Aeonium sect. Greenovia
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Aeonium sect. Greenovia is a section from the genus Aeonium . The botanical name Greenovia honors the English geologist George Bellas Greenough .
description
The types of the Greenovia section differ from the genus by the following characteristics: The rather small rosettes are solitary or form runners . The leaves partially have a translucent edge or are close glands hairy. The inflorescence is densely leafed and forms more or less compact sham umbels . The 18- to 32-fold flowers are deep yellow.
Systematics and distribution
The species of the Greenovia section are common in the Canary Islands .
According to Reto Nyffeler, the Greenovia section includes the following species:
- Aeonium aizoon (Bolle) T.Mes
- Aeonium aureum (C.Sm. ex Hornem.) T.Mes
- Aeonium diplocyclum (Webb ex Bolle) T.Mes
- Aeonium dodrantale (Willd.) T.Mes
The following hybrids also belong in the section:
- Aeonium × bramwellii G.D.Rowley
- Aeonium × cabrerae (A.Santos) Bañares
- Aeonium × extinctum (PVHeath) Tavorm. & S.Tavorm.
- Aeonium × lambii (Voggenr.) Tavorm. & S.Tavorm.
- Aeonium × laxiflorum (Macarrón & Bañares) Tavorm. & S.Tavorm.
- Aeonium × riosjordanii (Macarrón & Bañares) Tavorm. & S.Tavorm.
- Aeonium × rowleyi Bramwell
- Aeonium × tijarafensis (A.Santos) Bañares
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literature
- R. Nyffeler: Aeonium. In: Urs Eggli (Ed.): Sukkulentenlexikon. Volume 4 Crassulaceae (Thick Leaf Family). Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2003, ISBN 3-8001-3998-7 , pp. 11-20.
- Giuseppe Tavormina, Saverio Tavormina: Sezione Greenovia. Opinioni attuali sulla classificazione della sezione Greenovia del genere Aeonium e ibridi naturali. In: Piante Grasse. Volume 26, No. 2, 2006, pp. 46–51 ( online , Italian or French - not evaluated).
Individual evidence
- ^ R. Nyffeler: Aeonium. In: Urs Eggli: Succulents Lexicon. Volume 4. Crassulaceae (thick leaf family). 2003, pp. 11-20
Web links
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