Adromischus
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| 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]
Section 1 (Adromischus)
The species of Adromischus are divided into five sections, based on their shared characteristics and relationships:[2][3]
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 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 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.
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