Aizoaceae

Baby bums

Gibbaeum heathii (N.E.Br.) L.Bolus

Family: Aizoaceae
Genus: Gibbaeum

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Baby bums (Gibbaeum heathii) — FruitPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Afrikaans: Bababoudjies
Chinese: 希思藻玲玉, 康氏藻玲玉, 银光玉
English: Baby bums

Synonyms

Gibbaeum blackburnii L.Bolus
Gibbaeum comptonii (L.Bolus) L.Bolus
Gibbaeum dubium (N.E.Br.) H.Jacobsen
Gibbaeum heathii var. elevatum (L.Bolus) L.Bolus ex H.Jacobsen
Gibbaeum heathii var. heathii
Gibbaeum heathii var. majus (L.Bolus) L.Bolus ex H.Jacobsen
Gibbaeum luckhoffii L.Bolus
Mesembryanthemum fissum N.E.Br.
Mesembryanthemum heathii N.E.Br.
Rimaria comptonii L.Bolus
Rimaria dubia N.E.Br.
Rimaria heathii (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br.
Rimaria heathii var. elevata L.Bolus
Rimaria heathii var. major L.Bolus
Rimaria luckhoffii (L.Bolus) L.Bolus

Photos

FruitPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dysmorodrepanis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ren Hoekstra, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Rosario Douglas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: S Molteno, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: S Molteno, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Christiaan Viljoen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: S Molteno, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Di Turner, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Christiaan Viljoen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.