Hylotelephium

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Hylotelephium
Sedum spectabile - blossom top (aka).jpg
Hylotelephium spectabile
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Subfamily: Sempervivoideae
Genus: Hylotelephium
H.Ohba
Type species
Hylotelephium telephium
(L.) H.Ohba
Species

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Hylotelephium is a genus of flowering plants in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae. It includes about 33 species distributed in Asia, Europe, and North America.

Species in the genus, formerly included in Sedum, are popular garden plants, known as "sedum", "stonecrop", "live-for-ever" or "orpine". Horticulturalists have hybridized many of the species to create new cultivars. Many of the newer ones are patented, so may not be propagated without a license.

Taxonomy[]

Hylotelephium telephium and related species have been considered in a number of different ways since first being described by Linnaeus in 1753, including as a section of Sedum by Gray in 1821,[1] or a subgenus. But these taxa are quite distinct from Sedum morphologically.[2]

Hylotelephium is one of a group of genera that form a separate lineage from Sedum, and is closely related to Orostachys, Meterostachys, and Sinocrassula.[3][4]

The separation of the genus has not been universally adopted, for instance a Missouri Botanical Garden website states "Upright Sedums were at one point separated into the genus Hylotelephium, but are now generally included back in the genus Sedum."[5] One of Kew Garden's online databases also lists Hylotelephium as a synonym for Sedum.[6]

Species[]

Species include:[7]

Hybrids[]

Etymology[]

Hylotelephium means ‘woodland distant lover’. ‘Hylo’ is derived from Greek, meaning ‘forest’ or ‘woodland’. ‘Telephium’, also derived from Greek, means ‘distant-lover’; the plant was thought to be able to indicate when one's affections were returned.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Gray 1821.
  2. ^ Ohba 1977.
  3. ^ Mayuzumi & Ohba 2004.
  4. ^ Fu et al 2004.
  5. ^ MBG 2019.
  6. ^ POWO 2019.
  7. ^ TPL 2013.
  8. ^ Gledhill 2006.

Bibliography[]

  • Gledhill, David (2006). The names of plants (4th ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521866456.
  • Gray, Samuel Frederick (1821). "Sedum Telephium". A natural arrangement of British plants: according to their relations to each other as pointed out by Jussieu, De Candolle, Brown, &c. 2 vols. London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. pp. ii: 539–540.
  • Thiede, J; Eggli, U (2007). "Crassulaceae". In Kubitzki, Klaus (ed.). Berberidopsidales, Buxales, Crossosomatales, Fabales p.p., Geraniales, Gunnerales, Myrtales p.p., Proteales, Saxifragales, Vitales, Zygophyllales, Clusiaceae Alliance, Passifloraceae Alliance, Dilleniaceae, Huaceae, Picramniaceae, Sabiaceae. pp. 83–119. ISBN 978-3540322146. (full text at ResearchGate)
  • Mayuzumi, Shinzo; Ohba, Hideaki (2004). "The Phylogenetic Position of Eastern Asian Sedoideae (Crassulaceae) Inferred from Chloroplast and Nuclear DNA Sequences". Systematic Botany. 29 (3): 587–598. doi:10.1600/0363644041744329. ISSN 0363-6445. JSTOR 25063994. S2CID 84319808.
  • Ohba, Hideaki (March 1977). "The taxonomic status of Sedum telephium and its allied species (Crassulaceae)". The Botanical Magazine Tokyo. 90 (1): 41–56. doi:10.1007/BF02489468. S2CID 22239507.
  • Fu, Kunjun; Ohba, Hideaki; Gilbert, Michael G. (2004). "Hylotelephium H. Ohba". p. 209. Retrieved 24 August 2019., in Flora of China online vol. 8
  • "Sedum 'Purple Emperor'". Plant Finder: Gardening Help. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  • POWO (2019). "Hylotelephium H.Ohba". Kew Science. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  • TPL (2013). "The Plant List Version 1.1: Hylotelephium". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 1 September 2019.


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