Crassula alba

Crassula alba

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. Crassula
Sectio: C. sect. Rosulares

Species: Crassula alba
Varietates: C. a. var. alba – C. a. var. pallida – C. a. var. parvisepala

Name

Crassula alba Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 60 1775.

Synonyms

• Crassula abyssinica A. Rich.
• Crassula ellenbeckiana Schönl.
• Crassula mannii Hook. fil.
• Crassula milleriana Burtt Davy
• Crassula puberula R. Br.
• Crassula recurva N. E. Br.
• Crassula rubicunda E. Mey. ex Harv. & Sond.
• Crassula rubicunda var. flexuosa Schönland
• Crassula rubicunda var. hispida Schönland
• Crassula rubicunda var. milleriana (Burtt Davy) Schönland
• Crassula rubicunda var. subglabra Schönland
• Crassula stewartiae Burtt Davy
• Rochea dichotoma Hochst. ex A. Rich.
• Rochea vaginata Hochst. ex A. Rich.
• Sedum rubicundum Kuntze

Homonyms

• Crassula alba Hort. ex Steud. = Crassula dejecta Jacq.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Arabian Peninsula Yemen (W-Yemen), Saudi Arabia Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.), Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia Regional: Southeastern Africa Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Eritrea, ?Malawi, ?Somalia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Forsskål, P. (†). 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica. Sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabiam felicem detexit, illustravit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Ex officina Mölleri, Hauniae [Copenhagen]. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.41 BHL Reference page. : 60.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Crassula alba. 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 alba 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 alba. Published online. Accessed: November 21 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Crassula alba. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 November 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Crassula alba in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

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