Portulacaria afra

Taxonavigation

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

Portulacaria afra (L.) Jacq., Collectanea 1: 160 (1787).

Heterotypic
- Haenkea crassifolia Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 174 (1796), nom. superfl.
- Portulacaria portulacaria (L.) Graebn. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5: 436 (1915), not validly publ.
- Portulacaria afra f. macrophylla H.Jacobsen, Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 10: 81 (1955).
- Portulacaria afra f. microphylla H.Jacobsen, Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 10: 81 (1955).
- Portulacaria afra f. variegata H.Jacobsen, Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 10: 81 (1955).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional:Northern South Africa South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.), Swaziland, S-Mozambique References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Jacquin, N. v. 1786 [publ. 1787]. Collectanea ad botanicam, chemiam, et historiam naturalem spectantia, cum figuris. Vol. 1. Ex Officina Wappleriana, Vindobonae [Vienna]. 386 pp., 22 pl. Biblioteca Digital. Reference page. : 1:160, t. 22.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Portulacaria afra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 07. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2020. Portulacaria afra. 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 07. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Portulacaria afra. Published online. Accessed: Mar 07 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Portulacaria afra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 07. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Portulacaria afra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Mar 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Portulacaria afra in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

English: dwarf jade plant, porkbush
suomi: Pensasportulakka
Nederlands: spekboom

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