Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Jovibarba
Description
Family Crassulaceae
Herbs, subshrubs
, or shrubs
. Stems mostly fleshy
. Leaves alternate, opposite, or verticillate
, usually simple
; stipules absent; leaf blade
entire or slightly incised, rarely lobed
or imparipinnate
. Inflorescences terminal
or axillary
, cymose
, corymbiform
, spiculate
, racemose, paniculate
, or sometimes reduced to a solitary flower. Flowers usually bisexual
, sometimes unisexual
in Rhodiola (when plants
dioecious or rarely gynodioecious
), actinomorphic
, (3 or) 4-6(-30) -merous. Sepals almost free
or basally connate
, persistent
. Petals free or connate. Stamens as many as petals in 1 series or 2 × as many in 2 series. Nectar scales
at or near base
of carpels. Follicles sometimes fewer than sepals, free or basally connate, erect
or spreading
, membranous or leathery, 1- to many seeded. Seeds small; endosperm scanty or not developed.
About 35 genera and over 1500 species: Africa, America, Asia, Europe; 13 genera (two endemic, one introduced
) and 233 species (129 endemic, one introduced) in China.
Some species of Crassulaceae are cultivated as ornamentals
and/or used medicinally.[1]
Physical Description
Habit: Evergreen .
Flowers: Bloom Period: June. • Flower Color: chartreuse, yellow-green
Size/Age/Growth
Size: under 6" tall.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 6-9" apart.
Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.8
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .
Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Saxifraganae
()
- Reveal, 1994
- Order:
Saxifragales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Crassulaceae
()
- J. St.-Hil., 1805
- orpins, stonecrops
- Genus:
Jovibarba
()
- Specific epithet:
hirta
- (Schott
- Variety:
neilreichii
- Botanical name: - Jovibarba hirta var. neilreichii (Schott
- Variety:
neilreichii
- Specific epithet:
hirta
- (Schott
- Genus:
Jovibarba
(
- Family:
Crassulaceae
(
- Order:
Saxifragales
(
- Superorder:
Saxifraganae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Basionym
: Crassulaceae Sempervivum neilreichii Schott, Nyman &
Kotschy
Basionym author: (Schott, Nym. & Kotschy)
An accepted name
in the RHS
Horticultural Database.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Jovibarba
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
J. allioni (Hens And Chicks) · J. heuffelii (Hen and Chickens) · J. hirta (Jovibarba) · J. hirta var. neilreichii (Jovibarba) · J. 'Mayfair Imp' (Jovibarba)
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Further Reading
- Fu Shu-hsia & Fu Kun-tsun. 1984. Crassulaceae. In: Fu Shu-hsia & Fu Kun-tsun, eds., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 34(1): 31-220.
Notes
Contributors
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
Identifiers
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:920003-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 920003-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 994240
Footnotes
- Kunjun Fu, Hideaki Ohba & Michael G. Gilbert "Crassulaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 8 Page 202. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
