Aizopsis
Genus of the Crassulaceae succulent family
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Aizopsis is a genus of the succulent family Crassulaceae (stonecrop family), found in Asia.
| Aizopsis | |
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| Aizopsis aizoon | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Crassulaceae |
| Genus: | Aizopsis Grulich[1] |
| Type species | |
| Aizopsis aizoon[1][2] | |
Description
Flowers yellow, chromosome numbers, x=16.[2]
Taxonomy
In 1978, Ohba divided up the very large and cosmopolitan genus Sedum, placing Sedum aizoon and allied species into Sedum subgenus Aizoon.[3] In 1995, he segregated these species into a separate genus, Aizopsis.[4][5] However, other authors included these species in another segregate, Phedimus, as subgenus Aizoon.[6] Subsequent molecular phylogenetic analysis established Aizopsis as a sister group to Phedimus, which with distinguishing characteristics justified their retention as a separate genus,[2] although the distinction has not been universally adopted.[7]
Distribution
Original range from east Asia (highest diversity) and northeast Asia to central Asia (one species). Now also naturalized in Europe and North America.
