Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
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3168.000 Crassula
Description of the genus
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. Worldwide: 200 species, almost cosmopolitan. Zimbabwe: 5 cultivated taxa. |
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| arborescens (Mill.) Willd. | |
| expansa Dryand. subsp. expansa | Description, Image |
| multicava Lem. | |
| muscosa L. var. muscosa | |
| ovata (Mill.) Druce | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Crassula:
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Flora of Botswana: CrassulaFlora of Caprivi: cultivated Crassula
Flora of Malawi: Crassula
Flora of Mozambique: Crassula
Flora of Zambia: Crassula
Flora of Zimbabwe: Crassula
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CrassulaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Crassula
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Crassula
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Crassula
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Crassula
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Crassula
JSTOR Plant Science: Crassula
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Crassula
Plants of the World Online: Crassula
Tropicos: Crassula
Wikipedia: Crassula
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