Biology:Sedum lampusae

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Crassulaceae

Sedum lampusae
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Sedum
Species:
S. lampusae
Binomial name
Sedum lampusae
(Kotschy) Boiss.
Synonyms[1]

Umbilicus lampusae Kotschy

Sedum lampusae is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae.[1][2] It is an erect herb to 50 cm, dying after one flowering. Basal leaves flat, glaucous, fleshy, spoon-shaped, 4–10 cm long, forming neat rosette which usually shrivels before the flowers open; steam leaves progressively smaller; inflorescence a long cylindrical or pyramidal spray, flowers numerous, crowded, brownish green, calyx-lobes and petals both 5, the latter narrow, pointed, 4 mm long, with a dark central vein. Stamens 10, follicles usually 5, erect, 5 mm long. Flowers from June to August. Common name is Lapta Damkoruğu.[3]

Habitat

Walls, rock crevices and dry stony slopes.

Distribution

Endemic to Northern Cyprus. Frequent along the Kyrenia Range, notably at and above Lapta (whence the specific name).

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Sedum lampusae (Kotschy) Boiss.". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:275594-1. 
  2. "Sedum lampusae Boiss.". GBIF Secretariat. n.d.. https://www.gbif.org/species/5688031. 
  3. An Illustrated Flora of North Cyprus by D. E. Viney, Published by Koeltz Scientific Books, Konigstein, Germany, 1994, ISBN:3-87429-364-5

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q16992489 entry