Worcester Brightfig (Lampranthus vanzijliae)

The Worcester Brightfig, described in 1930, is known only from a single locality in the Worcester District in the Southwestern Cape Province of South Africa.

The species disappeared around 1921 due to habitat loss caused by agriculture and urbanization.

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syn. Mesembryanthemum vanzijliae L. Bolus

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The photo below shows a congeneric taxon that occurs more or less in the same locality, the Runty Brightfig (Lampranthus debilis (Haw.) N. E. Br.).

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edited: 21.08.2022