''Crassula'' is a
genus
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of
succulent
In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. The word ''succulent'' comes from the Latin word ''sucus'', meani ...
plants containing about 200 accepted
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
, including the popular jade plant (''
Crassula ovata
''Crassula ovata'', commonly known as jade plant, lucky plant, money plant or money tree, is a succulent plant with small pink or white flowers that is native to the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa, and Mozambique; it is ...
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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.
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
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
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.
List of selected species
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Crassula alata
''Crassula alata'' is a herb in the family Crassulaceae. It is native to the Mediterranean basin and is now also found in southern Australia and New Zealand. The succulent annual herb typically grows to a height of . It produces white flowers in ...
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Crassula alba''
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Crassula alpestris
''Crassula alpestris'', also known as the sand-coated crassula, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Crassula'' found in South Africa. Crassula alpestris subsp. massonii is a variety of the species, also found in South Africa.
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Crassula alstonii''
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Crassula aquatica
''Crassula aquatica'' is a succulent plant known by the common names water pygmyweed, common pygmyweed and just pigmyweed. It is an annual plant of salt marshes, vernal pools, wetlands, and other fresh to brackish water bodies. It is at least par ...
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Crassula arborescens
''Crassula arborescens'', the silver jade plant, silver dollar plant, beestebul, Chinese jade, money plant, or money tree, is a species of succulent plant in the family Crassulaceae. It is an endemic plant of the Western Cape, South Africa. It i ...
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Crassula atropurpurea
''Crassula atropurpurea'' (Purple Crassula) is a succulent plant, very common and widespread in the southern Karoo regions of South Africa and Namibia.
Description
This species is extremely variable. It is typically a small (up to 60 cm), shru ...
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Crassula ausensis
''Crassula ausensis'' is a species of succulent in the genus ''Crassula'' found in Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders ...
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**''Crassula ausensis'' ssp. ''titanopsis''
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Crassula barbata
''Crassula barbata'', also known as the bearded-leaved crassula, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Crassula'' found in South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southern ...
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Crassula barbata
''Crassula barbata'', also known as the bearded-leaved crassula, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Crassula'' found in South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southern ...
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*''Crassula barklyi'' (rattlesnake tail, ''wurmplakkie'')
*''Crassula biplanata''
*''Crassula brevifolia''
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rassula capitella''
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**''Crassula capitella'' ssp. ''thyrsiflora'' (''aanteel-poprosie'')
''[ rassula capitella'' ssp. ''thyrsiflora''
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Crassula clavata
''Crassula clavata'', is a species of succulent plant in the genus ''Crassula'' found in Cape Province, South Africa.
Description
''Crassula clavata'' grows up to 10 inches tall. It has tightly packed oblanceolate
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Crassula closiana
''Crassula closiana'' is a herb in the family Crassulaceae that is native to Western Australia.
The succulent annual herb has an erect habit and typically grows to a height of . It produces white-cream flowers in the spring time between Septembe ...
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Crassula coccinea
''Crassula'' is a genus of succulent plants containing about 200 accepted species, 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 culti ...
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*''Crassula colligata''
*''Crassula colorata'' (dense stonecrop)
*''Crassula columella'' (''silinderplakkie'')
*''Crassula columnaris'' (''koesnaatjie'')
*''Crassula connata'' (sand pygmyweed)
*''Crassula corallina'' image:Crassula lactea BotGardBln271207B.jpg, ''Crassula lactea''
*''Crassula cornuta''
*''Crassula cotyledonis''
*''Crassula cultrata'' (''plakkiebos'')
*''Crassula deceptor''
*''Crassula decidua'' (''norsveld plakkie'')
*''Crassula decumbens'' (scilly pigmyweed)
*''Crassula dejecta''
*''Crassula deltoidea'' (silver beads, ''gruisplakkie'')
*''Crassula drummondii'' (small-leaf pygmyweed)
*''Crassula dubia''
*''Crassula elegans'' (elegant crassula)
*''Crassula erosula''
*''Crassula exilis''
**''Crassula exilis'' ssp. ''sedifolia''
*''Crassula expansa''
*''Crassula exserta''
*''Crassula extrorsa''
*''Crassula falcata''
*''Crassula garibina''
*''Crassula gillii'' image:Crassula nealeana.jpg, ''Crassula nealeana''
*''Crassula globularioides''
*''Crassula glomerata''
*''Crassula grisea''
*''Crassula helmsii'' (swamp stonecrop)
*''Crassula herrei''
*''Crassula hirtipes''
*''Crassula humbertii''
*''Crassula hystrix''
*''Crassula lactea'' (tailor's patch, Knysna crassula)
*''Crassula lanceolata''
*''Crassula longipes'' (smallseed pygmyweed)
*''Crassula marchandii''
*''Crassula marnieriana''
*''Crassula mesembryanthemoides''
*''Crassula mesembryanthemopsis''
*''Crassula milfordiae''
*''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''
**''Crassula namaquensis'' ssp. ''comptonii''
*''Crassula natans''
*''Crassula nealeana''
*''Crassula nudicaulis'' image:Crassula nudicaulis var herrei.jpg, ''Crassula nudicaulis'' var. ''herrei''
**''Crassula nudicaulis'' var. ''herrei''
**''Crassula nudicaulis'' var. ''platyphylla''
*''Crassula obovata''
**''Crassula obovata'' var. ''dregeana''
*''Crassula orbicularis''
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Crassula ovata
''Crassula ovata'', commonly known as jade plant, lucky plant, money plant or money tree, is a succulent plant with small pink or white flowers that is native to the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa, and Mozambique; it is ...
