Lithops dinteri
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Aizoaceae |
| Genus: | Lithops |
| Species: | L. dinteri |
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| Lithops dinteri | |
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Lithops dinteri is a species of the genus Lithops of the family Aizoaceae. It is a succulent plant native to Namibia and the Northern Cape Province of South Africa,[1] where it grows in deserts which receive an average yearly rainfall of 464 mm.[2]
The succulent plant is named after Mortiz Kurt Dinter, a German botanist of the late 19th and early 20th century. He was a collector of exotic succulents and his collection numbered around 8,400 pressed specimens.[3]
