Aeonium
| Aeonium | |
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| Saucer-plant (Aeonium undulatum) | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Crassulaceae |
| Genus: | Aeonium Webb & Berthel. |
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About 35, see text |
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Aeonium is a genus of about 35 species of succulent, subtropical plants of the family Crassulaceae.
The name comes from the ancient Greek "aionos" (ageless).
Most of them are native to the Canary Islands. Some species are found in Madeira, Morocco and in eastern Africa (for example in the Semien Mountains of Ethiopia).
The rosette leaves are on a basal stem. Low-growing Aeonium species are A. tabuliforme and A. smithii; large species include A. arboreum, A. valverdense and A. holochrysum.
Aeonium are not frost-resistant. They are related to the genera Sempervivum, Aichryson and Monanthes, which is easy to see from their similar flower and inflorescences. Recently, the genus Greenovia has been placed within Aeonium.
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[edit] Selected species
- Aeonium aizoon
- Aeonium appendiculatum
- Aeonium arboreum
- Aeonium aureum
- Aeonium balsamiferum
- Aeonium canariense
- Aeonium castello-paivae
- Aeonium ciliatum
- Aeonium cuneatum
- Aeonium davidbramwellii
- Aeonium decorum
- Aeonium glandulosum
- Aeonium glutinosum
- Aeonium gomerense
- Aeonium goochiae
- Aeonium haworthii
- Aeonium hierrense
- Aeonium holochrysum
- Aeonium leucoblepharum
- Aeonium lindleyi
- Aeonium manriqueorum
- Aeonium nobile
- Aeonium sedifolium
- Aeonium simsii
- Aeonium smithii
- Aeonium spathulatum
- Aeonium tabuliforme
- Aeonium undulatum - Saucer-plant
- Aeonium urbicum
- Aeonium valverdense
[edit] Images
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Aeonium arboreum 'Atropurpeum'
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Aeonium aureum
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Aeonium castello-paivae
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Aeonium decorum
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Aeonium lindleyi
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Aeonium nobile
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Aeonium simsii
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Aeonium tabuliforme
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Aeonium undulatum
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Aeonium valverdense
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[edit] References
- R. Nyffeler, "Aeonium", in Urs Eggli, ed. Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Crassulaceae (Springer, 2003) ISBN 3-540-41965-9
[edit] Links
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- (French) Aeonium.info
- (French) photos on www.AIAPS.org
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