Crassula L.

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Crassula:

Crassula is a large genus of succulent plants containing many species, including the popular jade plant, Crassula ovata. They are native to many parts of the globe, but cultivated varieties originate almost exclusively from species from the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

Crassulas are usually propagated by stem or leaf cuttings. Most cultivated forms will tolerate some small degree of frost, but extremes of cold or heat will cause them to lose foliage and die.



Selected species[edit]


jade plant (Crassula ovata)

Notable cultivars[edit]

  • Crassula 'Buddha's Temple'
  • Crassula 'Coralita'

    Crassula perforata

  • Crassula 'Dorothy'
  • Crassula 'Fallwood'
  • Crassula 'Ivory Pagoda'
  • Crassula 'Justus Corderoy'
  • Crassula 'Morgan's Beauty'
  • Crassula 'Tom Thumb'

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bussmann, R. W., et al. (2006). Plant use of the Maasai of Sekenani Valley, Maasai Mara, Kenya. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2 22.
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Description:

Annual or perennial succulent herbs, subshrubs or shrubs with succulent leaves. Leaves opposite, usually decussate, the lowest usually rosulate, free or ± connate in a sheath, usually simple, undivided and entire. Flowers usually 5-merous, usually small, not showy, in cymes which are arranged in axillary clusters, thyrses, corymb-like inflorescences or with 1(-2) flowers in the leaf axils. Sepals free or connate at base. Corolla usually white, sometimes turning brown when dry; petals connate at base into a tube. Stamens as many as petals. Carpels free or connate at base.

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Associations:

Foodplant / open feeder
subterranean larva of Otiorhynchus sulcatus grazes on root of Crassula

Foodplant / feeds on
Phytonemus pallidus feeds on live Crassula

Foodplant / sap sucker
Pseudococcus sucks sap of live green part of Crassula

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Statistics of barcoding coverage:

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:97
Specimens with Sequences:98
Specimens with Barcodes:79
Species:52
Species With Barcodes:40
Public Records:35
Public Species:27
Public BINs:0

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Barcode data:

Access Published & Released Data: Download FASTA File

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