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Aeonium is a genus of about 35 species of succulent, subtropical plants of the family Crassulaceae. Most of them are native to the Canary Islands. Some species are found in Madeira, Morocco and in eastern Africa (for example in the Semien Mountains of Ethiopia).
The rosette leaves are on a basal stem. 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. Recently, the genus Greenovia has been placed within Aeonium.
Selected species
- Aeonium aizoon
- Aeonium appendiculatum
- Aeonium arboreum
- Aeonium aureum
- Aeonium balsamiferum
- Aeonium canariense
- Aeonium castello-paivae
- Aeonium ciliatum
- Aeonium cuneatum
- Aeonium davidbramwellii
- Aeonium decorum
- Aeonium glutinosum
- Aeonium hierrense
- Aeonium holochrysum
- Aeonium leucoblepharum
- Aeonium lindleyi
- Aeonium nobile
- Aeonium sedifolium
- Aeonium simsii
- Aeonium smithii
- Aeonium spathulatum
- Aeonium tabuliforme
- Aeonium undulatum - Saucer-plant
- Aeonium urbicum
- Aeonium valverdense
Aeonium tabuliforme
Aeonium decorum
Aeonium lindleyi
Aeonium simsii
References
- R. Nyffeler, "Aeonium", in Urs Eggli, ed. Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Crassulaceae (Springer, 2003) ISBN 3-540-41965-9