''Villadia'' is a
genus
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of plants in the
family
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Crassulaceae
The Crassulaceae (, from Latin ''crassus'', thick), also known as the crassulas, the stonecrops or the orpine family, are a diverse Family (biology), family of dicotyledon angiosperms primarily characterized by succulent leaves and a form of phot ...
. It includes about 25 to 30
species
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distributed from
Texas
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to
Peru
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.
Taxonomy
''Altamiranoa'' was a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of the
Crassulaceae
The Crassulaceae (, from Latin ''crassus'', thick), also known as the crassulas, the stonecrops or the orpine family, are a diverse Family (biology), family of dicotyledon angiosperms primarily characterized by succulent leaves and a form of phot ...
, that
Joseph Nelson Rose
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proposed in the early 1900s for 12 Mexican species, three described as new and nine formerly in ''
Cotyledon
A cotyledon ( ; ; "a cavity, small cup, any cup-shaped hollow",
gen. (), ) is a "seed leaf" – a significant part of the embryo within the seed of a plant – and is formally defined as "the embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, one or mor ...
'', ''
Sedum
''Sedum'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae, members of which are commonly known as stonecrops. The genus has been described as containing up to 600 species, subsequently reduced to 400–500. They are leaf succule ...
'', or ''
Umbilicus''. The name was dedicated to
Fernando Altamirano, a Mexican physician, botanist and naturalist that co-worked with
J. N. Rose.
Baehni (1937) united the genus ''Altamiranoa'' with ''Villadia'', but Walther (1938) refuted the argument and proposed the combined genus be called species of ''Altamiranoa'' are best dispersed in ''
Sedum
''Sedum'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae, members of which are commonly known as stonecrops. The genus has been described as containing up to 600 species, subsequently reduced to 400–500. They are leaf succule ...
'' genus, but maintained the differences with genus ''Villadia''.
Species listed under ''Altamiranoa'' include:
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Altamiranoa albiflora'' (''
Villadia albiflora'')
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Altamiranoa alpina''
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Altamiranoa batesii'' (''
Villadia batesii'')
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Altamiranoa berillonana''
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Altamiranoa calcicola''
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Altamiranoa chihuahuensis'' (''
Sedum chihuahuensis'')
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Altamiranoa cucullata'' (''
Villadia cucullata'')
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Altamiranoa decipiens''
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Altamiranoa diffusa''
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Altamiranoa dyvrandae''
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Altamiranoa elongata'' (''
Sedum jurgensenii'')
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Altamiranoa erecta''
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Altamiranoa ericoides''
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Altamiranoa fusca''
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Altamiranoa galeottiana
''Villadia'' is a genus of plants in the family (biology), family Crassulaceae. It includes about 25 to 30 species distributed from Texas to Peru.
Taxonomy
''Altamiranoa'' was a genus of the Crassulaceae, that Joseph Nelson Rose proposed in ...
''
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Altamiranoa goldmanii'' (''
Sedum goldmanii'')
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Altamiranoa grandyi'' (''
Sedum grandyi'')
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Altamiranoa guatemalensis'' (''
Villadia guatemalensis'')
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Altamiranoa hemsleyana''
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Altamiranoa imbricata'' (''
Villadia imbricata
''Villadia'' is a genus of plants in the family (biology), family Crassulaceae. It includes about 25 to 30 species distributed from Texas to Peru.
Taxonomy
''Altamiranoa'' was a genus of the Crassulaceae, that Joseph Nelson Rose proposed in ...
'')
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Altamiranoa incarum'' (''
Villadia incarum'')
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Altamiranoa jurgensenii'' (''
Sedum jurgensenii'')
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Altamiranoa levis''
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Altamiranoa mexicana''
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Altamiranoa minutiflora'' (''
Villadia minutiflora'')
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Altamiranoa montana''
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Altamiranoa necaxana''
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Altamiranoa nelsonii'' (''
Villadia nelsonii'')
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Altamiranoa batesii''
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Altamiranoa painteri'' (''
Villadia painteri'')
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Altamiranoa parva''
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Altamiranoa parviflora''
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Altamiranoa pringlei'' (''
Villadia pringlei'')
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Altamiranoa ramosissima''
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Altamiranoa ramulos''
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Altamiranoa ramulosa''
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Altamiranoa scopulina'' (''
Sedum scopulinum
''Sedum'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae, members of which are commonly known as stonecrops. The genus has been described as containing up to 600 species, subsequently reduced to 400–500. They are leaf succulen ...
'')
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Altamiranoa squamulosa'' (''
Villadia squamulosa'')
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Altamiranoa stricta''
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Altamiranoa virgata''
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Altamiranoa weberbaueri''
Crassulaceae
Crassulaceae genera
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