithops localis
speciesLithops localis
Lithops olivacea
speciesLithops olivacea
Lithops julii
speciesLithops julii
Lithops ruschiorum
speciesLithops ruschiorum
Lithops schwantesii
speciesLithops schwantesii
Lithops dinteri
speciesLithops dinteri
Lithops fulviceps
speciesLithops fulviceps
Lithops helmutii
speciesLithops helmutii
Lithops optica
speciesLithops optica
Langberg stonefig
speciesLithops bromfieldii
Kamiesberg Stonefig
speciesLithops naureeniae
Lithops salicola
speciesLithops salicola
Lithops divergens
speciesLithops divergens
Lithops otzeniana
speciesLithops otzeniana
Lithops hallii
speciesLithops hallii
Lithops dorotheae
speciesLithops dorotheae
Lithops pseudotruncatella
speciesLithops pseudotruncatella
Lithops geyeri
speciesLithops geyeri
Lithops meyeri
speciesLithops meyeri
Lithops villetii
speciesLithops villetii
Lithops francisci
speciesLithops francisci
Lithops verruculosa
speciesLithops verruculosa
Lithops comptonii
speciesLithops comptonii
Lithops werneri
speciesLithops werneri
Lithops coleorum
speciesLithops coleorum
Lithops vallis-mariae
speciesLithops vallis-mariae
Lithops viridis
speciesLithops viridis
Lithops gesineae
speciesLithops gesineae
Lithops amicorum
speciesLithops amicorum
Lithops burchellii
speciesLithops burchellii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 186097.