Meterostachys is a genus of plants in the family Crassulaceae, that contains a single accepted species, Meterostachys sikokiana, native to Japan and Korea.[2] It is little known and is difficult to cultivate.[4]

Meterostachys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Meterostachys
Nakai
Species:
M. sikokiana
Binomial name
Meterostachys sikokiana
Synonyms[1][2][3]
  • Cotyledon sikokiana Makino
  • Merostachys Nakai
  • Sedum leveilleanum Raym.-Hamet
  • Sedum oriento-asiaticum Makino ex A. Bgr.
  • Sedum sikokianum Raym.-Hamet

References edit

  1. ^ Index Nominum Genericorum (ING), retrieved 29 July 2016
  2. ^ a b Tropicos, retrieved 29 Jul 2016
  3. ^ The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 29 July 2016
  4. ^ Byles, R.S. (1958), "Meterostachys Nakai (Crassulaceae): A little known succulent from Japan and Korea", The National Cactus and Succulent Journal, 13 (1): 9–8, JSTOR 42788313