Lithops aucampiae
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Lithops aucampiae is a species of Lithops
found in South Africa
. it was named after Juanita Aucamp, who found a specimen on her father's farm in Postmasburg, Northern Cape
in 1929.
, with sandstone
, chert
and quartzite
.
Lithops
Lithops is a genus of succulent plants in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. Members of the genus are native to southern Africa. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words λίθος , meaning "stone," and ὄψ , meaning "face," referring to the stone-like appearance of the plants...
found in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. it was named after Juanita Aucamp, who found a specimen on her father's farm in Postmasburg, Northern Cape
Postmasburg, Northern Cape
Postmasburg is a town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, located approximately 170 km east of Upington. Its population is 20,856.It was proclaimed a town on 6 June 1892 and named after the Rev J Postma, a Reformed Church founding member....
in 1929.
Habitat
This desert plant is found in areas of ironstoneIronstone
Ironstone is a sedimentary rock, either deposited directly as a ferruginous sediment or created by chemical repacement, that contains a substantial proportion of an iron compound from which iron either can be or once was smelted commercially. This term is customarily restricted to hard coarsely...
, with sandstone
Sandstone
Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized minerals or rock grains.Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust. Like sand, sandstone may be any colour, but the most common colours are tan, brown, yellow,...
, chert
Chert
Chert is a fine-grained silica-rich microcrystalline, cryptocrystalline or microfibrous sedimentary rock that may contain small fossils. It varies greatly in color , but most often manifests as gray, brown, grayish brown and light green to rusty red; its color is an expression of trace elements...
and quartzite
Quartzite
Quartzite is a hard metamorphic rock which was originally sandstone. Sandstone is converted into quartzite through heating and pressure usually related to tectonic compression within orogenic belts. Pure quartzite is usually white to gray, though quartzites often occur in various shades of pink...
.