Trichodiadema
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Trichodiadema is a genus of plants fromthe afternoon flower family (Aizoaceae). The genus name indicates the hairs formed on the ends of the leaves.
description
They are small dwarf shrubs with succulent , rounded leaves that bloom at the end of the shoots. The flower color can be white, yellow or red. The plants have thickened roots.
Systematics and distribution
The genus was first described in 1926 by Gustav Schwantes in the "Zeitschrift für Sukkulentenkunde".
The 30 or so species occur in South Africa and Namibia .
- Trichodiadema attonsum (L.Bolus) Schwantes
- Trichodiadema aureum L. Bolus
- Trichodiadema barbatum (L.) Schwantes
- Trichodiadema bulbosum (Haw.) Schwantes
- Trichodiadema burgeri L.Bolus
- Trichodiadema calvatum L. Bolus
- Trichodiadema concinnum L. Bolus
- Trichodiadema decorum (NEBr.) Stearn
- Trichodiadema densum (Haw.) Schwantes
- Trichodiadema emarginatum L. Bolus
- Trichodiadema fergusoniae L.Bolus
- Trichodiadema fourcadei L. Bolus
- Trichodiadema gracile L. Bolus
- Trichodiadema hallii L. Bolus
- Trichodiadema hirsutum (Haw.) Stearn
- Trichodiadema imitans L.Bolus
- Trichodiadema intonsum (Haw.) Schwantes
- Trichodiadema introrsum (Haw. Ex Hook.f.) Niesler
- Trichodiadema littlewoodii L. Bolus
- Trichodiadema marlothii L. Bolus
- Trichodiadema mirabile (NEBr.) Schwantes
- Trichodiadema obliquum L. Bolus
- Trichodiadema occidentale L. Bolus
- Trichodiadema olivaceum L. Bolus
- Trichodiadema orientale L. Bolus
- Trichodiadema peersii L. Bolus
- Trichodiadema pomeridianum L. Bolus
- Trichodiadema pygmaeum L.Bolus
- Trichodiadema rogersiae L. Bolus
- Trichodiadema rupicola L. Bolus
- Trichodiadema ryderae L. Bolus
- Trichodiadema setuliferum (NEBr.) Schwantes
- Trichodiadema stayneri L. Bolus
- Trichodiadema strumosum (Haw.) L.Bolus
swell
- Hermann Jacobsen : Das Sukkulentenlexikon , VEB Gustav-Fischer Verlag Jena, 3rd edition 1983
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