Hylotelephium

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Saxifragales

Familia: Crassulaceae
Subfamilia: Sempervivoideae
Tribus: Umbiliceae
Genus: Hylotelephium
Sectiones: H. sect. Anacampseros – H. sect. Hylotelephium – H. sect. Populisedum – H. sect. Sieboldiana

Species: H. anacampseros – H. angustum – H. bonnafousi – H. callichromum – H. caucasicum – H. cauticola – H. cyaneum – H. erythrostictum – H. ewersii – H. furusei – H. maximum – H. mingjinianum – H. pallescens – H. parvistamineum – H. pluricaule – H. populifolium – H. sanguineum – H. sieboldii – H. sordidum – H. specksii – H. spectabile – H. subcapitatum – H. tatarinowii – H. telephioides – H. telephium – H. tianschanicum – H. uralense – H. ussuriense – H. verticillatum – H. viride – H. viviparum
Name

Hylotelephium H.Ohba, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 90(1017): 46. (1977)

Type species: Hylotelephium telephium (L.) H.Ohba, 1977 (Basionym: Sedum telephium L., 1753)

Synonyms

Homotypic
Telephium Hill, Brit. Herb. 36. 1756, opus utiq. oppr., nom. illeg. non Telephium L. (1753)
Sedum sect. Telephium Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 539. 1890.
Sedum subg. Telephium (Gray) R.T.Clausen, Sedum N. Amer. 70. 1975.
Heterotypic
Sedum sect. Populisedum Berger in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 2 Aufl. 18a: 446. 1930.

References
Primary references

Ohba, H. 1977. The taxonomic status of Sedum telephium and its allied species (Crassulaceae). Botanical Magazine. (Shokubutsu-gaku zasshi) 90(1017): 41–56. DOI: 10.1007/BF02489468 Reference page.

Additional references

Nikulin, V.Y., Gontcharova, S.B., Stephenson, R. & Gontcharov, A.A. 2016. Phylogenetic relationships between Sedum L. and related genera (Crassulaceae) based on ITS rDNA sequence comparisons. Flora 224: 218–229. DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2016.08.003 PDF Reference page.
Nikulin, V.Yu. & Goncharov, A.A. 2017. Molecular and phylogenetic characteristics of Sedum (Crassulaceae) and related genera based on a comparison of the nucleotide sequences of the matK gene of chloroplast DNA and the ITS of the ribosomal DNA region. Botanical Journal 102 (3): 309-328. PDF from ResearchGate In Russian, abstract in English. Reference page.
Praeger, R.L. 1921. An account of the genus Sedum as found in cultivation. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 46: 1–314. BHL Reference page.
Thiede, J. & Eggli, U. 2007. Crassulaceae in Kubitzki, K., Bayer, C. & Stevens, P.F. (eds.) Flowering plants : Eudicots ; Berberidopsidales, Buxales, Crossosomatales, Fabales p.p., Geraniales, Gunnerales, Myrtales p.p., Proteales, Saxifragales, Vitales, Zygophyllales, Clusiaceae Alliance, Passifloraceae Alliance, Dilleniaceae, Huaceae, Picramniaceae, Sabiaceae. pp. 83–119 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-32219-1_12 ISBN 3540322140 ResearchGate Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Hylotelephium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Hylotelephium. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 21 2019. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Hylotelephium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 21. Reference page.

Vernacular names
dansk: Stenurt
Deutsch: Waldfetthenne
English: Upright Stonecrops
suomi: Isomaksaruohot
Nordfriisk: Stianpöber
日本語: ムラサキベンケイソウ属
한국어: 꿩의비름속
lietuvių: Vilkpupė
русский: Очитник
svenska: Kärleksörtssläktet
中文: 八宝属

Hylotelephium is a genus of flowering plants in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae. It includes about 33 species distributed in Asia, Europe, and North America.

Species in the genus, formerly included in Sedum, are popular garden plants, known as sedum, stonecrop, live-for-ever, or orpine. Horticulturalists have hybridised many of the species to create new cultivars. Many of the newer ones are patented, so may not be propagated without a license.
Taxonomy

Hylotelephium telephium and related species have been considered in a number of different ways since first being described by Linnaeus in 1753, including as a section of Sedum by Gray in 1821,[1] or a subgenus. But these taxa are quite distinct from Sedum morphologically.[2]

Hylotelephium is one of a group of genera that form a separate lineage from Sedum, and is closely related to Orostachys, Meterostachys, and Sinocrassula.[3][4]

The separation and recognition of Hypotelephium as a genus separate from Sedum has varied over time. As of March 2025, Plants of the World Online (POWO) and World Flora Online both recognise the genus Hylotelephium, with both documenting 28 accepted species.[5][6] In horticulture, plants may often still be referred to as Sedum, with which they remain closely related.
Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Hylotelephium:[7]
Image Scientific name Distribution
Hylotelephium anacampseros Southwestern Europe
Hylotelephium angustum
Hylotelephium × bergeri
Hylotelephium bonnafousii
Hylotelephium callichromum
Hylotelephium cauticola Hokkaido, Japan
Hylotelephium cyaneum
Hylotelephium erythrostictum Japan, Korea, Russia and China.
Hylotelephium ewersii
Hylotelephium maximum
Hylotelephium mingjinianum
Hylotelephium pallescens China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia
Hylotelephium pluricaule
Hylotelephium populifolium
Hylotelephium sieboldii Japan
Hylotelephium sordidum
Hylotelephium spectabile China and Korea.
Hylotelephium sukaczevii
Hylotelephium tatarinowii
Hylotelephium telephioides USA extends from Georgia to Illinois and New York, and it has introduced populations in Ontario.
Hylotelephium telephium Eurasia.
Hylotelephium tianschanicum
Hylotelephium uralense
Hylotelephium ussuriense
Hylotelephium verticillatum China, Japan, Korea, Russia
Hylotelephium viride
Hylotelephium viviparum
Hybrids

Hylotelephium hybrids

Etymology

Hylotelephium means 'woodland distant lover'. 'Hylo' is derived from Greek, meaning 'forest' or 'woodland'. 'Telephium', also derived from Greek, means 'distant-lover'; the plant was thought to be able to indicate when one's affections were returned.[8]
References

Gray 1821.
Ohba 1977.
Mayuzumi & Ohba 2004.
Fu et al 2004.
"Hylotelephium H.Ohba | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
"WFO Plant List | World Flora Online". wfoplantlist.org. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
"Hylotelephium H.Ohba | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Archived from the original on 2022-05-28. Retrieved 2022-07-19.

Gledhill 2006.

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Thiede, J; Eggli, U (2007). "Crassulaceae". In Kubitzki, Klaus (ed.). Berberidopsidales, Buxales, Crossosomatales, Fabales p.p., Geraniales, Gunnerales, Myrtales p.p., Proteales, Saxifragales, Vitales, Zygophyllales, Clusiaceae Alliance, Passifloraceae Alliance, Dilleniaceae, Huaceae, Picramniaceae, Sabiaceae. Springer. pp. 83–119. ISBN 978-3540322146. Archived from the original on 2023-02-08. Retrieved 2023-02-08. (full text at Archived 2020-10-19 at the Wayback Machine ResearchGate)
Mayuzumi, Shinzo; Ohba, Hideaki (2004). "The Phylogenetic Position of Eastern Asian Sedoideae (Crassulaceae) Inferred from Chloroplast and Nuclear DNA Sequences". Systematic Botany. 29 (3): 587–598. doi:10.1600/0363644041744329. ISSN 0363-6445. JSTOR 25063994. S2CID 84319808.
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