Adromischus
Adromischus | |
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Adromischus filicaulis subsp. marlothii | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Saxifragales |
Family: | Crassulaceae |
Subfamily: | Kalanchoideae |
Genus: | Adromischus Lem. (1852) |
Adromischus is a genus of flowering plants. They are easily propagated leaf succulents from the family Crassulaceae, which are endemic to southern Africa. The name comes from the ancient Greek adros (=thick) and mischos (=stem).[1]
Species[]
The species of Adromischus are divided into five sections, based on their shared characteristics and relationships:[2][3]
Section 1 (Adromischus)[]
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Flowers bright green, tubular, with short, wide, triangular, recurved lobes. Anthers protrude from flower tube. Indigenous mainly to the western, winter-rainfall regions of South Africa.
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- Adromischus filicaulis subsp. marlothii
Section 2 (Boreali)[]
Grooved, tubular flowers, with ovate-triangular, recurved lobes that are undulated on the margins. Anthers protrude from flower tube. Indigenous to the arid, summer-rainfall interior of Southern Africa.
Section 3 (Brevipedunculati)[]
Grooved, funnel-shaped flowers with acuminate-triangular, widely spreading lobes, born on long stalks. Inflorescence branched. Usually spreading or stoloniferous plants.
Section 4 (Incisilobati)[]
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Tubular flowers with elongated lanceolate-triangular lobes. Plants with short, compact, upright stems.
Section 5 (Longipedunculati)[]
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Pale or pubescent inflorescence with elongated lanceolate-triangular lobes
So-called specimens are actually Adromischus filicaulis subsp. marlothii; Adromischus oviforme doesn't actually exist.
Species gallery[]
Adromischus hemisphaericus
Adromischus filicaulis
Adromischus liebenbergii
Adromischus caryophyllaceus
Adromischus leucophyllus
Adromischus subdistichus
Adromischus humilis
Adromischus cooperi (festivus)
References[]
- ^ Eggli, U.; Newton, L.E. (2004). Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 3. ISBN 978-3-540-00489-9. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ J.Pilbeam, C.Rodgerson, D.Tribble (1998) Adromischus (The cactus file handbook) Cirio Publishing. ISBN 9780952038245
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". redlist.sanbi.org. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links[]
Media related to Adromischus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Adromischus at Wikispecies
- Adromischus
- Crassulaceae genera
- Crassulaceae stubs