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Macrobia tortuosa (Aiton) G.Kunkel
Cuad. Bot. Canaria 28: 35 1976 publ. 1977.
Family: CRASSULACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Aichryson tortuosum (Aiton) Webb & Berthel.
Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries (Phytogr.). 2(1): 184 1840. Webb & Berthel.

Macrobia tortuosa (Aichryson tortuosum) Photo by: Amante Darmanin
Blooming habit at Mirador del Rio, Lanzarote.

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Aichryson tortuosum (Aiton) Webb & Berthel.
Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries (Phytogr.). 2(1): 184 1840.
Synonymy: 11 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Aichryson tortuosum subs. bethencourtianum (Bolle) Bañares
Willdenowia 45(3): 454. 2015 [23 Nov 2015] [epublished]
Synonymy: 4
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: gouty houseleek

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the group

  • Aichryson tortuosum (Aiton) Webb & Berthel.: (subsp. tortuosum) has sessile leaves with short glandular hairs excreting a viscid substance. Distribution: Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain.
  • Aichryson tortuosum subs. bethencourtianum (Bolle) Bañares: has indistinctly petiolate leaves and longer, non-glandular hairs. Distribution: Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain.

28821 amante Amante Darmanin
Aichryson tortuosum var. tortuosum, Mirador del Bosequicillo, Lanzarote. (Aichryson tortuosum) Photo by: Amante Darmanin
28824 amante Amante Darmanin
Aichryson tortuosum var. tortuosum, Mirador del Rio, Lanzarote. (Aichryson tortuosum) Photo by: Amante Darmanin

28823 amante Amante Darmanin
Aichryson tortuosum var. tortuosum, Mirador del Rio, Lanzarote. (Aichryson tortuosum) Photo by: Amante Darmanin
28825 amante Amante Darmanin
Growing habit at Mirador del Rio, Lanzarote (Aichryson tortuosum) Photo by: Amante Darmanin

28826 amante Amante Darmanin
Aichryson tortuosum var. tortuosum, Eremita de las nieves, Lanzarote. (Aichryson tortuosum) Photo by: Amante Darmanin
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