Echeveria nodulosa

Echeveria nodulosa is a species of flowering plant in the Crassulaceae family.[1] It is commonly called painted echeveria, and is native to Mexico (widely distributed and rather common in North Oaxaca and South Puebla[2]).

Echeveria nodulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Echeveria
Species:
E. nodulosa
Binomial name
Echeveria nodulosa
(Baker) Ed.Otto[1]
Synonyms

Cotyledon nodulosa Baker
Echeveria discolor De Smet ex É.Morren
Echeveria misteca De Smet ex É.Morren
Echeveria nodulosa var. minor E.Walther
Echeveria sturmiana Poelln.

They are relatively disease free.[3]

Taxonomy

Echeveria is named for Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy, a botanical illustrator who contributed to Flora Mexicana.[4]

Nodulosa means 'with swellings', or 'bearing nodules', and is typically given in reference to the presence of root nodules.[4]

References
  1. "Echeveria nodulosa (Baker) Ed.Otto". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  2. "NODULOSA (Baker) Otto, 1873 (engl./ fr.)". International Crassulaceae Network. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  3. gardenia
  4. Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp. 149, 274
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