Lithops hermetica
Encyclopedia
Lithops hermetica is a species of plant
in the Aizoaceae
family. It is endemic to Namibia
. Its natural habitat
is rocky areas. It was assessed by Lyndley Craven
.
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in the Aizoaceae
Aizoaceae
The Family Aizoaceae or Ficoidaceae is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing 135 genera and about 1900 species. They are commonly known as stone plants or carpet weeds. Species that resemble stones or pebbles are sometimes called mesembs...
family. It is endemic to Namibia
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
. Its natural habitat
Habitat
* Habitat , a place where a species lives and grows*Human habitat, a place where humans live, work or play** Space habitat, a space station intended as a permanent settlement...
is rocky areas. It was assessed by Lyndley Craven
Lyndley Craven
Lyndley Alan Craven is a botanist. He is the Principal Research Scientist of the Australian National Herbarium.-Published works:*"Physiological, anatomical and biochemical characterisation of photosynthetic types in genus Cleome ". Functional Plant Biology. Volume 34, Number 4. 2007.*"Callistemon...
.