Lithops Species List

Key:

Y = yellow flowering plant.
W = white flowering plant.
V = variable.
Ywc = yellow flowering plant with white centres.
G-form = green or yellow-green plant, instead of the norm.
W-form = white flowering plant, instead of yellow.
Y-form = yellow flowering plant, instead of white (very rare).
R-form = plant with red colour, instead of the norm.
acf = aberrant colour form (termed 'cultivar' in the 1988 edition of Lithops, Flowering Stones).
subsp. = subspecies.
var. = varietas, variety.
Species that were removed or renamed in green.

1. Lithops amicorum D.T. Cole (2006) (W)
   C410
2. Lithops aucampiae L. Bol. (1932) (Y)
   subsp. aucampiae var. aucampiae
   C002, C003, C004, C046, C061, C117, C172, C255, C257, C298, C333, C334, C366; (Kuruman form) C011, C012, C173, C325, C332
   acf 'Betty's Beryl' (1988) (G- + W-form)
   C389
   acf 'Jackson's Jade' (1992) (G-form)
   C395
   acf 'Storms's Snowcap' (1985) (W-form)
   C392
   subsp. aucampiae var. koelemanii (H.W. de Boer) D.T. Cole (1960) (Y)
   L. koelemanii H.W. de Boer
   C016, C256
   subsp. euniceae (H.W. de Boer) D.T. Cole var. euniceae (1966) (Y)
   L. aucampiae var. euniceae H.W. de Boer
   C048
   acf 'Hikoruby' (R-form)
   subsp. euniceae var. fluminalis D.T. Cole (1970) (Y)
   L. aucampiae var. fluminalis D.T. Cole
   C054
   acf 'Chieruby' (R-form)
   acf 'Green River' (1999) (G-form)
3. Lithops bromfieldii L. Bol. (1934) (Y)
   var. bromfieldii
   C040, C041, C279, C348, C368
   acf 'White Nymph' (2002) (W-form)
   var. glaudinae (H.W. de Boer) D.T. Cole (1960) (Y)
   L. glaudinae H.W. de Boer
   C116, C382, C393
   var. insularis (L. Bol.) B. Fearn (1937) (Y)
   L. insularis L. Bol.
   C042, C043, C057
   acf 'Sulphurea' (1977) (G-form)
   C362
   var. mennellii (L. Bol.) B. Fearn (1937) (Y)
   L. mennellii L. Bol.
   C044, C283
4. Lithops coleorum S.A. Hammer & R. Uijs (1994) (Y)
   C396
5. Lithops comptonii L. Bol. (1930) (Ywc)
   var. comptonii
   C125, C377
   var. weberi (G.C. Nel) D.T. Cole (1940) (Ywc)
   L. weberi G.C. Nel
   C126, C347
6. Lithops dinteri Schwant. (1927) (Y)
   subsp. dinteri var. dinteri
   C206
   acf 'Dintergreen' (1985) (G-form)
   C206A
   subsp. dinteri var. brevis (L. Bol.) B. Fearn (1932) (Y)
   L. brevis L. Bol.
   C084, C268
   subsp. frederici (D.T. Cole) D.T. Cole (1973) (Y)
   L. dinteri var. frederici D.T. Cole
   C180
   subsp. multipunctata (H.W. de Boer) D.T. Cole (1966) (Y)
   L. dinteri var. multipunctata H.W. de Boer
   C181, C326
7. Lithops divergens L. Bol. (1934) (Ywc)
   var. divergens
   C202, C269
   var. amethystina H.W. de Boer (1961) (Ywc)
   C201, C270, C356
8. Lithops dorotheae G.C. Nel (1939) (Y)
   L. eksteeniae L. Bol.
   C124, C300
9. Lithops francisci (Dint. & Schwant.) N.E. Br. (1925) (Y)
   Mesem. francisci Dint. & Schwant.
   C140, C371
10. Lithops fulviceps (N.E. Br.) N.E. Br. (1914) (Y)
    var. fulviceps
    Mesem. fulviceps N.E. Br.
