Adromischus

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)

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]

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 a flower tube. Indigenous mainly to the western, winter-rainfall regions of South Africa.

• Adromischus alstonii
• Adromischus bicolor
• Adromischus filicaulis ^[4]
  • Adromischus filicaulis subsp. marlothii
• Adromischus hemisphaericus
• Adromischus liebenbergii
  • Adromischus liebenbergii subsp. orientalis ^[5]
• Adromischus montium-klinghardtii
• Adromischus roanianus
• 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 schuldtianus subs. juttae ^[6]
  • Adromischus schuldtianus subs. brandbergensis ^[7]
• Adromischus trigynus ^[8]
• Adromischus umbraticola
  • Adromischus umbraticola subs. ramosus ^[9]

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

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

Section 5 (Longipedunculati)

Flowers of a Section 5. species ( Adromischus marianae )

Pale or pubescent inflorescence with elongated, lanceolate-triangular lobes.

• Adromischus cooperi
• Adromischus cristatus
  • Adromischus cristatus var. clavifolius
  • Adromischus cristatus var. mzimvubuensis
  • Adromischus cristatus var. schonlandii
  • Adromischus cristatus var. zeyheri
• Adromischus leucophyllus
• Adromischus marianiae
  • Adromischus marianiae var. hallii
  • Adromischus marianiae var. immaculatus ^[10]
  • Adromischus marianiae var. kubusensis ^[11]
  • Adromischus marianiae 'Alveolatus' ^[12]
  • Adromischus marianiae 'Antidorcatum' ^[13]
  • Adromischus marianiae 'Bryan Makin' ^[14]
  • Adromischus marianiae 'Herrei' ^[15]
  • Adromischus marianiae 'Little Spheroid' ^[16]
  • Adromischus marianiae 'Red Mutation' ^[17]
  • Adromischus marianiae 'Tanqua' ^[18]
• Adromischus subviridis ^[19]

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

Species gallery

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

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. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
2. J.Pilbeam, C.Rodgerson, D.Tribble (1998) Adromischus (The cactus file handbook) Cirio Publishing. ISBN   9780952038245
3. "Adromischus Species List". Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
4. "Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". redlist.sanbi.org. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
5. "LIEBENBERGII ssp. ORIENTALIS (engl./ fr.)". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
6. "SCHULDTIANUS ssp. JUTTAE (von Poellnitz) Tölken, 1978 (engl./". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
7. "SCHULDTIANUS ssp. BRANDBERGENSIS Nordenstam & van Jaarsveld, 20". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
8. "Adromischus trigynus". Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
9. "UMBRATICOLA ssp. RAMOSUS Tölken, 1978 (engl./ fr.)". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
10. "MARIANIAE var. IMMACULATUS Uitewaal, 1953 (engl./ fr.)". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
11. "MARIANIAE var. KUBUSENSIS (Uitewaal) Tölken, 1978 (engl./ fr". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
12. "MARIANIAE 'Alveolatus'". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
13. "MARIANIAE 'Antidorcatum'". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
14. "MARIANIAE 'Bryan Makin'". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
15. "MARIANIAE 'Herrei'". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
16. "MARIANIAE 'Little Spheroid'". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
17. "MARIANIAE 'Red Mutation'". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
18. "MARIANIAE 'Tanqua'". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
19. "SUBVIRIDIS Tölken, 1978 (engl./ fr.)". www.crassulaceae.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2023.

External links

• Media related to Adromischus at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Adromischus at Wikispecies