Species Chronological
A chronological list of Lithops indicating when they were discovered. Species marked with an asterisk (*) are considered to be rare. The list was published in Steven Hammers book titled Lithops - Treasures of the Veld (1999).
1811
The first recorded account of a Lithops was by William Burchell in 1811. He discovered the plant on the 14th of September of that year at a place he named 'Zand Valley', which lies south-east of the present-day town of Prieska.
1874
Mesem. hookeri 1874-1908
1908
Mesem. pseudotruncatellum
1910
Mesem. opticum
1912
Mesem. lesliei
1914
Mesem. fulviceps (June)
1920
Mesem. karasmontana (March)
Mesem. localis (July)
Mesem. marmoratum (July)
1922
L. bella (February)
Note: N.E. Brown created the genus Lithops.
1925
Mesem. (L.) francisci (January)
Mesem. (L.) julii (March)
Mesem. (L.) eberlanzii (March)
Mesem. (L.) lericheanum (March)
Mesem. (L.) ruschiorum (March)
Mesem. (L.) vallis-mariae (March)
Note: All of the 1925 taxa were published under the strange formula: Dinter & Schwantes Mesembryanthemum (Lithops); this was due to the authors most likely having been temporarily two-minded about the status of Mesembryanthemum L.
1927
L. fulleri (January)
L. dinteri (October)
1928
L. gracilidelineata
L. rugosa*
L. schwantesii
L. urikosensis
1929
L. olivacea (June)
1930
L. comptonii (July)
1932
L. meyeri (April)
L. brevis (June)
L. herrei (June)
L. vanzylii (June) - Dinteranthus vanzylii (L. Bol.) Shwant.
L. aucampiae (November)
1933
L. elisabethiae (March)
L. helmutii (September)*
1934
L. bromfieldii (May)
L. divergens (May)
1936
L. marthae (May)
L. salicola (July)
1937
L. insularis (January)
L. mennellii (January)*
L. otzeniana (August)
1939
L. dorotheae (July)*
1940
L. venteri (January)
L. weberi (February)
1943
L. geyeri
L. verruculosa
1946
L. marginata
L. dendritica
L. lineata
1950
L. villetii (August)
1951
L. werneri (July)*
1952
L. deboeri (September)
1955
L. gesineae (January-February)*
1957
L. hallii (July>
1958
L. viridis (September)*
1960
L. koelemanii (March)
L. glaudinae (December)
1961
L. divergens var. amethystina (April)
L. lesliei var. minor (May)*
L. pseudotruncatella var. volkii (June)*
L. elisae (October)
L. pseudotruncatella var. groendrayensis (November)
1962
L. fulleri var. ochracea (June)
L. fulleri var. brunnea (June)
L. lesliei var. rubrobrunnea (July)*
1963
L. gracilidelineata var. waldroniae (February)*
L. pseudotruncatella var. brandbergensis (April)
1964
L. erniana var. aiaisensis (January)
L. turbiniformis var. lutea (April)*
L. turbiniformis var. subfenestrata (April)
L. schwantesii var. gebseri (August)
L. julii var. rouxii (October)
1965
L. dabneri (July)
1966
L. dinteri var. multipunctata (February)
L. lesliei var. hornii (March)*
L. aucampiae var. euniceae (April)*
L. verruculosa var. glabra (July)*
1967
L. fulleri var. kennedyi (July)
L. archerae (August)*
1970
L. aucampiae var. fluminalis (March)*
L. turbiniformis var. elephina (March)*
L. turbiniformis var. susannae (March)*
L. lesliei var. mariae (March)*
1973
L. dinteri var. frederici*
L. fulviceps var. lactinea*
L. karasmontana var. tischeri*
1980
L. naureeniae (September)*
1987
L. pseudotruncatella var. riehmerae (July)*
1988
L. lesliei var. burchellii*
L. olivacea var. nebrownii*
1995
L. coleorum**
2000
L. hermetica
2006
L. amicorum