    L. lydiae Jacobs. - nomen nudum
    C170, C220, C221, C266, C278, C284, C390, C391; (*lydiae) C219
    acf 'Aurea' (1977) (W- + G-form)
    C363
    var. lactinea D.T. Cole (1973) (Y)
    C222
    var. laevigata D.T. Cole (2006) (Y)
    C412
11. Lithops gesineae H.W. de Boer (1955) (Y)
    var. gesineae
    C207, C406
    var. annae (H.W. de Boer) D.T. Cole (1956) (Y)
    L. annae H.W. de Boer
    C078
12. Lithops geyeri G.C. Nel (1943) (Ywc)
    L. hillii L. Bol.
    C274; (*hillii) C232, C233
13. Lithops gracilidelineata Dint. (1928) (Y)
    subsp. gracilidelineata var. gracilidelineata
    L. streyi Schwant.
    C261, C262, C309, C367, C374, C385; (*Streyi) C373
    acf 'Ernst's Witkop' (1985) (W-form)
    C385A
    subsp. gracilidelineata var. waldroniae H.W. de Boer
    C189, C243
    acf 'Fritz's White Lady' (1985) (W-form)
    C189A
    subsp. brandbergensis (H.W. de Boer) D.T. Cole (1963) (Y)
    L. pseudotruncatella var. brandbergensis Schwant. ex H.W. de Boer
    C383, C394
14. Lithops hallii H.W. de Boer (1957) (W)
    var. hallii
    L. salicola var. reticulata H.W. de Boer
    C022, C045, C050, C052, C090, C094, C119, C158, C174, C176, C318, C375; (Brown Form) C135, C136; (*salicola reticulata) C087
    var. ochracea (H.W. de Boer) D.T. Cole (1962)
    C039, C059, C098, C111, C142A, C303, C372
    acf 'Green Soapstone' (1985) (G-form)
    C111A
15. Lithops helmutii L. Bol. (1933) (Ywc)
    C271
16. Lithops hermetica D.T. Cole (2000) (Y)
    C397
    acf 'Green Diamond' (G-form)
    C397A
17. Lithops herrei L. Bol. (1932) (Ywc)
    L. herrei var. plena L. Bol.
    L. translucens L. Bol.
    C213, C234, C235, C355, C361; (*transluscens) C236, C237
    acf 'Splendido' (2001) (W- + G-form)
18. Lithops hookeri (Berg.) Schwant. (1908) (Y)
    var. hookeri
    Mesem. hookeri Berg.
    Mesem. truncatellum sensu Haw. non Haw.
    L. aurantiaca L. Bol.
    L. turbiniformis sensu N.E. Br. non Haw. & non Burchell
    C110, C112, C113, C114, C118, C142B, C340 (Vermiculate form) C023, C051, C335, C336
    acf 'Envy' (1999) (G-form)
    var. dabneri (L. Bol.) D.T. Cole (1965) (Y)
    L. dabneri L. Bol.
    C013, C085, C301
    var. elephina (D.T. Cole) D.T. Cole (1970) (Y)
    L. turbiniformis var. elephina (D.T. Cole) D.T. Cole
    C092, C093
    var. lutea (H.W. de Boer) D.T. Cole (1964) (Y)
    L. hookeri var. lutea H.W. de Boer
    C038
    var. marginata (G.C. Nel) D.T. Cole (1946) (Y)
    L. marginata G.C. Nel
    C035, C137, C338; (Cerise form) C088; (Red-brown form) C053, C089, C154, C155, C337
    acf 'Shimada's Apricot' (2000) (R-form)
    var. subfenestrata (H.W. de Boer) D.T. Cole (1964) (Y)
    L. turbiniformis var. subfenestrata H.W. de Boer
    L. turbiniformis var. brunneo-violacea H.W. de Boer
    C021, C156, C175; (*brunneoviolacea) C019
    var. susannae (D.T. Cole) D.T. Cole (1970) (Y)
    L. turbiniformis var. susannae D.T. Cole
    C091
19. Lithops julii (Dint. & Schwant.) N.E. Br. (1925) (W)
    subsp. julii
    Mesem. julii Dint. & Schwant.
