Genus of plants
Crassula is a genus of succulent plants containing about 200 accepted species ,[ 1] including the popular jade plant (Crassula ovata ). They are members of the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae) and are native to many parts of the globe, but cultivated varieties originate almost exclusively from species from the Eastern Cape of South Africa.[ 2] [ 3]
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.
Taxonomy
Crassula was first formally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 with 10 species.
Etymology
The name crassula comes from the Latin adjective crassus , meaning thick, referring to the thickening of the succulent leaves.
Selected species
Crassula alata
Crassula alba
Crassula alpestris (Sand-Coated Crassula)[ 5]
Crassula alstonii
Crassula aquatica (common pigmyweed, water pygmyweed)
Crassula arborescens (silver dollar plant, beestebul )
Crassula atropurpurea
Crassula ausensis
Crassula ausensis ssp. titanopsis
Crassula barbata Crassula barbata
Crassula barklyi (rattlesnake tail, wurmplakkie )
Crassula biplanata
Crassula brevifolia
Crassula capitella Crassula capitella 'Campfire'
Crassula capitella ssp. thyrsiflora (aanteel-poprosie ) 'Red Pagoda' Crassula capitella ssp. thyrsiflora 'Red Pagoda'
Crassula clavata
Crassula closiana
Crassula colligata
Crassula colorata (dense stonecrop)
Crassula columella (silinderplakkie )
Crassula columnaris (koesnaatjie )
Crassula connata (sand pygmyweed)
Crassula corallina Crassula lactea
Crassula cotyledonis
Crassula cultrata (plakkiebos )
Crassula deceptor
Crassula decumbens (scilly pigmyweed)
Crassula dejecta
Crassula deltoidea (silver beads, gruisplakkie )
Crassula elegans (elegant crassula)
Crassula exserta
Crassula glomerata
Crassula helmsii (swamp stonecrop)
Crassula lactea (tailor's patch, Knysna crassula)
Crassula marnieriana
Crassula moschata (musky stonecrop, shore stonecrop)
Crassula multicava (fairy crassula)
Crassula muscosa (rattail crassula, watch chain, lizard's tail, zipper plant; syn. C. lycopodioides )
Crassula namaquensis
C. namaquensis ssp. comptonii
Crassula natans
Crassula nudicaulis Crassula nudicaulis var. herrei
C. nudicaulis var. herrei
C. nudicaulis var. platyphylla
Crassula ovata ('jade' plant, 'money plant); syn. C. argentea , C. portulacea
C. ovata var. cristata
C. ovata var. monstruosa
C. ovata undulata ('ripple jade', 'wavy jade')
Crassula peduncularis (purple stonecrop)
Crassula pellucida
C. pellucida var. marginalis
Crassula perfoliata
Crassula perforata (string of buttons, sosatieplakkie )
Crassula picturata
Crassula pubescens (Jersey pigmyweed)
Crassula pubescens ssp. radicans
Crassula pubescens ssp. rattrayi
Crassula rubricaulis
Crassula rupestris (rosary plant, kebab bush, concertina plant, sosatiebos , inrygertjie )
C. rupestris ssp. marnierana
Crassula sarcocaulis (bonsai crassula)
Crassula sarmentosa
Crassula setulosa (South African pygmyweed)
Crassula sieberiana (Austral stonecrop)
Crassula subaphylla
Crassula tecta
Crassula tetragona
Crassula tetramera
Crassula thunbergiana
Crassula tillaea (moss pygmyweed)
Crassula umbella
List of selected cultivars
Crassula 'Buddha's Temple'
Crassula 'Coralita'
Crassula 'Dorothy'
Crassula 'Emerald'
Crassula 'Fallwood'
Crassula 'Hummel's Sunset'
Crassula 'Ivory Pagoda'
Crassula 'Justus Corderoy'
Crassula 'Morgan's Beauty'
Crassula 'Moonglow'
Crassula 'Petite Bicolor,' sometimes sold as Sedum 'Little Missy' or 'Mini Kitty', a cultivar of Crassula pellucida var. marginalis [ 6] 'Calico Kitten'
Crassula 'Springtime'
Crassula 'Tom Thumb'
Gallery
References
Bibliography
External links
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