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June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Sempervivum L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 464 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000035046.

Literature

Sp. Pl. 1: 464. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Synonyms of Sempervivum

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Jovibarba	Opiz.	Seznam : 54 (1852)		wfo-4000019627
Jovivum	G.D.Rowley	Name that Succulent : 154 (1980)		wfo-4000046483

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Sempervivum:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Sempervivum admontense	Graessner	Hauptverz. nomen.		wfo-0001351628
Sempervivum agriostaphis	Webb & Berthel.	Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries (Phytogr.). i. 216 (Index), nomen.		wfo-0000441162
Sempervivum alatum subsp. luisae	(L.Gallo) M.H.J.van der Meer	Cact. Phantast. 2022(2)-1: 2. [13 Oct 2022] [epublished]		wfo-1200027214
Sempervivum alidae	Zonn.	Brit. Cactus Succ. J. 4: 65 (1986)		wfo-0000441158
Sempervivum anomalum	hort. ex Baker	Gard. Chron. n.s., 12: 107. 1879		wfo-0000441265
Sempervivum arachnoideum subsp. arachnoideum	–	–	—	wfo-1200098293
Sempervivum armenum subsp. insigne	(Muirhead) Karaer	Bangladesh J. Bot. 39(1): 104. 2010 [Jun 2010]		wfo-0001368335
Sempervivum armenum var. armenum	–	–	—	wfo-1200098180
Sempervivum arvernense	Lecoq & Lamotte	Cat. Pl. Plateau Central : 179 (1848)		wfo-0000441302
Sempervivum aureggi	Lurani ex Correvon	Joubarbes 36 (1924), nomen subnudum.		wfo-0000441306
Sempervivum ballii	hort. ex Praeger	Sempervivum 55 (1932), in syn.		wfo-0000441309
Sempervivum barbatum	C.Sm. ex Otto	Horae Phys. Berol. [Nees] 37. 1820 ; see also, Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt., 2: 20 (1822)		wfo-0000441313
Sempervivum barbulatum subsp. etruscum	D.Donati & G.Dumont	Piante Grasse 24(4): 160 (-161, 166-167). 2004 [15 Nov 2004]		wfo-0001368228
Sempervivum barbulatum var. delasoieii	(Lehm. & Schnittsp.) Rowley	Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13(4): 76 1958	—	wfo-0001300737
Sempervivum barbulatum var. noricum	(Hayek) Rowley	Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13(4): 76 1958	—	wfo-0001300739
Sempervivum berthelotianum	(Bolle) Christ	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 9: 161 (1887)		wfo-0000441286
Sempervivum bifurcum	W.H.Baxter ex Loudon	Hort. Brit. [Loudon], ed. 3. 673, nomen. 1839 ; second additional supplement (cited in IK as 'Hort. Brit. Suppl. ii.')		wfo-0000441282
Sempervivum bracteatum	Viv. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 556, nomen. 1841		wfo-0000437070
Sempervivum caespitosum	C.Sm. ex Otto	Horae Phys. Berol. [Nees] 38. 1820 ; see also Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt., 2: 20 (1822)		wfo-0000437114
Sempervivum californicum	hort. ex Baker	Gard. Chron. n.s., 2: 103. 1874		wfo-0000437117
Sempervivum campaniforme	Schur	Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 229. 1866 [Apr-Jun 1866]		wfo-0000437099
Sempervivum canariense subsp. longithyrsum	Burchard	Beitr. Ökol. Biol. Kanarenpfl. 128.1929		wfo-1200026983
Sempervivum cantalicum	Jord. & Fourr.	Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 41 (1868)		wfo-0000437096
Sempervivum carpathicum subsp. carpathicum	–	–	—	wfo-1200098311
Sempervivum caucasicum var. gracilis	Gurgen.	Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 29: 29. 1972		wfo-0001400878
Sempervivum cebennense	Lamotte	Prodr. Fl. Plat. Centr. 1: 313 (1876)		wfo-0001219113
Sempervivum charadzeae	Gurgen.	Houslekes 15(2): 37 (1984).		wfo-0000437163
Sempervivum chassagnei	Charb.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 60(Sess. Extraord.): cc (1913 publ. 1920)		wfo-0000437151
Sempervivum ciliosum subsp. ciliosum	–	–	—	wfo-1200098322
