Biology:Aeonium hierrense
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Short description: Species of succulent
Aeonium hierrense | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Saxifragales |
Family: | Crassulaceae |
Genus: | Aeonium |
Species: | A. hierrense
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Binomial name | |
Aeonium hierrense (R.P.Murray) J.Pitard & L.Proust
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Aeonium hierrense is a species of succulent flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae that is endemic to the island of El Hierro in the Canary islands.[2]:167 It has whorls of strongly ciliate leaves borne on a stem up to 1m in height. The leaves takes on an attractive purple colour during the summer, being quite green in the winter. It produces whitish pink flowers that have 8-fold symmetry.[2]
References
- ↑ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2623587, retrieved 30 July 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bramwell, D.; Bramwell, Z. (2001). Wild flowers of the Canary Islands. Madrid, Spain: Editorial Rueda. ISBN 84-7207-129-4.
Wikidata ☰ Q774082 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeonium hierrense.
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