    L. chrysocephala G.C. Nel
    L. julii var. littlewoodii H.W. de Boer
    L. julii var. pallida Tisch. - nomen nudum
    L. julii var. reticulata Tisch. ex H.W. de Boer
    L. lactea Schick & Tisch.
    C063, C064, C183, C297, C349; (*chrysocephala) C205; (*littlewoodii) C218
    acf 'Peppermint Crème' (1985) (G-form)
    C297A
    subsp. fulleri (N.E. Br.) B. Fearn (1927) (W) var. fulleri
    L. fulleri N.E. Br.
    L. fulleri var. tapscottii L. Bol.
    L. maughanii N.E. Br.
    C024, C056, C062, C121, C122, C161, C162A, C171, C203, C230B, C259, C319, C323, C378
    acf 'Fullergreen' (1988) (G-form)
    C056A
    subsp. fulleri var. brunnea H.W. de Boer (1962) (W)
    L. fulleri var. brunnea H.W. de Boer
    C179
    subsp. fulleri var. rouxii (H.W. de Boer) D.T. Cole (1964) (W)
    L. julii var. rouxii H.W. de Boer
    C215, C216, C217, C324
20. Lithops karasmontana (Dint. & Schwant.) N.E. Br. (1920) (W)
    Mesem. karasmontana Dint. & Schwant.
    Mesem. damaranum N.E. Br.
    L. damarana (N.E. Br.) N.E. Br.
    L. jacobseniana Schwant. - nomen nudum
    L. lateritia Dint.
    L. mickbergensis Dint.
    L. opalina Dint.
    L. summitatum Dint.
    subsp. karasmontana var. karasmontana
    C223, C225, C226; (*jacobseniana) C227; (*mickbergensis) C168, C169, C317, C327; (*Signalberg form) C065, C328
    subsp. karasmontana var. aiaisensis (H.W. de Boer) D.T. Cole (1964) (W)
    L. erniana var. aiaisensis H.W. de Boer
    C224
    subsp. karasmontana var. lericheana (Dint. & Schwant.) D.T. Cole (1925) (W)
    Mesem. lericheanum Dint. & Schwant.
    C193, C267, C329, C330
    subsp. karasmontana var. tischeri D.T. Cole (1973) (W)
    L. fossulifera Tisch. - nomen nudum
    C182
    subsp. bella (N.E. Br.) D.T. Cole (1922) (W)
    Mesem. bellum (N.E. Br.) Dint.
    L. bella N.E. Br.
    C108, C143A, C285, C295
    subsp. eberlanzii (Dint. & Schwant.) D.T. Cole (1925) (W)
    Mesem. eberlanzii Dint. & Schwant.
    L. eberlanzii (Dint. & Schwant.) N.E. Br.
    L. bella var. eberlanzii (Dint. & Schwant.) H.W. de Boer & B.K. Boom
    L. edithiae N.E. Br.
    L. erniana Tisch. & Jacobs.
    L. erniana var. witputzensis H.W de Boer
    C082, C208, C369, C370, C398, C399, C400, C401, C405; (*erniana) C147, C209; (*erniana witputzensis) C149
    acf 'Avocado Cream' (1985) (G-form)
    C370A, C402
21. Lithops lesliei (N.E. Br.) N.E. Br. (1912) (Y)
    subsp. lesliei var. lesliei
    Mesem, lesliei N.E. Br.
    Mesem. ferrugineum Schwant.
    L. lesliei var. luteoviridis H.W. de Boer
    C007, C010, C018, C026, C027, C028, C029, C031, C033, C115, C138, C139, C331, C342, C343, C344, C352, C358; (Grey form) C008, C009, C151, C359; (Kimberley form) C014, C341, C354; (*luteoviridis) C020; (Pietersburg form) C030, C032; (Warrenton form) C005, C036, C096
    acf 'Albiflora' (1968) (W-form)
    C005A
    acf 'Albinica' (1968) (W- + G-form)
    C036A
    acf 'Fred's Redhead' (1999) (R-form)
    acf 'Storms's Albinigold' (1985) (G-form)
    C036B
    subsp. lesliei var. hornii H.W. de Boer (1966) (Y)
    C015, C364
    acf 'Greenhorn' (1985) (G-form)
    subsp. lesliei var. mariae D.T. Cole (1970) (Y)
    C141, C152
    subsp. lesliei var. minor H.W. de Boer (1961) (Y)
    C006
    acf 'Witblom' (1985) (W-form)
    C006A
    subsp. lesliei var. rubrobrunnea H.W. de Boer (1962) (Y)
    C017, C204
    subsp. lesliei var. venteri (G.C. Nel) H.W. de Boer & B.K. Boom (1940) (Y)
    L. venteri G.C. Nel
    L. lesliei var. maraisii H.W. de Boer
    C001, C047; (*maraisii) C153
    subsp. burchellii D.T. Cole (1988) (Y)
    C302, C308
22. Lithops marmorata (N.E. Br.) N.E. Br. (1920) (W)
    var. marmorata
    Mesem. marmoratum N.E. Br.
