''Graptopetalum'' (leatherpetal) is a plant genus of the family ''
Crassulaceae
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''. They are
perennial
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succulent plant
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s and native to
Mexico
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and
Arizona
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. They grow usually in a
rosette. There are around 19 species in this genus.
[''Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them'', pp. 410–411. Könemann, 2004. ]
Species
* ''
Graptopetalum amethystinum''
(Rose) E.Walther – Lavender pebbles, jewel-leaf plant
* ''
Graptopetalum bartramii''
Rose – Patagonia Mountain leatherpetal, Bartram'sstonecrop
* ''
Graptopetalum bellum''
(Moran & Meyran) D.R.Hunt
* ''
Graptopetalum filiferum''
(S.Watson) Whitehead
* ''
Graptopetalum fruticosum''
Moran
* ''
Graptopetalum glassii''
Acev.-Rosas & Cházaro
* ''
Graptopetalum grande''
Alexander
* ''
Graptopetalum macdougallii''
Alexander
* ''
Graptopetalum marginatum''
Acev.-Rosas & Cházaro
* ''
Graptopetalum mendozae''
Glass & M.Cházaro Basáñez
* ''
Graptopetalum occidentale''
Rose ex E.Walther
* ''
Graptopetalum pachyphyllum''
Rose
* ''
Graptopetalum paraguayense''
(N.E.Br.) E.Walther – Mother of pearl plant, ghost plant
**''Graptopetalum paraguayense'' subsp. ''bernalense''
Kimnach & R.C.Moran
* ''
Graptopetalum pentandrum''
Moran
* ''
Graptopetalum pusillum''
Rose
* ''
Graptopetalum rusbyi''
(Greene) Rose – San Francisco River leatherpetal
* ''
Graptopetalum saxifragoides''
Kimnach
**''Graptopetalum saxifragoides'' var. ''fariniferum''
Kimnach
* ''
Graptopetalum superbum''
(Kimnach) Acev.-Rosas
References
External links
Succulent plants
Crassulaceae genera
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