- Family:
- Crassulaceae J.St.-Hil.
Aeonium Webb & Berthel.
[FTEA]
Crassulaceae, G.E. Wickens. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1987
- Morphology General Habit
- Erect perennial shrubs, mostly branched, or perennial, rarely biennial herbs with horizontal offsets
- Morphology Stem
- Stems usually woody, at least near the base
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves alternate or spirally arranged, entire, fleshy, usually ciliate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Panicles cymose or thyrsoid
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers 6–12-merous, yellow, whitish, pink or red
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx ± cupuliform, 6–12-fid, green, fleshy
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals as many as the calyx segments, longer than the stamens
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens twice as many as the petals, the epipetalous stamens shorter than the others
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Nectaries
- Nectary scales small, ± quadrate or obcordate, rarely absent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Carpels
- Carpels equal in number to the petals, slightly immersed in the base of the receptacle.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial shrubs or herbs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves alternate, crowded in rosettes, entire, usually with ciliate to pectinate margin
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers in terminal panicles, 6–12-merous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx deeply lobed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals free
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens twice as many as petals
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Nectaries
- Nectary scales small
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Follicles many-seeded.
- Distribution
- About 80 species, mainly in the Canary Islands and Madeira, with two of the species in Morocco and the following in tropical Africa and Arabia.
Doubtfully present in:
Djibouti
Native to:
Canary Is., Cape Verde, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madeira, Morocco, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen
Introduced into:
Algeria, Baleares, California, Corse, East Aegean Is., France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Juan Fernández Is., New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia
- Aeonium × afurense Arango
- Aeonium × aguajilvense Bañares
- Aeonium aizoon (Bolle) T.H.M.Mes
- Aeonium × anagense P.V.Heath
- Aeonium appendiculatum Bañares
- Aeonium arboreum (L.) Webb & Berthel.
- Aeonium aureum (C.Sm. ex Hornem.) T.H.M.Mes
- Aeonium balsamiferum Webb & Berthel.
- Aeonium × barbatum Webb & Berthel.
- Aeonium × beltranii Bañares
- Aeonium × bollei G.Kunkel
- Aeonium × bornmuelleri Bañares
- Aeonium × burchardii (Praeger) Praeger
- Aeonium × cabrerae Bañares
- Aeonium canariense (L.) Webb & Berthel.
- Aeonium castello-paivae Bolle
- Aeonium × castellodecorum Bañares
- Aeonium × chamorgense Arango
- Aeonium ciliatum (Willd.) Webb & Berthel.
- Aeonium × cilifolium Bañares
- Aeonium × claperae Arango
- Aeonium cuneatum Webb & Berthel.
- Aeonium davidbramwellii H.Y.Liu
- Aeonium decorum Webb ex Bolle
- Aeonium diplocyclum (Webb ex Bolle) T.H.M.Mes
- Aeonium dodrantale (Willd.) T.H.M.Mes
- Aeonium × edgari P.V.Heath
- Aeonium escobarii Rebmann & Malkm.-Huss.
- Aeonium × exsul Bornm. ex Arango
- Aeonium glandulosum (Aiton) Webb & Berthel.
- Aeonium glutinosum (Aiton) Webb & Berthel.
- Aeonium gomerense (Praeger) Praeger
- Aeonium goochiae Webb & Berthel.
- Aeonium gorgoneum J.A.Schmidt
- Aeonium haworthii Webb & Berthel.
- Aeonium × hernandezii Bañares
- Aeonium hierrense (R.P.Murray) Pit. & Proust
- Aeonium × holospathulatum Bañares
- Aeonium × hornemannii Bañares
- Aeonium × isorense Bañares
- Aeonium × lambii Voggenr. ex Bañares
- Aeonium lancerottense (Praeger) Praeger
- Aeonium × laxiflorum (Macarrón & Bañares) Bañares
- Aeonium × lemsii G.Kunkel
- Aeonium leucoblepharum Webb ex A.Rich.
- Aeonium × lidii Sunding & Kunkel
- Aeonium lindleyi Webb & Berthel.
- Aeonium liui Arango
- Aeonium × loartei Tavorm.
- Aeonium × lowei P.V.Heath
- Aeonium × marreroi Arango
- Aeonium mascaense Bramwell
- Aeonium × meridionale Bañares
- Aeonium × mixtum P.V.Heath
- Aeonium × monteaquaense Arango
- Aeonium nobile (Praeger) Praeger
- Aeonium × nogalesii Bañares
- Aeonium × occidentale Bañares
- Aeonium × ombriosum P.V.Heath
- Aeonium × orbelindense Bañares
- Aeonium percarneum (R.P.Murray) Pit. & Proust
- Aeonium × perezii Bañares
- Aeonium × praegeri G.Kunkel
- Aeonium × proliferum Bañares
- Aeonium × pseudohawbicum Bañares
- Aeonium pseudourbicum Bañares
- Aeonium × puberulum Bañares & A.Acev.-Rodr.
- Aeonium × riosjordanae (Bañares) Bañares
- Aeonium × robustum Bañares
- Aeonium rubrolineatum Svent.
- Aeonium × sanchezii Bañares
- Aeonium saundersii Bolle
- Aeonium sedifolium (Webb ex Bolle) Pit. & Proust
- Aeonium × septentrionale Bañares & C.Ríos
- Aeonium simsii (Sweet) Stearn
- Aeonium smithii (Sims) Webb & Berthel.
- Aeonium spathulatum (Hornem.) Praeger
- Aeonium × splendens Bramwell & G.D.Rowley
- Aeonium stuessyi H.Y.Liu
- Aeonium × sventenii G.Kunkel
- Aeonium tabulaeforme (Haw.) Webb & Berthel.
- Aeonium × tamaimense Bañares
- Aeonium × teneriffae Bramwell & G.D.Rowley
- Aeonium × tijarafense A.Santos ex Bañares
- Aeonium × timense Bañares & Macarrón
- Aeonium × uhlii Tavorm. & S.Tavorm.
- Aeonium undulatum Webb & Berthel.
- Aeonium urbicum (C.Sm. ex Hornem.) Webb & Berthel.
- Aeonium valverdense (Praeger) Praeger
- Aeonium × velutinum (N.E.Br.) Praeger
- Aeonium volkeri E.Hern. & Bañares
- Aeonium × wildpretii Bañares
Aeonium Webb & Berthel. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2; 1): 184 (1840)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
- Liu, National Museum of Natural Science, Taiwan, Special publ. 3 (1989).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Hist. Nat. Iles Canar. 3(1): 184 (1840)
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Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
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