    L. diutina L. Bol.
    L. framesii L. Bol.
    L. umdausensis L. Bol.
    C163, C305, C360; (*diutina) C260; (*framesii) C058, C365
    acf 'Polepsky Smaragd' (1996) (G-form)
    var. elisae (H.W. de Boer) D.T. Cole (1961) (W)
    L. elisae H.W. de Boer
    C214, C251, C252
23. Lithops meyeri L. Bol. (1932) (Ywc)
    C212, C272, C273
    acf 'Hammeruby' (1988) (R-form)
    C272A
24. Lithops naureeniae D.T. Cole (1980) (Ywc)
    C304
25. Lithops olivacea L. Bol. (1929) (Ywc)
    var. olivacea
    C055, C109
    var. nebrownii D.T. Cole (1988) (Ywc)
    C162B, C403
    acf 'Red Olive' (1999) (R-form)
26. Lithops optica (Marl.) N.E. Br. (1910) (W)
    Mesem. opticum Marl.
    L. elevata L. Bol.
    L. rubra (Tisch.) N.E. Br.
    C081, C275, C276, C277, C286, C288, C289, C290, C292, C294, C307, C310, C404; (Maculate form) C291, C293, C311
    acf 'Rubra' (1925) (R-form)
    C081A, C287
    acf 'Rubragold' (2001) (Ywc + R-form)
27. Lithops otzeniana G.C. Nel (1937) (Ywc)
    C128, C280, C350
    acf 'Aquamarine' (1985) (G-form)
    C128A
    acf 'Cesky Granat' (2001) (R-form)
28. Lithops pseudotruncatella (Berg.) N.E. Br. (1908) (Y)
    subsp. pseudotruncatella var. pseudotruncatella
    Mesem. pseudotruncatellum Berg.
    L. alpina Dint.
    L. mundtii Tisch.
    L. pseudotruncatella var. alta Tisch.
    C067, C070, C263, C315; (*alpina) C068, C381; (*mundtii) C099, C100; (Pallid form) C264
    acf 'Albiflora' (1955) (W-form)
    subsp. pseudotruncatella var. elisabethiae (Dint.) H.W. de Boer & B.K. Boom (1933) (Y)
    L. elisabethiae Dint.
    C187
    subsp. pseudotruncatella var. riehmerae D.T. Cole (1987) (Y)
    L. edithiae N.E. Br. sensu Schwant.
    (*edithiae) C097
    subsp. archerae (H.W. de Boer) D.T. Cole (1967) (Y)
    L. archerae H.W. de Boer
    C104, C306
    acf 'Split Pea' (1999) (G-form)
    subsp. dendritica (G.C. Nel) D.T. Cole (1946) (Y)
    L. dendritica G.C. Nel
    L. farinosa Dint. - nomen nudum
    L. pseudotruncatella var. pulmonuncula Dint. - nomen nudum
    C072, C073, C357, C384; (*farinosa) C245; (*pulmonuncula) C071
    subsp. groendrayensis (Jacobs.) D.T. Cole (1961) (Y)
    L. pseudotruncatella var. groendrayensis Jacobs.
    L. vallis-mariae var. groendraaiensis (Jacobs.) H.W. de Boer
    C239, C244; (Witkop form) C246
    subsp. volkii (Schwant. ex H.W. de Boer & B.K. Boom) D.T. Cole (1961) (Y)
    L. volkii Schwant. - nomen nudum
    L. pseudotruncatella var. volkii Schwant. ex H.W. de Boer & B.K. Boom
    C069
29. Lithops ruschiorum
    var. ruschiorum (Dint. & Schwant.) N.E. Br. (1925) (Y)
    Mesem. ruschiorum Dint. & Schwant.
