Adromischus is a genus of flowering plants. They are easily-propagated, leaf succulents from the family Crassulaceae, which are endemic to southern Africa. The name comes from the ancient Greek adros (=thick) and mischos (=stem).

Species

The species of Adromischus are divided into five sections, based on their shared characteristics and relationships:

Section 1 (Adromischus)

Flowers bright green, tubular, with short, wide, triangular, recurved lobes. Anthers protrude from a flower tube. Indigenous mainly to the western, winter-rainfall regions of South Africa.

• Adromischus alstonii

• Adromischus bicolor

Adromischus filicaulis

• Adromischus filicaulis subsp. marlothii

• Adromischus hemisphaericus

Adromischus liebenbergii

• Adromischus liebenbergii subsp. orientalis

• Adromischus montium-klinghardtii

• Adromischus roanianus

• Adromischus subdistichus

Section 2 (Boreali)

Grooved, tubular flowers, with ovate-triangular, recurved lobes that are undulated on the margins. Anthers protrude from flower tube. Indigenous to the arid, summer-rainfall interior of Southern Africa.

Adromischus schuldtianus

• Adromischus schuldtianus subs. juttae

• Adromischus schuldtianus subs. brandbergensis

  Adromischus trigynus

Adromischus umbraticola

• Adromischus umbraticola subs. ramosus

Section 3 (Brevipedunculati)

Grooved, funnel-shaped flowers with acuminate-triangular, widely spreading lobes, born on long stalks. Inflorescence branched. Usually spreading or stoloniferous plants.

• Adromischus caryophyllaceus

• Adromischus diabolicus

• Adromischus fallax

• Adromischus humilis

• Adromischus nanus

• Adromischus phillipsiae

Section 4 (Incisilobati)

Tubular flowers with elongated lanceolate-triangular lobes. Plants with short, compact, upright stems.

• Adromischus halesowensis

• Adromischus inamoenus

• Adromischus maculatus

• Adromischus mammilaris

• Adromischus maximus

• Adromischus sphenophyllus

• Adromischus triflorus

Section 5 (Longipedunculati)

Pale or pubescent inflorescence with elongated, lanceolate-triangular lobes.

• Adromischus cooperi

Adromischus cristatus

• Adromischus cristatus var. clavifolius

• Adromischus cristatus var. mzimvubuensis

• Adromischus cristatus var. schonlandii

• Adromischus cristatus var. zeyheri

• Adromischus leucophyllus

Adromischus marianiae

• Adromischus marianiae var. hallii

• Adromischus marianiae var. immaculatus

• Adromischus marianiae var. kubusensis

• Adromischus marianiae 'Alveolatus'

• Adromischus marianiae 'Antidorcatum'

• Adromischus marianiae 'Bryan Makin'

• Adromischus marianiae 'Herrei'

• Adromischus marianiae 'Little Spheroid'

• Adromischus marianiae 'Red Mutation'

• Adromischus marianiae 'Tanqua'

• Adromischus subviridis

So-called Adromischus oviforme specimens are actually Adromischus filicaulis subsp. marlothii; Adromischus oviforme doesn't actually exist.

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