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San Cristóbal de La Laguna | Aeonium urbicum

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The succulent species of the genus Aeonium are common on the Canary Islands. They represent a textbook example for adaptive radiation, because numerous species have evolved in response to genetic isolation under specific ecological conditions, and even grow on some roofs, such as here in the Calle Viana.