Adromischus

Adromischus is a genus of flowering plants. They are easily propagated leaf succulents from the family Crassulaceae, which are endemic to southern Africa. The name comes from the ancient Greek adros (=thick) and mischos (=stem).[1]

Adromischus
Adromischus filicaulis subsp. marlothii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Subfamily: Kalanchoideae
Genus: Adromischus
Lem. (1852)

Species

The species of Adromischus are divided into five sections, based on their shared characteristics and relationships:[2][3]

Section 1 (Adromischus)
Flowers of a Section 1. species (Adromischus filicaulis)

Flowers bright green, tubular, with short, wide, triangular, recurved lobes. Anthers protrude from flower tube. Indigenous mainly to the western, winter-rainfall regions of South Africa.

  • Adromischus alstonii
  • Adromischus hemisphaericus
  • Adromischus roaneanus
  • Adromischus liebenbergii
  • Adromischus bicolor
  • Adromischus filicaulis[4]
    • Adromischus filicaulis subsp. marlothii
  • Adromischus montium-klinghardtii
  • Adromischus subdistichus

Section 2 (Boreali)

Grooved, tubular flowers, with ovate-triangular, recurved lobes that are undulated on the margins. Anthers protrude from flower tube. Indigenous to the arid, summer-rainfall interior of Southern Africa.

  • Adromischus schuldtianus
  • Adromischus trigynus[5]
  • Adromischus umbraticola

Section 3 (Brevipedunculati)

Grooved, funnel-shaped flowers with acuminate-triangular, widely spreading lobes, born on long stalks. Inflorescence branched. Usually spreading or stoloniferous plants.

  • Adromischus caryophyllaceus
  • Adromischus fallax
  • Adromischus humilis
  • Adromischus phillipsiae
  • Adromischus nanus
  • Adromischus diabolicus

Section 4 (Incisilobati)
Flowers of a Section 4. species (Adromischus triflorus)

Tubular flowers with elongated lanceolate-triangular lobes. Plants with short, compact, upright stems.

  • Adromischus maximus
  • Adromischus sphenophyllus
  • Adromischus maculatus
  • Adromischus inamoenus
  • Adromischus triflorus
  • Adromischus mammilaris
  • Adromischus halesowensis

Section 5 (Longipedunculati)
Flowers of a Section 5. species (Adromischus marianae)

Pale or pubescent inflorescence with elongated lanceolate-triangular lobes

So-called Adromischus oviforme specimens are actually Adromischus filicaulis subsp. marlothii; Adromischus oviforme doesn't actually exist.

  • Adromischus hemisphaericus
  • Adromischus filicaulis
  • Adromischus liebenbergii
  • Adromischus caryophyllaceus
  • Adromischus leucophyllus
  • Adromischus subdistichus
  • Adromischus humilis
  • Adromischus cooperi (festivus)

References
  1. Eggli, U.; Newton, L.E. (2004). Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 3. ISBN 978-3-540-00489-9. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  2. J.Pilbeam, C.Rodgerson, D.Tribble (1998) Adromischus (The cactus file handbook) Cirio Publishing. ISBN 9780952038245
  3. http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/adrodisp/species.htm
  4. http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=3831-14
  5. http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/adrodisp/trigynus.htm


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