    L. nelii Schwant.
    L. pillansii L. Bol.
    L. ruschiorum var. stiepelmannii Schwant.
    C101, C103, C241, C242, C387; (*nelii) C102, C240, C316
    acf 'Silver Reed' (W-form; German 'rusch' = reed, rush)
    C387A
    var. lineata (G.C. Nel) D.T. Cole (1946) (Y)
    L. lineata G.C. Nel
    C312, C313, C314, C380, C386
30. Lithops salicola L. Bol. (1936) (W)
    C034, C037, C049, C320, C321, C322, C351, C353; (Maculate form) C086
    acf 'Bacchus' (1999) (R-form)
    acf 'Malachite' (1985) (G-form)
    C351A
31. Lithops schwantesii Dint. (1928) (Y)
    subsp. schwantesii var. schwantesii
    L. gulielmi L. Bol.
    L. kuibisensis Dint. ex Jacobs.
    L. triebneri L. Bol.
    C076, C077, C079, C080, C106, C143B, C145, C146, C164, C185, C190, C191, C211, C265; (Grey form) C144, C250; (*gulielmi) C184; (*kuibisensis) C150
    subsp. schwantesii var. marthae (Loesch & Tisch.) D.T. Cole (1936) (Y)
    L. marthae Loesch & Tisch.
    L. inornata Dint. - nomen nudum
    C148, C249, C299
    subsp. schwantesii var. rugosa (Dint.) H.W. de Boer & B.K. Boom (1928) (Y)
    L. rugosa Dint.
    C192, C247
    subsp. schwantesii var. urikosensis (Dint.) H.W. de Boer & B.K. Boom (1928) (Y)
    L. urikosensis Dint.
    L. christinae H.W. de Boer
    L. kunjasensis Dint.
    L. schwantesii var. nutupsdriftensis H.W. de Boer
    C083, C105; (*christinae) C074, C107, C210; (*kunjasensis) C186, C248; (*nutupsdriftensis) C075
    subsp. gebseri (H.W. de Boer) D.T. Cole (1964) (Y)
    L. schwantesii var. gebseri H.W. de Boer
    C165
32. Lithops steineckeana Tisch. (1951) (Y)
    C388
33. Lithops terricolor N.E. Br. (1922) (Y)
    Mesem. localis N.E. Br.
    L. peersii L. Bol.
    C130, C132, C133, C345, C379; (*peersii) C131, C253, C254, C339, C376; (Prince Albert form) C134
    acf 'Silver Spurs' (1985) (W-form)
    C132A
    acf 'Speckled Gold' (1985) (G-form)
    C345A
    acf 'Violetta' (1999) (R-form; published as L. localis 'Violetta')
34. Lithops vallis-mariae Dint. & Schwant.) N.E. Br. (1925) (Y)
    Mesem. vallis-mariae Dint. & Schwant.
    L. vallis-mariae var. margarethae H.W. de Boer
    C060, C066, C166, C238, C281, C282, C296; (*margarethae) C167
    acf 'Valley Girl' (1999) (W-form)
35. Lithops verruculosa G.C. Nel (1943) (V)
    var. verruculosa
    C120, C129, C159, C178, C198, C200B, C229B, C230C; (*inae) C095, C157, C196
    acf 'Verdigris' (1999) (G-form)
    var. glabra H.W. de Boer (1966) (V)
    C025, C160, C177
36. Lithops villetii L. Bol. (1950) (W)
    subsp. villetii
    C194, C195
    subsp. deboeri (Schwant.) D.T. Cole (1952) (W)
    L. deboeri Schwant.
    C230A, C231, C258
    subsp. kennedyi (H.W. de Boer) D.T. Cole (1967) (W)
    L. fulleri var. kennedyi H.W. de Boer
    C123, C197, C199, C200A, C228, C229A
37. Lithops viridis H. Lückhoff (1958) (Ywc)
    C127
38. Lithops werneri Schwant. & Jacobs. (1951) (Y)
    C188