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Aeonium
Saucer-plant (Aeonium undulatum)
Saucer-plant (Aeonium undulatum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Aeonium
Webb & Berthel.
Species

About 35, see text

Aeonium is a genus of about 35 species of succulent, subtropical plants of the family Crassulaceae. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Magnoliopsida is the Botanical name for a class of Flowering plants By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its The Saxifragales are an order of Dicotyledon Flowering plants In the APG II classification system it includes the following families The Crassulaceae, or orpine family, is a family of Dicotyledons They store water in their Succulent leaves Philip Barker Webb ( July 10, 1793, Milford House, Surrey - August 31, 1854) was an English Botanist Sabin Berthelot ( April 4, 1794  – November 10, 1880) was a French naturalist and Ethnologist. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic Succulent plants, also known as succulents or fat plants, are Water -retaining Plants adapted to Arid climate or Soil conditions Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The Crassulaceae, or orpine family, is a family of Dicotyledons They store water in their Succulent leaves Most of them are native to the Canary Islands. The Canary Islands ( English pronunciation kəˈnæriː ˈaɪləndz Spanish: Islas Canarias, ˈizlas kaˈnarjas are a Spanish Some species are found in Madeira, Morocco and in eastern Africa (for example in the Semien Mountains of Ethiopia). History See also History of Madeira Pre-Portuguese times Pliny mentions certain Purple Islands the position of which with reference to the Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa East Africa is the Easternmost Region of the African Continent. The Semien Mountains lie in northern Ethiopia, north east of Gondar. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page

The rosette leaves are on a basal stem. In Botany, a leaf is an above-ground Plant organ specialized for Photosynthesis. 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. Houseleeks or Liveforever ( Sempervivum) are a Genus of about 40 Species of Succulent plants of the Crassulaceae family Aichryson is a Genus of about 15 species of succulent subtropical plants mostly native to the Canary Islands, with a few in the Azores Monanthes is a Genus of small Succulent, subtropical plants of the Crassulaceae family A flower, also known as a bloom or Blossom, is the reproductive structure found in Flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also Recently, the genus Greenovia has been placed within Aeonium. Aeonium is a Genus of about 35 species of Succulent, subtropical Plants of the family Crassulaceae.

Selected species

Aeonium tabuliforme

Aeonium decorum

Aeonium lindleyi

Aeonium simsii

References

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