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Umbilicus (genus)
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Umbilicus is a genus of over ninety species of flowering plant
s in the family Crassulaceae
. Many of its species have been given synonym
s under different genera such as Rosularia
, Cotyledon
, and Chiastophyllum. However, those that remain in Umbilicus are listed below:
Other (unnamed) species
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the family Crassulaceae
Crassulaceae
Crassulaceae, or the orpine family, are a family of dicotyledons. They store water in their succulent leaves. They are found worldwide, but mostly occur in the Northern Hemisphere and southern Africa, typically in dry and/or cold areas where water may be scarce...
. Many of its species have been given synonym
Synonym (taxonomy)
In scientific nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that is or was used for a taxon of organisms that also goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnaeus was the first to give a scientific name to the Norway spruce, which he called Pinus abies...
s under different genera such as Rosularia
Rosularia
Rosularia is a genus of family Crassulaceae. It includes about 35 species from Europe and northern Africa....
, Cotyledon
Cotyledon (genus)
Cotyledon is a genus of the Crassulaceae family. Plants in the genus occur in the Arabian peninsula and throughout the drier parts of Africa, but mainly in Southern Africa....
, and Chiastophyllum. However, those that remain in Umbilicus are listed below:
- Umbilicus rupestris (called navelwort)
- Umbilicus horizontalis (called horizontal navelwort)
- Umbilicus intermedius (called intermediate navelwort)
- Umbilicus chrysanthus (called Venus' navel)
- Umbilicus chloranthus (called green Venus' navel)
- Umbilicus erectus (called reniform Venus' navel)
- Umbilicus oppositifolius (called gold dropGold dropUmbilicus oppositifolius, commonly known as Gold drop, goutte d'or, Goldtröpfchen, or Walddickblatt, is a succulent, perennial flowering plant in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae, in the genus Umbilicus. It is endemic to the Caucasus.This species is sometimes given its own genus, Chiastophyllum....
)
Other (unnamed) species
- Umbilicus aetneus (Tornab)
- Umbilicus affinis (Schrenk)
- Umbilicus aizoon (Fenzl)
- Umbilicus albido-opacus (Carlström), sometimes referred to as opacus.
- Umbilicus alpestris (Karelin and Kirilov)
- Umbilicus botryoides (Hochstetter)
- Umbilicus citrinus (Wolley-Dod)
- Umbilicus coutinhoi (Mariz)
- Umbilicus cyprius (Holmboe)
- Umbilicus deflexus (Pomel, 1875)
- Umbilicus denticulatus (Turcz.Nicolai Stepanovitch TurczaninowPorphir Kiril Nicolai Stepanowitsch Turczaninow was a Ukrainian-Russian botanist who first identified several genera, and many species of plants...
) - Umbilicus elymaiticus (Boiss.Pierre Edmond BoissierPierre Edmond Boissier was a Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician.He was the son of Jacques Boissier and Lucile Butini , daughter of Pierre Butini a well-known physician and naturalist from Geneva...
and Hauszknecht) - Umbilicus erubescens (Maxim.Carl MaximowiczCarl Johann Maximowicz was a Russian botanist. Maximowicz spent most of his life studying the flora of the countries he had visited in the Far East, and naming many new species...
) - Umbilicus ferganicus (Popov)
- Umbilicus fimbriatus (Turcz.)
- Umbilicus gendjnamensis (StapfOtto StapfOtto Stapf FRS was an Austrian born botanist and taxonomist.Stapf trained in Vienna, moving to Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1890. He was keeper of the Herbarium from 1909 to 1920...
) - Umbilicus giganteus (Battandier)
- Umbilicus glaber (Regel and Winkler)
- Umbilicus globulariaefolius (Fenzl)
- Umbilicus haussknechtii / Umbilicus hauszknechtii (Boiss. and Reuter)
- Umbilicus heylandianus (WebbPhilip Barker WebbPhilip Barker Webb was an English botanist.Webb, who was born to a wealthy aristocratic family studied languages, botany, and geology at Harrow and Oxford. He collected plants in Italy, Spain and Portugal, and was the first person to collect in the Tetuan Mountains of Morocco...
and Berthel.Sabin BerthelotSabin Berthelot was a French naturalist and ethnologist. He was resident on the Canary Islands for part of his life, and co-authored L'Histoire Naturelle des Îles Canaries with Philip Barker Webb....
), found in Spain and Portugal - Umbilicus hispidus (Lam.Jean-Baptiste LamarckJean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de la Marck , often known simply as Lamarck, was a French naturalist...
) - Umbilicus lampusae (Kotschy)
- Umbilicus lassithiensis (Gandoger)
- Umbilicus leucanthus (G.DonGeorge DonGeorge Don was a Scottish botanist.George Don was born at Doo Hillock, Forfar, Angus, Scotland on 29 April 1797. His father, also named George Don, was Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 1802 and his mother was Caroline Clementina Stuart. George was the elder brother of David...
) - Umbilicus libanoticus (Labill.Jacques LabillardièreJacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardière was a French naturalist noted for his descriptions of the flora of Australia. Labillardière was a member of a voyage in search of the La Pérouse expedition...
) — possibly Umbilicus glaber - Umbilicus lievenii (Ledeb.Carl Friedrich von LedebourCarl Friedrich von Ledebour was a German-Estonian botanist.Between 1811 and 1836, he was professor of science in the University of Tartu, Estonia....
) - Umbilicus linearifolius (Franch.Adrien René FranchetAdrien René Franchet was a French botanist, based at the Paris Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. He is noted for his extensive work describing the flora of China and Japan, based on the collections made by Armand David, Pierre Jean Marie Delavay, Paul Guillaume Farges and others.-References:...
) - Umbilicus lineatus (Boiss.)
