Living rock
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Living rock can refer to dwarf succulent plants resembling stones, especially of the genera
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In phrases such as "hewn from the living rock", it refers to rock-cut architecture.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
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- AriocarpusAriocarpusAriocarpus is a genus of 8 species of succulent, subtropical plants of the Cactaceae family.The name comes from the ancient Greek "aria" and "carpos" because of the resemblance of the fruit of the two genus in acorn form...
- AstrophytumAstrophytumAstrophytum is a genus of six species of cacti. These species are sometimes referred to as living rocks, though the term is also used for other genera, particularly Lithops . The generic name is derived from the Greek words άστρον , meaning "star," and φυτόν , meaning "plant."-Species:* Astrophytum...
- AztekiumAztekiumThe genus Aztekium contains only two species of small globular cactus. Discovered in 1929 by F. Ritter, in Rayones, Nuevo León, Mexico, this genus was thought to be monotypic until a second species was discovered by George S...
- Epithelantha
- GeohintoniaGeohintoniaGeohintonia mexicana is a species of cacti, of the genus Geohintonia. This genus is named after its discoverer George S. Hinton....
- LithopsLithopsLithops is a genus of succulent plants in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. Members of the genus are native to southern Africa. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words λίθος , meaning "stone," and ὄψ , meaning "face," referring to the stone-like appearance of the plants...
- LophophoraLophophoraLophophora is a genus of spineless, button-like cacti native to the southwestern United States through Northeast Mexico and South to Querétaro in central Mexico....
- Obregonia
- TurbinicarpusTurbinicarpusTurbinicarpus is a genus of very small to medium-sized cacti, which inhabit the north-eastern regions of Mexico, in particular the states of San Luis Potosí, Guanajuato, Nuevo León, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Coahuila, Tamaulipas and Zacatecas.-Ecology:...
- Strombocactus
In phrases such as "hewn from the living rock", it refers to rock-cut architecture.