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]

Adromischus
Adromischus filicaulis subsp. marlothii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Subfamily: Kalanchoideae
Genus: Adromischus
Lem. (1852)

Species

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The species of Adromischus are divided into five sections, based on their shared characteristics and relationships:[2][3]

Section 1 (Adromischus)

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Flowers of a Section 1. species (Adromischus filicaulis)

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.

Section 2 (Boreali)

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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)

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Grooved, funnel-shaped flowers with acuminate-triangular, widely spreading lobes, born on long stalks. Inflorescence branched. Usually spreading or stoloniferous plants.

Section 4 (Incisilobati)

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Flowers of a Section 4. species (Adromischus triflorus)

Tubular flowers with elongated lanceolate-triangular lobes. Plants with short, compact, upright stems.

Section 5 (Longipedunculati)

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Flowers of a Section 5. species (Adromischus marianae)

Pale or pubescent inflorescence with elongated, lanceolate-triangular lobes.

So-called Adromischus oviforme specimens are actually Adromischus filicaulis subsp. marlothii; Adromischus oviforme doesn't actually exist.

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References

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  1. ^ Eggli, U.; Newton, L.E. (2004). Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 3. ISBN 978-3-540-00489-9. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  2. ^ J.Pilbeam, C.Rodgerson, D.Tribble (1998) Adromischus (The cactus file handbook) Cirio Publishing. ISBN 9780952038245
  3. ^ "Adromischus Species List". Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". redlist.sanbi.org. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  5. ^ "LIEBENBERGII ssp. ORIENTALIS (engl./ fr.)". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  6. ^ "SCHULDTIANUS ssp. JUTTAE (von Poellnitz) Tölken, 1978 (engl./". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  7. ^ "SCHULDTIANUS ssp. BRANDBERGENSIS Nordenstam & van Jaarsveld, 20". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Adromischus trigynus". Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  9. ^ "UMBRATICOLA ssp. RAMOSUS Tölken, 1978 (engl./ fr.)". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  10. ^ "MARIANIAE var. IMMACULATUS Uitewaal, 1953 (engl./ fr.)". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  11. ^ "MARIANIAE var. KUBUSENSIS (Uitewaal) Tölken, 1978 (engl./ fr". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  12. ^ "MARIANIAE 'Alveolatus'". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  13. ^ "MARIANIAE 'Antidorcatum'". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  14. ^ "MARIANIAE 'Bryan Makin'". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  15. ^ "MARIANIAE 'Herrei'". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  16. ^ "MARIANIAE 'Little Spheroid'". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  17. ^ "MARIANIAE 'Red Mutation'". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  18. ^ "MARIANIAE 'Tanqua'". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  19. ^ "SUBVIRIDIS Tölken, 1978 (engl./ fr.)". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
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