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Information on the genus : Crassula |
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Status
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Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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Synonym(s) Homotypic |
Crassula alba Forssk. var. alba |
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Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
=Crassula recurva N.E. Br. (1890) |
=Crassula rubicunda Drège ex Harv. var. rubicunda |
=Crassula rubicunda Drège ex Harv. |
=*Crassula squamulosa auct. sensu Keissl., non Schltdl. |
=Crassula stewartiae Burtt Davy (1926) |
=Crassula ellenbeckiana Schönland |
=Crassula rubicunda var. milleriana (Burtt Davy) Schönland |
=Crassula milleriana Burtt Davy (1926) |
=Crassula rubicunda var. flexuosa Schönland |
=Crassula rubicunda var. hispida Schönland |
=Crassula rubicunda var. subglabra Schönland |
=Crassula rubicunda var. typica Schönland |
=Crassula abyssinica A. Rich. (1848) non Bulliardia abyssinica A.Rich. 1848 |
=*Globulea stricta Drège |
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Taxon infra-specific |
Crassula alba Forssk. var. alba |
Crassula alba var. pallida Toelken |
Crassula alba var. parvisepala (Schönland) Toelken |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Perennial or biennial succulent herb, to 90 cm high; tuberous root producing one to many stems, surrounded at base by a rosette of dense fleshy leaves usually disappearing at anthesis; stem ± stout, erect, simple, fleshy. |
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Ecology : |
Woodland, savanna; rock crevices and rocky outcrops; Zairean hyperaccumulator of cobalt: 1712 µg/g dry weight; (450-) 1500-4100m alt. S. Africa (Transvaal, Natal, Orange Free State, Cape Prov.), Swaziland, Lesotho; Arabia. |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- MARLOTH, HERMANN WILHELM RUDOLF (1985). Flora of Southern Africa with Synoptical Tables of the Genera of Higher Plants. Capetown 14: 75-229
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More info on : |
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
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Record n°56093 |
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