Adromischus

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.