Echeveria amoena facts for kids
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Echeveria amoena is a species of succulent plant in the family Crassulaceae, endemic to semi-arid areas of the Mexican states of Puebla, Tlaxcala, and Veracruz.
Description
It is a herbaceous, perennial plant with a stem up to 8 cm long. It grows in the form of a compact rosette, commonly less than 5 cm in diameter, with fleshy, obovate-oblanceolate, full-margin and accumulated apex leaves.
The inflorescence is a simple, reddish zinc, 10 to 22.5 cm high, with several alternate ascending, succulent, green, reddish or pink-orange bracts. The corolla includes petals similar to bracts.
Taxonomy
Echeveria amoena was described in 1875 by Edward Morren, attributed to Louis de Smet, in Annales de Botanique et d'Horticulture.
Etymology
- Echeveria : generic name given in honor of Mexican botanical artist Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy (1771? -1803)
- amoena : epithet Latin meaning "pleasant" or "lovely"
Synonyms
- Echeveria microcalyx Britton & Rose
- EcheveriEcheveria amoenaa pusilla A.Berger Echeveria amoenaEcheveria amoena
Echeveria amoena also forms the hybrid Echeveria subalpina × amoena , which is considered by some authors as the species E. meyraniana.
Gallery
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Echeveria amoena flowers
See also
In Spanish: Echeveria amoena para niños
