Jovibarba

Jovibarba ("beard of Jove") is a small genus of three species of succulents in the family Crassulaceae, endemic to Europe.

The genus is closely related to Sempervivum, and was formerly considered a subgenus of it. Jovibarba have pale-greenish-yellow or yellow bell-shaped flowers with six petals, while Sempervivum has actinomorphic flowers with more than six petals. The common name Hen and chicks is applied to some Jovibarba species (and also species in several other related genera).


Species
Jovibarba hirta

Jovibarba globifera

Jovibarba heuffelii

Malpighia

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Odontonema

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Species
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Hardenbergia

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Species
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Freesia

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Delosperma

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Some species
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