Sempervivum ciliosum subsp. micevskii	Niederle	Skalničkářův rok 70 : 53. 2014 [1 September 2014] [epublished]		wfo-0001368102
Sempervivum ciliosum var. galicicum	A.C.Sm.	Sempervivum Soc. J. 9(3): 77. 1978		wfo-0000441285
Sempervivum cinerascens	Graessner	Hauptverz. 1937, 20, nomen.		wfo-0001351629
Sempervivum claviculatum	Sieber ex DC.	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3: 414, nomen. 1828 [mid Mar 1828]		wfo-0000441287
Sempervivum collinum	Jord. & Fourr.	Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 39 (1868)		wfo-0000441290
Sempervivum complanatum	A.DC.	Jard. FIeur. 1(Misc.): 35 (1851)		wfo-0000441294
Sempervivum constrictum	Jord. & Fourr.	Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 43 (1868)		wfo-0000441295
Sempervivum coperticum	Graessner	Hauptverz. 1937, 20, nomen.		wfo-0001351630
Sempervivum corymbosum	Jord. & Fourr.	Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 44 (1868)		wfo-0000441296
Sempervivum cruentum	Webb & Berthel.	Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries (Phytogr.). i. 186.		wfo-0000441366
Sempervivum dahuricum	hort. ex Correvon	Natl. Hort. Mag. 1930, ix. 191, 194, pro syn.		wfo-0001351631
Sempervivum davisii subsp. davisii	–	–	—	wfo-1200098250
Sempervivum dicranocladon	Jord. & Fourr.	Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 42 (1868)		wfo-0000441449
Sempervivum disciforme	DC. ex Praeger	Sempervivum 147. (1932). pro syn., in adnot.		wfo-0000441451
Sempervivum engadinense	Brügger ex Nyman	Consp. Fl. Eur. Suppl. 2(1): 129. 1889 [1-15 Dec 1889] : erroneous entry		wfo-0000441381
Sempervivum erraticum	Brügger	Consp. Fl. Eur. Suppl. 2(1): 129. 1889 [1-15 Dec 1889]		wfo-0000441359
Sempervivum erubescens	Jord. & Fourr.	Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 42 (1868)		wfo-0000441360
Sempervivum exsul	Bornm.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 2. 1913		wfo-0000441362
Sempervivum fauconnettii var. flavipilum	(Hausm.) Rowley	Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13(4): 76 1958	—	wfo-0001300741
Sempervivum fauconnettii var. rubellum	(Timb.-Lagr.) Rowley	Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13(4): 76 1958	—	wfo-0001300743
Sempervivum flagelliferum	Fisch. ex Boriss.	Fl. URSS 9: 18, in syn. 1939		wfo-0000441357
Sempervivum flavipilum	Hausm.	An Account of the Sempervivum Group 40 1932	—	wfo-0001300740
Sempervivum funkii	Le J. ex Nyman	Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 258. 1879 [Oct 1879]		wfo-0000441374
Sempervivum gillianii	Muirhead	Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 29: 26 1969	—	wfo-0001219108
Sempervivum globiferum subsp. globiferum	–	–	—	wfo-1200098233
Sempervivum goochiae	Webb & Berthel.	Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries (Phytogr.). i. 190.		wfo-0000441424
Sempervivum guillemotii	Lamotte	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 3: 457 (1856)		wfo-0000441399
Sempervivum haffalii	Schott ex Jacques	Journ. Soc. Imp. Centr. Hort. x. 116 (1864).		wfo-0000441419
Sempervivum hausmannii	Auersd. ex Nyman	Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 259. 1879 [Oct 1879]		wfo-0000441393
Sempervivum hayekii	G.D.Rowley	Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13(4): 76. 1958 [Dec 1958]		wfo-0001300744
Sempervivum heuffelii var. glabrum	Beck & Szym.	Pl. Szy. Crna Gora Alban. 85 1888	—	wfo-0001219075
Sempervivum hirtum var. hillebrandtii	(Schott) Hayek	Fl. Steiermark 1(Heft 9): 693. 1909 [16 Jun 1909]		wfo-0001398931
Sempervivum hispanicum	Pourr. ex Willk. & Lange	Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 3(1): 136. 1874 [Jun 1874]		wfo-0000441407
Sempervivum hispidulum	hort.	Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 299, in syn. 1894		wfo-0000441240
Sempervivum hookeri	hort. ex Praeger	Sempervivum 39 (1932), in syn.		wfo-0000441096
