Monanthes

x isabellae nothossp. gomerensis   (Bañares) Bañares, 1996

Synonyms :

Monanthes x gomerensis Bañares (1990)

Monanthes x elizabethae nothossp. gomerensis (Bañares) Heath (1994) (nom. illeg.)

Parentage : Monanthes laxiflora (DC) Bolle ex Bornmüller x M. polyphylla ssp. amydros Nyffeler [or Monanthes amydros Svent. x M. laxiflora (DC) Bolle ex Bornmüller]

Distribution : E Gomera, 300 m. 

Description by Á. Bañares, Vieraea 18: 70. 1990 :

 

Note :

Monanthes laxiflora and M. polyphylla ssp. amydros are growing together at several localities on La Gomera, and often M. pallens is also found there.

M. x isabellae nothossp. gomerensis, Parque Natural de Majona, La Gerode :

The hybrid between its parents : above M. laxiflora, below M. polyphylla ssp. amydros :

M. polyphylla ssp. amydros :

M. laxiflora with Aeonium lindleyi var. viscatum :

Photos Marco Cristini

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