Lenophyllum

Lenophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae. The roughly seven species it contains are distributed in Texas in the United States and northeastern Mexico.[2] Some authorities place it in the genus Sedum.[1] Plants in this genus are distinguished from Sedum species by the presence of terminal inflorescences, erect petals, and opposite leaves.[3] The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words ληνός (lenos), meaning "trough", and φύλλον (phyllon), meaning "leaf."[2]

Lenophyllum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Subfamily: Sempervivoideae
Tribe: Sedeae
Genus: Lenophyllum
Rose[1]
Species

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Selected species
  • Lenophyllum acutifolium Rose
  • Lenophyllum guttatum Rose[4]
  • Lenophyllum texanum (J.G.Sm.) Rose – Coastal stonecrop[5]
  • Lenophyllum weinbergii Britton[4]

References
  1. "Genus: Lenophyllum Rose". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-06-12. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
  2. Moran, Reid V. "Lenophyllum Rose, Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 47: 159, figs. 18, 19, plate 20. 1904". Flora of North America. eFloras. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
  3. Stephenson, Ray (1994). Sedum: Cultivated Stonecrops. Timber Press. pp. 71–73. ISBN 978-0-88192-238-7.
  4. Villarreal Quintanilla, José Ángel (2001). Flora de Coahuila. UNAM. p. 82. ISBN 978-968-36-9771-4.
  5. "Lenophyllum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-04-28.

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