''Monanthes muralis'' is a

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in the

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Monanthes ''Monanthes'' is a genus of small, succulent, subtropical plants of the family Crassulaceae. The about ten species are mostly endemic to the Canary Islands and Savage Islands, with some found on Madeira. Its center of diversity is Tenerife, with ...

'', forming small,

succulent 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 ...

bushes A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...

with green flowers. The Latin

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''muralis'' is derived from the Latin word meaning 'growing on the wall'Archibald William Smith

References

* T. H. M. Mes, G.-J. Wijer, and H. ‘t Hart, "Phylogenetic relationships in Monanthes (Crassulaceae) based on morphological, chloroplast and nuclear DNA variation", J. evol. biol. IO (1997) 193-216.

External links

Flora de Canarias entry

JSTOR entry

Freiburger Kakteenfreunde entry
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1944019 muralis Flora of the Canary Islands