Echeveria subrigida

Echeveria subrigida is a species of succulent plant native to Mexico.[1] It was first formally described in 1903 by Benjamin Lincoln Robinson and Henry Eliason Seaton.[1] Its basionym is Cotyledon subrigida.[3]

Echeveria subrigida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Echeveria
Species:
E. subrigida
Binomial name
Echeveria subrigida
(Robinson & Seaton) Rose
Synonyms[1]
  • Cotyledon subrigida Robinson & Seaton
  • Echeveria palmeri Rose
  • Echeveria rosei Nelson & Macbride
  • Echeveria angusta von Poellnitz
1912 illustration from Curtis's Botanical Magazine[2]

Etymology

Echeveria is named for Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy, a botanical illustrator who contributed to Flora Mexicana.[4]

Subrigida means 'slightly stiff'.[4]

References
  1. "SUBRIGIDA (Robinson & Seaton) Rose, 1903". International Crassulaceae Network. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  2. "Curtis's Botanical Magazine Vol. VIII". 1912. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  3. "Echeveria subrigida". World of Succulents. July 22, 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  4. Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp. 149, 366


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