''Echeveria amoena'' is a species of

succulent plant In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. The word ''succulent'' comes from the Latin word ''sucus'', meani ...

in the family

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, endemic to semi-arid areas of the Mexican states of

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, and

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Description

It is a

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plant with a stem up to 8 cm long. It grows in the form of a compact rosette, commonly less than 5 cm in diameter, with fleshy, obovate-oblanceolate, full-margin and accumulated apex leaves. The inflorescence is a simple, reddish zinc, 10 to 22.5 cm high, with several alternate ascending, succulent, green, reddish or pink-orange bracts. The corolla includes petals similar to bracts.

Taxonomy

''Echeveria amoena'' was described in 1875 by Edward Morren, attributed to Louis de Smet, in ''Annales de Botanique et d'Horticulture.''

Etymology

: ''Echeveria'' : generic name given in honor of Mexican botanical artist

Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy was an 18th-century Mexican people, Mexican botanical artist and naturalist who trained at the Royal Art Academy in Mexico. The genus ''Echeveria'' was named in his honour by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. Royal Botani ...

(1771? -1803) : ''amoena'' : epithet Latin meaning "pleasant" or "lovely"

Synonyms

* ''Echeveria microcalyx'' Britton & Rose * ''Echeveri''Echeveria amoena''a pusilla'' A.Berger Echeveria amoenaEcheveria amoena ''Echeveria amoena'' also forms the hybrid ''Echeveria subalpina'' × ''amoena'' , which is considered by some authors as the species ''E. meyraniana''.

Gallery

File:Echeveria amoena flores.jpg, ''Echeveria amoena'' flowers

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15482476 amoena Plants described in 1875 Flora of Mexico