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    Sedum sempervivum  LEDEB. ex SPRENG.    
 

Fam.: Crassulaceae / Stonecrop Fam.  

Synon.:  Prometheum sempervivoides  (M.BIEB.) H.OHBA

Genus:  Sedum  L.,  Prometheum  (A.BERGER) H.OHBA
 

Authors:
   LEDEB.:  Carl Friedrich von Ledebour (1785 - 1851), German-Estonian botanist
   SPRENG.:  Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (1766 - 1833), German physician and botanist at Halle
   M.BIEB.:  Friedrich August Freiherr Marschall von Bieberstein (1768 - 1826), German botanist
   H.OHBA:  Hideaki Ohba (1943 - ), Japanese botanist
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
   A.BERGER:  Alwin Berger (1871 - 1931), German botanist
 

Etymology:
   Sedum:   Roman plant name, from sedere = to sit
   sempervivum:   always alive
   Prometheum:   Prometheus, Greek legendary figure
   sempervivoides:   similar to Sempervivum
 

Sedum sempervivum originates from Turkey.

 

Sedum sempervivum / Red Turkish Stonecrop, F Vosges, Botan. Gar. Haut Chitelet 5.8.2008
Fig. 1:  Sedum sempervivum / Red Turkish Stonecrop (cultiv.)
F Vosges, Botan. Gar. Haut Chitelet 5.8.2008
Sedum sempervivum / Red Turkish Stonecrop, F Vosges, Botan. Gar. Haut Chitelet 5.8.2008
Fig. 2:  Sedum sempervivum / Red Turkish Stonecrop (cultiv.)
F Vosges, Botan. Gar. Haut Chitelet 5.8.2008

 


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