Echeveria colorata
| Echeveria colorata | |
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| E. colorata, Huntington Botanical Garden | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Crassulaceae |
| Genus: | Echeveria |
| Species: | E. colorata |
| Binomial name | |
| Echeveria colorata E.Walther | |
Echeveria colorata,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae, endemic to Mexico.
Description
Echeveria colorata is an evergreen perennial succulent, with a rosette of fleshy leaves growing up to 40 centimetres (16 in) in diameter.[2]
Taxonomy
Synonym:
- Echeveria lindsayana Walther 1972[3]
Forms:
- Echeveria colorata f. brandtii
Cultivars:
- Echeveria colorata 'Haage'
- Echeveria colorata 'Mexican Giant'
Hybrids:
- Echeveria 'Beatrice'
- Echeveria 'Frank Reinelt'
- Echeveria 'Laulindsa'
- Echeveria 'Margaret Martin'
- × Graptoveria 'Opalina'[2]
Cultivation
Echeveria colorata is cultivated as an ornamental plant for rock gardens and as a potted plant.
In cooler temperate regions, it must be kept indoors for the winter, as it does not tolerate temperatures of −4 °C (25 °F) and below. Optimum growing temperature 23 °C to 25 °C. In Australia the summer temperatures can reach above 40 °C so protection will be required. Either move into a more shaded position or shade cloth covering of 70%.
Etymology
Echeveria is named for Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy, a botanical illustrator who contributed to Flora Mexicana.[4]
Colorata means 'colored'.[4]
References
- ^ "Echeveria colorata E.Walther". The Plant List. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
- ^ a b "Echeveria colorata". World of Succulents. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
- ^ "COLORATA fa COLORATA Walther, 1972 (engl./ fr.)". International Crassulaceae Network. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
- ^ a b Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp. 115, 149