Adromischus
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]
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) |
Species
The species of Adromischus are divided into five sections, based on their shared characteristics and relationships:[2][3]
Section 1 (Adromischus)
Flowers bright green, tubular, with short, wide, triangular, recurved lobes. Anthers protrude from a flower tube. Indigenous mainly to the western, winter-rainfall regions of South Africa.
- Adromischus alstonii
- Adromischus bicolor
- Adromischus filicaulis[4]
- Adromischus hemisphaericus
- Adromischus liebenbergii
- Adromischus liebenbergii subsp. orientalis[5]
- Adromischus montium-klinghardtii
- Adromischus roanianus
- Adromischus subdistichus
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.
- Adromischus caryophyllaceus
- Adromischus diabolicus
- Adromischus fallax
- Adromischus humilis
- Adromischus nanus
- Adromischus phillipsiae
Section 4 (Incisilobati)
Tubular flowers with elongated lanceolate-triangular lobes. Plants with short, compact, upright stems.
- Adromischus halesowensis
- Adromischus inamoenus
- Adromischus maculatus
- Adromischus mammilaris
- Adromischus maximus
- Adromischus sphenophyllus
- Adromischus triflorus
Section 5 (Longipedunculati)
Pale or pubescent inflorescence with elongated, lanceolate-triangular lobes.
- Adromischus cooperi
- Adromischus cristatus
- Adromischus cristatus var. clavifolius
- Adromischus cristatus var. mzimvubuensis
- Adromischus cristatus var. schonlandii
- Adromischus cristatus var. zeyheri
- Adromischus leucophyllus
- Adromischus marianiae
- Adromischus marianiae var. hallii
- Adromischus marianiae var. immaculatus[10]
- Adromischus marianiae var. kubusensis[11]
- Adromischus marianiae 'Alveolatus'[12]
- Adromischus marianiae 'Antidorcatum'[13]
- Adromischus marianiae 'Bryan Makin'[14]
- Adromischus marianiae 'Herrei'[15]
- Adromischus marianiae 'Little Spheroid'[16]
- Adromischus marianiae 'Red Mutation'[17]
- Adromischus marianiae 'Tanqua'[18]
- Adromischus subviridis[19]
So-called Adromischus oviforme 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)
- Adromischus marianiae 'Aveolatus'
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
- "Adromischus Species List". Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- "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.
- "LIEBENBERGII ssp. ORIENTALIS (engl./ fr.)". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- "SCHULDTIANUS ssp. JUTTAE (von Poellnitz) Tölken, 1978 (engl./". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- "SCHULDTIANUS ssp. BRANDBERGENSIS Nordenstam & van Jaarsveld, 20". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- "Adromischus trigynus". Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- "UMBRATICOLA ssp. RAMOSUS Tölken, 1978 (engl./ fr.)". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- "MARIANIAE var. IMMACULATUS Uitewaal, 1953 (engl./ fr.)". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- "MARIANIAE var. KUBUSENSIS (Uitewaal) Tölken, 1978 (engl./ fr". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- "MARIANIAE 'Alveolatus'". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- "MARIANIAE 'Antidorcatum'". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- "MARIANIAE 'Bryan Makin'". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- "MARIANIAE 'Herrei'". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- "MARIANIAE 'Little Spheroid'". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- "MARIANIAE 'Red Mutation'". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- "MARIANIAE 'Tanqua'". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- "SUBVIRIDIS Tölken, 1978 (engl./ fr.)". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
External links
- Media related to Adromischus at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Adromischus at Wikispecies