Sedum hispanicum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Saxifragales

Familia: Crassulaceae
Subfamilia: Sempervivoideae
Tribus: Sedeae
Genus: Sedum
Sectio: S. sect. Sedum
Series: S. ser. Glauco-rubens
Species: Sedum hispanicum
Name

Sedum hispanicum L. (1755)
Synonyms

Sedum andersonii G. Don
Sedum antiquum T. Ya. Omel'chuk-Myakushko & B. V. Zaverukha
Sedum aristatum Tenore
Sedum armenum Boiss. & Huet
Sedum boissieri Davidoff
Sedum glanduloso-pubescens Feichtinger
Sedum glaucum Waldst. & Kit.
Sedum glaucum var. buxbaumii (Griseb.) Hayek
Sedum glaucum var. leiocarpum Boiss.
Sedum guettardii Gmel. ex Koch
Sedum hispanicum var. buxbaumii Griseb.
Sedum hispanicum var. eriocarpum Sommier & Levier
Sedum hispanicum var. leiocarpum Sommier & Levier
Sedum hispanicum var. minus Praeger
Sedum hispanicum var. planifolium Chamberlain
Sedum hispanicum var. polypetalum Boiss.
Sedum hispanicum var. semiglabrum Fröderstr.
Sedum hungaricum Poir.
Sedum longibracteatum Fröderstr.
Sedum modestum Boiss.
Sedum orientale Boiss.
Sedum pallidum Ten.
Sedum pseudohispanicum Strobl
Sedum puberulum DC.
Sedum rubens Pollini
Sedum semiglabrum Boiss. & Huet ex Fröderstr.
Sedum sexfidum Bieb.
Sedum whitmanni Hort. ex Mast.
Sedum wightmannianum Hort. ex Mast.
Sedum witmanni Hort.

Homonyms

Sedum hispanicum (L.) R.-Hamet = Pistorinia hispanica (L.) DC.
Sedum hispanicum DC. = Petrosedum ochroleucum subsp. ochroleucum

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Crete, Greece (incl. Kiklades), Switzerland, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Montenegro, Serbia & Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Ukraine, Sicily, European Turkey, East Aegaean Isl., Rhodos
Continental: Africa
?Libya, Eritrea
Continental: Asie
Georgia [Caucasus], Talysh, Turkmenistan, Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia), Iran (EC-Iran, N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, S-Iran, W-Iran), Iraq (NE-Iraq), Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel), Jordania (W-Jordania), Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon), Saudi Arabia (Asir), Syria (coastal W-Syria, C-Syrian Desert, NW-Syria), Yemen, Oman, Pakistan (N.W. Frontier Prov., Chitral, Swat, Hazara, Pakistani Punjab)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1755. Centuria I. Plantarum. Upsaliae, exc. L.M. Höjer. BHL Reference page. : 1: 12.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Sedum hispanicum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec 09. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Sedum hispanicum. Published online. Accessed: Dec 09 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Sedum hispanicum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec 09. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Sedum hispanicum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec 09.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sedum hispanicum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 28-Oct-07.

Vernacular names
English: Spanish stonecrop
suomi: Espanjanmaksaruoho
Nederlands: Spaans vetkruid

Sedum hispanicum, the Spanish stonecrop,[1] is a species of plant in the family Crassulaceae.

Description

Annual, 5–15 cm, glabrous or somewhat pubescent. Stems branching. Leaves alternate, 7–10 mm, linear, rounded. Flowers usually 6-merous, sometimes 7-9-merous, in unilateral cymes. Sepals ovate-acute. Petals white, with a purple midrib, 5–7 mm, lanceolate, acuminate. Carpels stellate.
Flowering

March–June.
Habitat

Rocks.
Distribution
In Dikti

Coast, lower, middle and upper mountains, Beqaa, Antilebanon.
Geographic area

Syria, Lebanon, the Palestine region, Western Asia, the Balkans, Italy, and Switzerland.

Notwithstanding its specific name this stonecrop is not found in Spain. Sedum is the Latin name of the adjoining genus, Sempervivum, houseleek. It is derived from sedare, to appease, to tranquillize, since the houseleek cultivated on housetops was supposed to take away the thunder, or probably because the crushed leaves used in plasters have a sedative action.[2]
References

USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sedum hispanicum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 20 December 2016.

Mustapha Nehmeh, Wild Flowers Of Lebanon, National Council For Scientific Research,1978,pages 175,176.

Georges Tohme& Henriette Tohme, IIIustrated Flora of Lebanon, National Council For Scientific Research, Second Edition 2014.