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Lithops helmutii L.Bolus

Aizoaceae

No habitat climate Photographs not checked Cactus or succulent
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Summary

Lithops helmutii is a species of pebble plant. It is native to the northwestern Cape Provinces of South Africa.

Text from Wikipedia, “Lithops helmutii”, CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted as written. Kept separate from everything derived here.

About the genus · 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.

Text from Wikipedia, “Lithops”, CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted as written.

Family
Aizoaceae
Described by
L.Bolus
Native to
Cape Provinces
Wild records
1 in range· 0 open

Cultivation

Grouped as a cactus or succulent by the genus Lithops, which is reliably one kind of plant (archetype table). The table holds no figure for this group, which spans too much for one minimum, and no habitat climate is derived yet; no cold floor is given, and no prose comes from the table.

Nothing derived: no habitat climate for this species, and the archetype table has no figure for its genus or family.

Climate across the habitat

No habitat climate can be derived: 1 in-range record, none placed to within 10 km.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
No openly licensed record to show inside the range.
NativeCape Provinces
Kew's description“succulent perennial” · “desert or dry shrubland”· quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedThe map marker rests on all 1 georeferenced record inside the native range; none carries a licence permitting republication, so the map shows no points. Under a dozen records: treat the map as indicative. No climate envelope is derived for this species. 1 in-range record is placed to worse than 10 km and stays on the map but off the climate.

Papers naming this species

Works whose title or abstract names Lithops helmutii, most cited first, from OpenAlex (CC0). A mention, not a cultivation source: nothing on this page is drawn from them.

Occurrence Download
GBIF.org User (2026) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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GBIF.org User (2026) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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GBIF.org User (2025) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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GBIF.Org User (2023) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Other Lithops 37 in the reference

Lithops aucampiae Aucamps Living Stone
Lithops bella Aizoaceae
Lithops bromfieldii Langberg stonefig
Lithops burchellii Aizoaceae Lithops coleorum Aizoaceae
Lithops comptonii Aizoaceae
Lithops dendritica Aizoaceae
Lithops dinteri Aizoaceae Lithops divergens Aizoaceae
Lithops eberlanzii Aizoaceae
Lithops euniceae Aizoaceae
Lithops francisci Aizoaceae all 38 ›

History & registers

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gbif.synonyms answeredcarried from build of 2026-09-19 (offline re-derivation; the backbone was not asked)
gbif.vernacular answeredcarried from build of 2026-09-19 (offline re-derivation; the backbone was not asked)
wcvp.distribution answered
gbif.occurrences answeredGBIF occurrence download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.3h4zam
climate nothing to report
wikidata answeredcarried from build of 2026-09-19 (rederive); that build: carried from build of 2026-09-19 (rederive)
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inat.photos.cultivated nothing to reportcarried from build of 2026-09-19 (rederive); that build: carried from build of 2026-09-19 (rederive)
commons nothing to reportcarried from build of 2026-09-19 (rederive); that build: carried from build of 2026-09-19 (rederive)
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openalex answeredcarried from build of 2026-09-19; this build: skipped

Every upstream is recorded as having answered, reported nothing, or refused. Only “nothing to report” is ever shown as an absence. Records came from 1 datasets via GBIF.org; each carries its own licence.