Aeonium

Taxobox
name = "Aeonium"

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = Saucer-plant ("Aeonium undulatum")
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Saxifragales
familia = Crassulaceae
genus = "Aeonium"
genus_authority = Webb & Berthel.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = About 35, see text

"Aeonium" is a genus of about 35 species of succulent, subtropical plants of the family Crassulaceae. Most of them are native to the Canary Islands. Some species are found in Madeira, Morocco and in eastern Africa (for example in the Semien Mountains of Ethiopia).

The rosette leaves are on a basal stem. Low-growing "Aeonium" species are "A. tabuliforme" and "A. smithii"; large species include "A. arboreum", "A. valverdense" and "A. holochrysum".

"Aeonium" are not frost-resistant. They are related to the genera "Sempervivum", "Aichryson" and "Monanthes", which is easy to see from their similar flower and inflorences. Recently, the genus "Greenovia" has been placed within "Aeonium".

Selected species

* "Aeonium aizoon"
* "Aeonium appendiculatum"
* "Aeonium arboreum"
* "Aeonium aureum"
* "Aeonium balsamiferum"
* "Aeonium canariense"
* "Aeonium castello-paivae"
* "Aeonium ciliatum"
* "Aeonium cuneatum"
* "Aeonium davidbramwellii"
* "Aeonium decorum"
* "Aeonium glutinosum"
* "Aeonium haworthii"
* "Aeonium hierrense"
* "Aeonium holochrysum"
* "Aeonium leucoblepharum"
* "Aeonium lindleyi"
* "Aeonium nobile"
* "Aeonium sedifolium"
* "Aeonium simsii"
* "Aeonium smithii"
* "Aeonium spathulatum"
* "Aeonium tabuliforme"
* "Aeonium undulatum" - Saucer-plant
* "Aeonium urbicum"
* "Aeonium valverdense"

Images

References

* R. Nyffeler, "Aeonium", in Urs Eggli, ed. "Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Crassulaceae" (Springer, 2003) ISBN 3-540-41965-9

Links

* [http://www.aeonium.info Aeonium.info]
* [http://www.aiaps-photos.org/recherche_simple.php?a=r&t=s&motsclefs=aeonium photos on www.AIAPS.org]