Biology:Meterostachys

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Short description: Genus of succulents

Meterostachys
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Meterostachys
Nakai
Species:
M. sikokiana
Binomial name
Meterostachys sikokiana
(Makino) Nakai
Synonyms[1][2][3]
  • Cotyledon sikokiana Makino
  • Merostachys Nakai
  • Sedum leveilleanum Raym.-Hamet
  • Sedum oriento-asiaticum Makino ex A. Bgr.
  • Sedum sikokianum Raym.-Hamet

Meterostachys is a genus of plants in the family Crassulaceae, that contains a single accepted species, Meterostachys sikokiana, native to Japan and Korea.[2] It is little known and is difficult to cultivate.[4]

References

  1. Index Nominum Genericorum (ING), http://botany.si.edu/ing/, retrieved 29 July 2016 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Tropicos, http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40018086, retrieved 29 Jul 2016 
  3. The International Plant Names Index, http://www.ipni.org/index.html, retrieved 29 July 2016 
  4. Byles, R.S. (1958), "Meterostachys Nakai (Crassulaceae): A little known succulent from Japan and Korea", The National Cactus and Succulent Journal 13 (1): 9–8 

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