Biology:Sedella (plant)

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Short description: Genus of succulents

Sedella
Sedella pumila Dwarf Stonecrop.jpg
Sedella pumila
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Subfamily: Sempervivoideae
Tribe: Sedeae
Genus: Sedella
Britton & Rose
Type species
Sedella pumila
Species

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Sedella (formerly Parvisedum) is a small genus of annual flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae. There are approximately 7 species,[1] all native to California , United States, one with a distribution extending into Oregon. These are petite succulent plants growing a few centimeters tall and bearing tiny yellowish or brownish flowers. Mock stonecrop is a common name for these plants.[2]

Description

These plants are diminutive annuals, they grow erect and are glabrous (without hairs). The leaves are early-deciduous, sessile, and shaped oblong-elliptic to ovoid. The tips of the leaves are rounded to obtuse. The inflorescence has 1 to 2 flowers in 0 to 3 branched cyme, sub-sessile. There are 5 sepals and 5 petals. The petals are pale to bright or green-yellow, with a midrib that is often more or less red.[3]

Taxonomy

The genus was described by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose during their reorganization of the North American Crassulaceae.[4]

The name is the Latin diminutive of Sedum. The name Parvisedum is a synonym.[3]

Species

[5]

  • Sedella atrata Fourr.
  • Sedella carinthiaca (Hoppe ex Pacher) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Sedella congdonii (Eastw.) Britton & Rose - Congdon's mock stonecrop
  • Sedella leiocarpa H. Sharsm. - Lake County stonecrop
  • Sedella pentandra H. Sharsm. - Mt. Hamilton mock stonecrop
  • Sedella pumila (Benth.) Britton & Rose - Sierra mock stonecrop
  • Sedella villosa (L.) Fourr.

References

  1. "Name Search=Sedella". Missouri Botanical Gardens. http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=Sedella&commonname=. Retrieved 27 October 2017. 
  2. "Sedella". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SEDEL. Retrieved 9 November 2015. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Jepson Flora Project, ed., "{{{2}}}", Jepson eFlora, The Jepson Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=10881  |1= (or |id=) and |2= (or |taxon=) are required.
  4. Britton, Nathaniel L.; Rose, Joseph N. (1903). "New and noteworthy North American Crassulaceae". Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden 3 (9): 45. 
  5. "Search term=Sedella". The Plant List. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=sedella&src=. Retrieved 27 October 2017. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2264314 entry