Crassula arborescens

Crassula arborescens, Montagu, Western Cape, South Africa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Saxifragales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Saxifragales

Familia: Crassulaceae
Subfamilia: Crassuloideae
Genus: Crassula
Subgenus: C. subg. Disporocarpa
Sectio: C. sect. Anacampseroideae
Subsectio: C. subsect. Latifoliae
Species: Crassula arborescens
Subspecies: C. a. subsp. arborescens – C. a. subsp. undulatifolia

Name

Crassula arborescens (Mill.) Willd., Sp. Pl. 1: 1554 1798.

Synonyms

• Cotyledon arborescens Mill.
• Cotyledon punctata Lam.
• Crassula arborea Medik.
• Crassula cotyledon Jacq.
• Crassula cotyledonifolia Salisb.
• Sedum arborescens (Mill.) Kuntze
• Toelkenia arborescens (Mill.) P.V.Heath

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces Introduced into: Juan Fernández Is., Spain References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Willdenow, C.L. 1798. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta. Tomus 1, pars 2. pp. [499]–1568. Berolini: G.C. Nauk. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 1554.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Crassula arborescens. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 21. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Crassula arborescens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Crassula arborescens. Published online. Accessed: November 21 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Crassula arborescens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 November 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Crassula arborescens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Beestebal
English: Tree Crassula
suomi: Jättipaunikko
SiSwati: umChobozovithi

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