Echeveria nodulosa

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Echeveria nodulosa
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Echeveria nodulosa

Systematics
Order : Saxifragales (Saxifragales)
Family : Thick-leaf family (Crassulaceae)
Subfamily : Sempervivoideae
Tribe : Sedeae
Genre : Echeveria ( Echeveria )
Type : Echeveria nodulosa
Scientific name
Echeveria nodulosa
( Baker ) Ed. Otto

Echeveria nodulosa is a species of the genus Echeveria ( Echeveria ) in the thick-leaf family(Crassulaceae).

description

Echeveria nodulosa grows strongly branched with irregularly angular shoots, which reach a length of up to 20 centimeters. The leaves, the bracts, the sepals and the petals are tiny papillos . The somewhat rosette to scattered leaves are obovate-wedge-shaped, pointed and more or less purple-red along the edges and on both sides. There may be occasional green leaves throughout. They are up to 5 inches long and about 1.5 inches wide.

Single flowers

The racemose inflorescence is up to 30 centimeters long. The flower stalk is up to 5 millimeters long. The widely spread sepals are sometimes suddenly turned back and have upwardly curved tips. The sharp 5-edged corolla is about 16 millimeters long. The pink petals are yellowish in color along the edges and at the tips.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 32.

Distribution and systematics

Echeveria nodulosa is widespread in Mexico . It is common in the south of Puebla and in the north of Oaxaca .

It was first described in 1869 by John Gilbert Baker as Cotyledon nodulosa . In 1873 Eduard Otto placed the species in the genus Echeveria. Synonyms of the species are Echeveria discolor De Smet , Echeveria misteca De Smet ex Morren and Echeveria sturmiana von Poelln.

proof

literature

  • Urs Eggli (ed.): Succulent lexicon. Crassulaceae (thick leaf family) . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8001-3998-7 , pp. 120 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Echeveria nodulosa at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
  2. ^ JG Baker: Refugium Botanicum; or, Figures and Descriptions from Living Specimens of Little Known of New Plants of Botanical Interest . Volume 1, London 1869, plate 59 ( online ).
  3. ↑ Eduard Otto: Hamburg garden and flower newspaper. Volume 29, Hamburg 1873, page 8 ( online ).

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