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The Crassulaceae (/ ˈ k r æ s j uː l eɪ s iː ˌ iː,-s i ˌ aɪ /, from Latin crassus, thick), also known as the stonecrop family or the orpine family, are a diverse family of dicotyledon flowering plants characterized by succulent leaves and a form of photosynthesis, known as Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM). Flowers generally have five ...
Echeveria plants are evergreen.Flowers on short stalks (cymes) arise from compact rosettes of succulent fleshy, often brightly coloured leaves. [2] Species are polycarpic, meaning that they may flower and set seed many times over the course of their lifetimes.
Together with Tylecodon, Kalanchoe and Adromischus it forms a sister clade to the family's basal Crassula clade. [1] Until the 1960s, some 150 species were included in the genus Cotyledon, [4] but subsequently it was split into at least Adromischus, Dudleya, Rosularia, and Tylecodon, leaving probably less than two dozen species in Cotyledon. [5]
3-D shape: Cylindrical with a circular or distorted circular cross-section and a single surface wrapping around it with no grooves or ridges. Subterete means the leaves are not completely terete, as seen in various lichens and succulents. trullate: whole leaf: Shaped like a masonry trowel: truncate: truncatus: leaf tip or base: With a squared ...
The pitfalls of being a plant parent are legion, particularly if you weren’t blessed with a green thumb. Fortunately, even serial houseplant killers can successfully keep a succulent...
Acaulescent – the leaves and inflorescence rise from the ground, and appear to have no stem. They are also known as rosette forms, some of the many conditions that result from very short internodes (i.e. close distances between nodes on the plant stem. See also radical, where leaves arise apparently without stems.
The homology of leaves is an easy conclusion to make. The plant morphologist goes further, and discovers that the spines of cactus also share the same basic structure and development as leaves in other plants, and therefore cactus spines are homologous to leaves as well.
Aeonium, the tree houseleeks, is a genus of about 35 species of succulent, subtropical plants of the family Crassulaceae.Many species are popular in horticulture. The genus name comes from the ancient Greek αἰώνιος / aiōnios (ageless). [1]