'' (jade plant; syn. ''C. argentea'', ''C. portulacea'')
**''Crassula ovata'' var. ''cristata''
**''Crassula ovata'' var. ''monstruosa''
*''Crassula parvisepala''
*''Crassula pedicellosa''
*''Crassula peduncularis'' (purple stonecrop)
*''Crassula pellucida''
**''Crassula pellucida'' var. ''marginalis''
*''Crassula pentandra''
*''Crassula perfoliata''
*''Crassula perforata'' (string of buttons, ''sosatieplakkie'')
*''Crassula picturata''
*''Crassula plegmatoides''
*''Crassula pruinosa'' (''skurwemannetjie'')
*''Crassula pubescens'' (Jersey pigmyweed)
**''Crassula pubescens'' ssp. ''radicans''
**''Crassula pubescens'' ssp. ''rattrayi''
*''Crassula pyramidalis''
*''Crassula radicans'' (red carpet)
*''Crassula rogersii''
*''Crassula rubricaulis''
*''Crassula rupestris'' (rosary plant, kebab bush, concertina plant, ''sosatiebos'', ''inrygertjie'')
**''Crassula rupestris'' ssp. ''marnierana''
*''Crassula saginoides'' (wrinkle-seed pygmyweed)
*''Crassula sarcocaulis'' (bonsai crassula)
*''Crassula sarmentosa''
*''Crassula schmidtii''
*''Crassula sericea''
**''Crassula sericea'' var. ''hottentotta''
*''Crassula sieberiana'' (Austral stonecrop)
*''Crassula socialis''
*''Crassula solierii'' (smoothseed pygmyweed)
*''Crassula streyi''
*''Crassula subaphylla''
*''Crassula susannae''
*''Crassula swaziensis''
*''Crassula tecta''
*''Crassula tetragona''
*''Crassula tetramera''
*''Crassula thunbergiana''
*''Crassula tillaea'' (moss pygmyweed)
*''Crassula umbella''
*''Crassula viridis'' (pricklyseed pygmyweed)
*''Crassula volkensii''
List of selected cultivars
*''Crassula'' 'Buddha's Temple'
*''Crassula'' 'Coralita'
*''Crassula'' 'Dorothy'
*''Crassula'' 'Emerald'
*''Crassula'' 'Fallwood'
*''Crassula'' 'Ivory Pagoda'
*''Crassula'' 'Justus Corderoy'
*''Crassula'' 'Morgan's Beauty'
*''Crassula'' 'Moonglow'
*''Crassula'' 'Petite Bicolor,' sometimes sold as ''Sedum'' 'Little Missy,' a cultivar of ''Crassula pellucida'' var. ''marginalis''
["World of Succulents","Succulentopedia", Crassula 'Petite Bicolor', 2017. Online at https://worldofsucculents.com/crassula-petite-bicolor/]
*''Crassula'' 'Tom Thumb'
Gallery
File:Gardenology.org-IMG 0509 hunt07mar.jpg, ''Crassula arborescens
''Crassula arborescens'', the silver jade plant, silver dollar plant, beestebul, Chinese jade, money plant, or money tree, is a species of succulent plant in the family Crassulaceae. It is an endemic plant of the Western Cape, South Africa. It i ...
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File:Crassula capensis var. promontorii (Crassulaceae) (37441743980).jpg, ''Crassula capensis''
File:Crassula ciliata - CT 9.jpg, ''Crassula ciliata''
File:Crassula columnaris P1020356.JPG, ''Crassula columnaris''
File:Crassula cotyledonis (Crassula dubia) - San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden - DSC05962.JPG, ''Crassula cotyledonis''
File:Crassula cultrata kz1.JPG, ''Crassula cultrata''
File:Crassula tecta.jpg, ''Crassula deceptor''
File:Gardenology.org-IMG 0312 hunt07mar.jpg, ''Crassula deltoidea''
File:Crassula expansa (Crassulaceae) (36725108274).jpg, ''Crassula expansa''
File:Crassula fascicularis.JPG, ''Crassula fascicularis''
File:Crassula lanceolata subsp lanceolata - Cape Peninsula - 2.jpg, ''Crassula lanceolata''
File:Crassula multicava subsp. multicava 2017-05-31 2146 05.jpg, ''Crassula multicava''
File:Crassula hirta.jpg, ''Crassula nudicaulis''
File:Crassula orbicularis kz02.jpg, ''Crassula orbicularis''
File:A 40 year old jade plant (Crassula ovata).jpg, ''Crassula ovata
''Crassula ovata'', commonly known as jade plant, lucky plant, money plant or money tree, is a succulent plant with small pink or white flowers that is native to the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa, and Mozambique; it is ...
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File:Crassula pellucida forms - CT 6.jpg, ''Crassula pellucida''
File:Crassula perfoliata, Allan Gardens.jpg, ''Crassula perfoliata''
File:Starr-110218-1569-Crassula perforata-flowering habit-Ulana St Makawao-Maui (24449889633).jpg, ''Crassula perforata''
File:Crassula rubricaulis - South Africa.jpg, ''Crassula rubricaulis''
File:Crassula.rupestris.7076.jpg, ''Crassula rupestris''
File:Crassula spathulata - Flickr - Juan Ignacio 1976.jpg, ''Crassula spathulata''
File:Crassula streyi (17351859205).jpg, ''Crassula streyi''
File:Crassula tecta 04.jpg, ''Crassula tecta''
File:Crassula tetragona kz1.JPG, ''Crassula tetragona''
File:Crassula dichotoma (4).JPG, Crassula dichotoma
References
Bibliography
* , ''see also'' Species Plantarum
External links
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