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In the Macaronesian archipelagoes speciation in the course of an adaptive radiation has occurred since Tertiary times within the genus Sempervivum s. l. (Lems, i960). As a result, nowadays about 70 endemic species can be found in the Canary Islands, Madeira, and the Cape Verde Islands, classified into the genera Aeonium, Aichryson, Greenovia, Monanthes (Praeger, 1932/67). These can be found in various habitats ranging from Mediterranean-type environments of the lowland zones through crevices of rocks within laurel forests up to rocky places of the subalpine Pinus canariensis forests and reaching an altitudinal distribution border at about 2400 m. Many species are restricted to only one island.
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Lösch, R. (1984). Species-Specific Responses to Temperature in Acid Metabolism and Gas Exchange Performance of Macaronesian Sempervivoideae. In: Margaris, N.S., Arianoustou-Faraggitaki, M., Oechel, W.C. (eds) Being alive on land. Tasks for vegetation science, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6578-2_14
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