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. 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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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