Sempervivum minutum

Sempervivum minutum
	Sempervivum minutum
Systematics
Family :	Thick-leaf family (Crassulaceae)
Subfamily :	Sempervivoideae
Tribe :	Semperviveae
Genre :	Hauswurzen ( Sempervivum )
Section :	Sempervivum sect. Sempervivum
Type :	Sempervivum minutum
Scientific name
	Sempervivum minutum
	( Kunze ex Willk. ) Nyman ex Pau

Sempervivum minutum is a species of houseleek ( Sempervivum ) in the thick-leaf family(Crassulaceae).

description

Vegetative characteristics

Sempervivum minutum grows as a rosette plant with a diameter of about 3 centimeters and forms slim, short runners . The obovate, somewhat glandular, downy-haired leaves have a pointed tip and strong, often bent eyelashes . The outer leaves are tinged with orange-red. The leaf blade is 12 to 18 millimeters long and 5 to 7 millimeters wide.

Generative characteristics

The strong flower shoots reach a length of 3 to 7 centimeters (rarely up to 12 centimeters). Its leaves are covered with reddish hair and eyelashes. The nine- to eleven-fold flowers have a diameter of about 2.3 centimeters. Their reddish pink petals sometimes have a dark red band. The almost bare stamens are red, the anthers reddish pink.

genetics

The number of chromosomes is . ${\ displaystyle 2n = 108}$

Systematics and distribution

Sempervivum minutum is common in the south of Spain in the Sierra Nevada at altitudes of 1650 to 2150 meters.

The first description as Sempervivum tectorum var. Minutum by Heinrich Moritz Willkomm was published in 1874. Carlos Pau raised the variety to the rank of a species in 1909.

One synonym is Sempervivum nevadense Wale (1941).

proof

literature

Henk 't Hart, Bert Bleij, Ben Zonneveld: Sempervivum minutum . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Crassulaceae (thick leaf family) . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8001-3998-7 , pp. 360 .

Individual evidence

↑ Prodromus Florae Hispanicae seu Synopsis Methodica omnium Plantarum in Hispania Sponte Nascentium vel Frequentius Cultarum quae Innotuerunt Auctoribus . Volume 3, 1874, p. 134 ( online ).
^ Boletin de la Sociedad Aragonesa de Ciencias Naturales . Volume 8, 1909, p. 119 ( online ).

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[1] Prodromus Florae Hispanicae seu Synopsis Methodica omnium Plantarum in Hispania Sponte Nascentium vel Frequentius Cultarum quae Innotuerunt Auctoribus . Volume 3, 1874, p. 134 ( online ).

[2] Boletin de la Sociedad Aragonesa de Ciencias Naturales . Volume 8, 1909, p. 119 ( online ).