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Lenophyllum

Lenophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae. The roughly seven species it contains are distributed in Texas in the United States and northeastern Mexico. Some authorities place it in the genus Sedum. Plants in this genus are distinguished from Sedum species by the presence of terminal inflorescences, erect petals, and opposite leaves. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words ληνός (lenos), meaning "trough", and φύλλον (phyllon), meaning "leaf."

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Lenophyllum
Lenophyllum texanum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Subfamily: Sempervivoideae
Tribe: Sedeae
Genus: Lenophyllum
Rose1
Species

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Lenophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae. The roughly seven species it contains are distributed in Texas in the United States and northeastern Mexico.2 Some authorities place it in the genus Sedum.1 Plants in this genus are distinguished from Sedum species by the presence of terminal inflorescences, erect petals, and opposite leaves.3 The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words ληνός (lenos), meaning "trough", and φύλλον (phyllon), meaning "leaf."2

Selected species

  • Lenophyllum acutifolium Rose
  • Lenophyllum guttatum Rose4
  • Lenophyllum texanum (J.G.Sm.) Rose – Coastal stonecrop5
  • Lenophyllum weinbergii Britton4
References

References

  1. "Genus: Lenophyllum Rose". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-06-12. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
  2. Moran, Reid V. "Lenophyllum Rose, Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 47: 159, figs. 18, 19, plate 20. 1904". Flora of North America. eFloras. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
  3. Stephenson, Ray (1994). Sedum: Cultivated Stonecrops. Timber Press. pp. 71–73. ISBN 978-0-88192-238-7.
  4. Villarreal Quintanilla, José Ángel (2001). Flora de Coahuila. UNAM. p. 82. ISBN 978-968-36-9771-4.
  5. "Lenophyllum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
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