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 and mischos.

Species

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

Section 1 (Adromischus)

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.
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.
Grooved, funnel-shaped flowers with acuminate-triangular, widely spreading lobes, born on long stalks. Inflorescence branched.
Usually spreading or stoloniferous plants.
Tubular flowers with elongated lanceolate-triangular lobes. Plants with short, compact, upright stems.
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.

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