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Adromischus maculatus

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Name

Identification
Adromischus maculatus (Salm-Dyck) Lem. [family CRASSULACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for Adromischus maculatus [family CRASSULACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Adromischus maculatus [family CRASSULACEAE]
Common names
Cotyledon maculata Salm-Dyck, Obs. 5 (1820); Haw., Rev. PI. Succ. 21 (1821); DC, Prodr. 3: 398 (1828); Schonl. & Bak. f. in J. Bot., Lond. 40: 92 (1902). C. alternans Haw., Suppl. 26 (1819), non Vahl. Type: unknown. Adromischus rhombifolius sensu C.A. Sm. in Botha­lia 3: 625 (1939), non (Haw.) Lem.
Information
Perennials with decumbent to prostrate stems up to 0,15 m long, little branched, with fibrous roots. Leaves obovate to oblanceolate, (25-)30-70(-100) x (15-)20-35(-40) mm, usually abruptly cu­neate but rarely subpetiolate, rounded or obtuse and often mucronate, dorsiventrally flattened and with horny margin right around leaf, green, grey-green to greyish brown and usually with dark purple spots. Inflorescence a thyrse with l(-2)-flowered cymes, 0,2-0,35 m long, grey-green; pedi­cels (l-)2-3(-4) mm long. Buds terete, gradually tapering towards apex, spreading. Calyx 1,5-2,5 mm long, grey-green. Corolla with cylindrical tube 8-11 mm long, pale yellowish green; lobes lanceolate-triangular, 2,5-5 mm long, acute, rough and with club-shaped trichomes mainly around throat, white or tinged pale pink with mauve mar­gins. Anthers included. Squamae oblong, rarely almost square, 1—1,3 x 0,8-1 mm, emarginate, slightly broadening towards base. Fig. 4:4.
Habitat
Although this species is locally common and some­times very attractive, only a few records of it have been collected, possibly, because it grows at fairly high alti­tudes. A. triflorus (no. 18), which is usually found on the lower slopes is well represented in herbaria.
Use
20. Adromischus maculatus (Salm-Dyck) Lem., Jard. Fleur. 2, Misc. 60 (1852); Illustr. Hort. 7, Misc. 70 (1870); C.A. Sm. in Bothalia 3: 622 (1939); V. Poelln. in Reprium nov. Spec. Regni veg. 48: 99 (1940); Uitew. in Succulenta 1949: 37 (1949); Tolken in Bothalia 12: 388 (1978); in Flower. PL Afr. 45, pi. 1776 (1978). Type: sine loc, Salm-Dyck sub Haworth s.n. (OXF, lecto.!).
Range
Rarely recorded from the Cape Province and ap­parently restricted to the Langeberg Mountains from near Worcester to north of George; found usually asso­ciated with rock outcrops on higher slopes, usually in False Fynbos. Flowering period: December, January.

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