Rosularia

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Rosularia
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Rosularia flowers
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Subfamily: Sempervivoideae
Tribe:
Genus: Rosularia
(DC) Stapf
Species

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Synonyms

Sempervivella Stapf[1]

Rosularia sempervivoides

Rosularia is a small genus of the family Crassulaceae. It includes about 28-35 species from Europe, the Himalayas, and northern Africa.

Taxonomy[]

Rosularia was originally described by De Candolle (1828) as a section of the genus Umbilicus,[2] and raised to the level of genus by Stapf (1923)[3] Thus the genus bears the botanical authority (DC) Stapf of both authors.[1]

In 1930 Berger included it in family Crassulaceae subfamily Sedoideae, as one of 9 genera.[4][5] He further divided it into two sections (Eu-Rosularia and Ornithogalopsis) and further series,[6] transferring some species of Sedum to it. Since then a number of species have been transferred in and out of the genus, including S. sempervivoides, which at one stage was placed in Prometheum.[5] The genus Sempervivella was submerged in Rosularia.[6] The genus is now placed within the Leucosedum clade, tribe Sedeae, subfamily Sempervivoideae of the Crassulaceae, but is embedded within Sedum paraphyletically.[7][1][8]

Species[]

Rosularia contains about 28 species. The following species and subspecies were accepted by The Plant List (2013):[9][10]

  • (Wall. ex Edgew.) C.-A. Jansson[11]
    • (Raym.-Hamet) C.-A. Jansson
  • Rosularia aizoon (Fenzl) A. Berger
  • (Kar. & Kir.) Boriss
    • (Raymond-Hamet ex H. Ohba) Eggli
  • Eggli
  • U.P.Pratov
  • (Boiss. & Heldr. ex Boiss.) Takhtajan
  • Rosularia cypria (Holmboe) Meikle
  • Muirhead
  • (Boiss. & Hausskn. ex Boiss.) A. Berger
  • (Regel & Winkl.) A.Berger
  • (Fenzl) A. Berger
  • (Boiss. & Reut. ex Boiss.) A. Berger
  • (Maire & Wilczek) H. Ohba
  • (L.) Sam.
  • (Boiss.) A.Berger
  • Boriss.
  • (Schott & Kotschy) Stapf
  • (Holmboe) Meikle
  • (Boiss.) A. Berger
  • Rosularia pilosa (Fischer ex M. Bieberstein) Boriss.
  • (Schrenk) A.Berger
  • (Boiss. & Hohen.) Eggli
  • C.-A. Jansson
  • (Edgew.) H. Ohba
  • Boriss.
  • (Decne.) H. Ohba
  • Rosularia semiensis (J. Gay ex A. Richard) H. Ohba
  • (Fischer ex M. Bieberstein) Boriss.
  • (Werderm.) Muirhead
  • (L.) A.Berger
  • (Freyn) Boriss.

Distribution and habitat[]

Rosularia is found in arid and semi-arid regions from N. Africa (Morocco, Ethiopia), through the eastern Mediterranean to Central Asia (north of Tien Shan and east of W Himalaya), including Pakistan.[6][5]

Ecology[]

Rosularia is an important larval host for the Central Asian butterfly Parnassius apollonius.[12]

Uses[]

A number of species are cultivated as ornamental garden plants, and have been used in traditional medicine.[5]

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