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Sedum gypsophilum

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Sedum gypsophilum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Sedum
Species:
S. gypsophilum
Binomial name
Sedum gypsophilum
B.L.Turner

Sedum gypsophilum is a species of succulent in the genus Sedum native to northeastern Mexico.[1]

Description

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Habitat

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Turner, who named the species states that this species is unique because this species grows on gypsum. Also according to Turner this is likely the only gyposphilic species of Sedum observed in North America.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Sedum gypsophilum B.L.Turner | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
  2. ^ Billie L Turner (1986). Sedum gypsophilum (Crassulaceae), a new species from Nuevo Leon, Mexico.