- Umbilicus lineolatus (Boiss.)
- Umbilicus linifolius (Rupr.Franz Josef RuprechtFranz Josef Ruprecht was an Austrian-born physician and botanist active in Russia, where he was known as Frants Ivanovič Ruprekt . He grew up, studied, and graduated as Doctor of Medicine in 1836 in Prague...
) - Umbilicus luteus (Huds.William Hudson (botanist)William Hudson FRS was a British botanist and apothecary based in London. His main work was Flora Anglica, published in 1762. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1761.- Life and work :...
) - Umbilicus malacophyllus (Pall.)
- Umbilicus maroccanus (Gandoger)
- Umbilicus mexicanus (Schltdl.Diederich Franz Leonhard von SchlechtendalDiederich von Schlechtendal was a German botanist born in Xanten. He was Professor of Botany and Director of the Botanical Gardens at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg from 1833 until his death in 1866, and Editor of the botanical journal Linnaea.His most important work was in...
, 1839) - Umbilicus micranthus (Pomel)
- Umbilicus microstachyum (Kotschy)
- Umbilicus mirus (Pampan.)
- Umbilicus multicaulis (Boiss. and Buhse)
- Umbilicus multicaulis (Boiss. and Buhse)
- Umbilicus oreades (Decne.Joseph DecaisneJoseph Decaisne was a French botanist and agronomist.Although he was born in Brussels, Belgium, he exercised his activity exclusively in Paris...
) - Umbilicus oxypetalus (Boiss.)
- Umbilicus pallidiflorus (Holmboe)
- Umbilicus pallidus (SchottHeinrich Wilhelm SchottHeinrich Wilhelm Schott was an Austrian botanist well known for his extensive work on the aroids ....
and Kotschy) - Umbilicus paniculatus (Regel and Schmalh.Johannes Theodor SchmalhausenJohannes Theodor Schmalhausen was a botanist, known for his studies of East-European plants - External links :...
) - Umbilicus parviflorus (Desf.René Louiche DesfontainesRené Louiche Desfontaines was a French botanist.Desfontaines was born near Tremblay in Brittany. He attended the Collège de Rennes and in 1773 went to Paris to study medicine. His interest in botany originated from lectures at the Jardin des Plantes given by Louis Guillaume Lemonnier...
), found in GreeceGreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
. - Umbilicus patens (Pomel)
- Umbilicus patulus (Candargy)
- Umbilicus pendulinus (Wolley-Dod)
- Umbilicus persicus (Boiss.)
- Umbilicus pestalozzae (Boiss.)
- Umbilicus platyphyllus (Schrenk)
- Umbilicus praealtus (Brotero)
- Umbilicus pubescens (G.Don)
- Umbilicus pulvinatus (Rupr.)
- Umbilicus pulvinatus (Rupr.)
- Umbilicus radicans (KlotzschJohann Friedrich KlotzschJohann Friedrich Klotzsch was a German pharmacist and botanist.His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom.-Selected works:...
) - Umbilicus radiciflorus (Steud.Ernst Gottlieb von SteudelErnst Gottlieb von Steudel was a German physician and an authority on grasses.Steudel lived in Esslingen where with Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter he organized Unio Itineraria.- References :...
and Boiss., 1872) - Umbilicus ramosissimus (Maxim.)
- Umbilicus rodriguezii (Gandoger)
- Umbilicus samius (d'Urville)
- Umbilicus schmidtii (BolleCarl BolleCarl August Bolle was a German naturalist and collector.Bolle was born at Berlin into a wealthy brewing family. He studied medicine and natural science at Berlin and Bonn...
) - Umbilicus sedoides (DC.)
- Umbilicus semenovii (Regel and Herder)
- Umbilicus semiensis (A.Rich.Achille RichardAchille Richard was a French botanist and physician .He was son of a notable botanist, Louis-Claude Marie Richard .Pharmacist in the French fleet and member of several well-known societies of their time....
) - Umbilicus sempervivum (Bieberstein)
- Umbilicus serpentinicus (Werdermann)
- Umbilicus serratus (DC.)
- Umbilicus sessilis (Dulac)
- Umbilicus seteveni (Ledeb. and A.Boriss.Antonina Georgievna BorissovaAntonina Georgievna Borissova was a Russian botanist, specialising in the flora of the deserts and semi-desert of central Asia.-Plants:Among the plants she identified are:...
) - Umbilicus simplex (C.Koch)
- Umbilicus spathulatus (Hook.William Jackson HookerSir William Jackson Hooker, FRS was an English systematic botanist and organiser. He held the post of Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and was the first Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He enjoyed the friendship and support of Sir Joseph Banks for his exploring,...
) - Umbilicus spinosus (DC.)
- Umbilicus sprunerianus (Boiss.)
- Umbilicus stamineus (Ledeb.)
- Umbilicus strangulatus (A.BergerAlwin BergerAlwin Berger was a German botanist best known for his contribution to the nomenclature of succulent plants, particularly agaves and cacti. Born in Germany he worked at the botanical gardens in Dresden and Frankfurt...
) - Umbilicus subspicatus (Freyn)
- Umbilicus subulatus (G.DonGeorge DonGeorge Don was a Scottish botanist.George Don was born at Doo Hillock, Forfar, Angus, Scotland on 29 April 1797. His father, also named George Don, was Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 1802 and his mother was Caroline Clementina Stuart. George was the elder brother of David...
) - Umbilicus thyrsiflorus (DC.)
- Umbilicus tropaeolifolius (Boiss., 1843)
- Umbilicus tuberculosus (DC. and Streud.)
- Umbilicus turkestanicus (Regel and Winkler)
- Umbilicus umbilicatus (Lam.)
- Umbilicus vulgaris (Batt. and Trabut)
- Umbilicus winkleri (Willkomm)