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Adromischus filicaulis

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Identification
Adromischus fragilis Hutchison [family CRASSULACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Adromischus filicaulis (Eckl.&Zeyh.) C.A.Sm. [family CRASSULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Adromischus filicaulis
  • Adromischus fragilis
  • Adromischus tricolor
  • Cotyledon cucullata
  • Cotyledon marlothii
  • Cotyledon marianae

Flora

Entry for Adromischus filicaulis subsp filicaulis [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 filicaulis subsp filicaulis [family CRASSULACEAE]
Common names
Cotyledon filicaulis Eckl. & Zeyh., Enum. 307. (1837). Adromischus filicaulis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) C.A. Sm. in Bothalia 3: 630 (1939). A. mammillaris (L.f.) Lem. var. filicaulis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Jacobsen, Sukk. Lex. 29 (1970), nomen non rite publicatum quoad sine typo. Cotyledon fusiformis Rolfe in Kew Bull. 1916: 229 (1916). Adromischus fusiformis (Rolfe) Berger in Naturl. PflFam. edn 2, 18a: 416 (1930). A. mammillaris (L.f.) Lem. var. fusiformis (Rolfe) Jacobsen, Sukk. Lex. 29 (1970), nomen non rite publicatum quoad sine typo. Type: Cape, sine loc. exact., Pearson 5585 (K, holo.!). Adromischus mammillaris (L.f.) Lem. var. rubra V. Poelln. in Desert PI. Life 10: 112, one fig. (1938); in Reprium nov. Spec. Regni veg. 40: 109 (1940). A. klei-nioides C.A. Sm. in Bothalia 3: 631 (1939). Type: Cur-tis's bot. Mag. 99, t. 6020 (1873). A. fragilis P.C. Hutch, in Cactus Succ. J., Los Ang. 31: 167 (1959). Type: Cape, Richtersveld, Hellsberg, Rodin 1620 (BOL, hole!) — var. numeesensis P.C. Hutch, in Cactus Succ. J., Los Ang. 31: 169 (1959). Type: Cape, Richtersveld, Numees, Hall in NBG 692/53 (BOL, holo.!; PRE).
Habitat
So much variation has been recorded for this species that it might seem unnatural to divide it into two subspecies. The difference is not only the presence or absence of stilt roots, but subsp. filicaulis tends to grow near or in False Fynbos while subsp. marlothii is usually found in karroid vegetation. The more slender plants from east of Vanrhynsdorp were not given separ­ate rank although they differ in several respects. The slender long leaves (Tolken 5128) and straight branches distinguish them easily from narrow-leaved forms of A. roaneanus (no. 3).
Use
(a), subsp. filicaulis Tolken in Bothalia 12: 385 (1978).

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