Meterostachys

Meterostachys is a genus of plants in the family Crassulaceae, that contains a single accepted species, Meterostachys sikokiana, native to Japan and Korea.[2] It is little known and is difficult to cultivate.[4]

Meterostachys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Meterostachys
Nakai
Species:
M. sikokiana
Binomial name
Meterostachys sikokiana
Synonyms[1][2][3]
  • Cotyledon sikokiana Makino
  • Merostachys Nakai
  • Sedum leveilleanum Raym.-Hamet
  • Sedum oriento-asiaticum Makino ex A. Bgr.
  • Sedum sikokianum Raym.-Hamet

References
  1. Index Nominum Genericorum (ING), retrieved 29 July 2016
  2. Tropicos, retrieved 29 Jul 2016
  3. The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 29 July 2016
  4. Byles, R.S. (1958), "Meterostachys Nakai (Crassulaceae): A little known succulent from Japan and Korea", The National Cactus and Succulent Journal, 13 (1): 9–8, JSTOR 42788313


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