Anacampseros
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| Anacampseros rufescens | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Anacampserotaceae |
| Genus: | Anacampseros L. |
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Anacampseros is a genus consisting of a number of species of small perennial succulent plants, native to South Africa. The botanical name Anacampseros is an ancient one for herbs supposed to restore lost love. The plants form clumping and bosal rosettes of smooth or hairy flesh succulent leaves in dense mats, developing a small caudex as they age, with white filamentous hairs along the stems. Leaves are lance-shaped or almost round; the more exposure to light, the more vivid the leaf-colors.
Anacampseros has flat, wheel-shaped flowers, colored from white to pale purple; these grow from time to time in summer, and open on sunny day only. The plants are self-fertile and produce seeds in a cup of upright filaments. They can reach 6 inches in height, and are dormant in winter.
Anacampseros Mill. is a synonym of the genus Sedum.
[edit] Species
- Anacampseros albidiflora
- Anacampseros albissima
- Anacampseros alstonii
- Anacampseros arachnoides syn. Anacampseros rufescens
- Anacampseros australiana
- Anacampseros baeseckei var. crinita syn. Anacampseros crinita
- Anacampseros bayeriana
- Anacampseros comptonii
- Anacampseros dielsiana
- Anacampseros dinteri
- Anacampseros filamentosa syn. Anacampseros intermedia
- Anacampseros herreana
- Anacampseros kurtzii
- Anacampseros lanceolata
- Anacampseros lubbersii
- Anacampseros maxima syn. Hylotelephium maximum
- Anacampseros marlothii
- Anacampseros namaquensis
- Anacampseros nebrownii
- Anacampseros papyracea syn. Avonia papyracea
- Anacampseros quinaria syn. Avonia quinaria
- Anacampseros recurvata
- Anacampseros retusa
- Anacampseros rhodesica
- Anacampseros rubens
- Anacampseros rufescens
- Anacampseros ruschii
- Anacampseros scopata
- Anacampseros subnuda
- Anacampseros telephiastrum
- Anacampseros telephioides syn. Hylotelephium telephioides
- Anacampseros tomentosa
- Anacampseros ustulata
- Anacampseros vanthielii
- Anacampseros vulcanensis
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