Sempervivum hybridum	Brügger	Jahresber. Naturf. Ges. Graubündens II. xxiii-xxiv. (1880) 93.		wfo-0000441099
Sempervivum ibericum	Fisch. ex Boriss.	Fl. URSS 9: 22, in syn. 1939		wfo-0000441101
Sempervivum juratum	G.Nicholson	Ill. Dict. Gard. iii. 418 (1886), nomen.		wfo-0000441145
Sempervivum latifolium	Hoffmanns.	Verz. Pfl.-Kult. Nachtr. 2: 208. 1826		wfo-0000441186
Sempervivum latiusculum	Charb.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 60(Sess. Extraord.): cc (1913 publ. 1920)		wfo-0000441187
Sempervivum legrandii	F.W.Schultz	Flora 50: 469 (1867)		wfo-0000441190
Sempervivum leptocephalum	Charb.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 60(Sess. Extraord.): cc (1913 publ. 1920)		wfo-0000441193
Sempervivum leptopetalum	Jord. & Fourr.	Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 43 (1868)		wfo-0000441183
Sempervivum lesurinum	Lamotte	Mém. Acad. Sci. Clermont-Ferrand 6: 282 (1864)		wfo-0000441195
Sempervivum leucopogon	Schnittsp. ex De la Soie	Bull. Murith. Soc. Valais. Sci. Nat. iii. 15 (1875), nomen; cf. Praeger, Sempervivum, 249(1932).		wfo-0001351632
Sempervivum lindleyi	Webb & Berthel.	Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries (Phytogr.). i. 189.		wfo-0000441199
Sempervivum lineatum	A.Berger ex Praeger	Proc. Roy. Irish Acad. xxxviii. Sect. B, 10 (1928).		wfo-0000441177
Sempervivum longifolium	Schnittsp. ex Lagger	Flora 41: 659, nomen. 1858		wfo-0000441170
Sempervivum macrolepum	Christ	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 9: 161 (1887)		wfo-0000441174
Sempervivum marmoreum f. angustissimum	(Priszter) Hadrava & Miklánek	Kaktusy (Brno) 46(2): priloha 26. 2010		wfo-0001325790
Sempervivum marmoreum f. longirameum	Priszter	Magyar Fl. Veg. 7: 42 (1985).		wfo-0001326464
Sempervivum marmoreum f. pallidiflorum	Soó	Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 18(1-2): 175, nom. nov. 1973		wfo-0001325955
Sempervivum marmoreum subsp. marmoreum	–	–	—	wfo-1200098257
Sempervivum marmoreum subsp. rubrifolium	(Schott) Bellia & de Andrade	Rea 4: 39, without basionym ref. 1971		wfo-0001368523
Sempervivum marmoreum var. erythraeum	(Velen.) Niketić	Bot. Serbica 38(2): 224. 2014		wfo-0001400490
Sempervivum micranthes	Webb ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 556 (1841)		wfo-0000441777
Sempervivum minus	Turrill	Hooker's icones plantarum; or figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks of new or rare plants (1956)	—	wfo-1000080715
Sempervivum minus var. glabrum	Wale	Bull. Alpine Gard. Soc. Gr. Brit. 10: 240. 1942		wfo-0000510327
Sempervivum monanthes var. murale	(Webb ex Bolle) Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 231 1891	—	wfo-0001300406
Sempervivum montanum f. maximum	Gamisans	Candollea 26(2): 340. 1971		wfo-0001325956
Sempervivum montanum f. neopallidum	Hadrava & Miklánek	Kaktusy (Brno) 43(Special 1): 11. 2007		wfo-0001325704
Sempervivum montanum subsp. burnatii	Wettst.	Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 4(2): 554 (1922)		wfo-1200011258
Sempervivum montanum subsp. carpaticum	Hayek	–	—	wfo-1200112133
Sempervivum montanum subsp. montanum	–	–	—	wfo-1200098297
Sempervivum montanum subsp. rex	Niederle	Skalničkářův rok 71: 25. 2015 [12 Jan 2015] [epublished]		wfo-0001368392
Sempervivum montanum var. pallidum	Wettst. ex Schinz & R.Keller	Fl. Schweiz (Schinz), ed. 2. 2: 96. 1905		wfo-0001400047
Sempervivum montanum var. rex	Niederle	Skalničkářův rok 71: 25. 2015 [12 Jan 2015] [epublished]		wfo-0001400435
Sempervivum montanum var. stiriacum	(Wettst.) Praeger	Account Sempervivum Group 45. 1932		wfo-0001398929
Sempervivum moretti	Venzo ex Pamp.	Atti Ist. Veneto, Sc. Mat. & Nat. xcvii. 796 (1939), nomen.		wfo-0000499030
Sempervivum murithii	Lagger	Bull. Murith. Soc. Valais. Sci. Nat. ii. (1873) 49.		wfo-0000441755
Sempervivum obtusatum	hort. ex Carrevon	Natl. Hort. Mag. 1930, ix. 196.		wfo-0000441762