Identification: Aeonium and something else

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  1. benci

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    Hi!

    I've had this Aeonium plant for a year now but I just got so excited about the exact species that I have to study a lot for an exam tomorrow... The rosette's diameter is about 20 cm.

    And the other little cutting has leaves of 5 cm and is from Morocco (and maybe is a shrub or little tree but not sure).

    Thank you (and sorry if it's something really evident but I couldn't browse the internet for a long time now)
     

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    The first looks like Aeonium arboreum to me & the second a type of Carpobrotus. You would need flowers for each to help get a better ID.
     
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    Thank you for the reply.

    The second plant looks exactly like a Carpobrotus but the person I got it from told me that its habit is more Jade-like with woody stems, growing vertically too, like a little tree. Maybe I can get a photo of the original plant.
    Do you think that a Carpobrotus can grow that way as well?

    And in the meanwhile I found out that my Aeonium might be A. arboreum var. rubrolineatum because it gets dark red lines on its leaves when it's exposed to sun.
     
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    Your 2nd plant looks to me like one side is flat. It's growth habit makes me think Carpobrotus, but if you were told (or know) that it can grow a trunk, then perhaps it is something else, like a Tylecodon, but the leaves don't match to any Tylecodon I know. Carpobrotus are more of a trailing plant, lying on the ground...but the old ones can look woody. I wouldn't call it a "trunk" though. To me, your plant (2nd one) looks very much like it belongs in the Mesembryanthemaceae family.
     
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