Crassula ovata

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. Disporocarpa
Sectio: C. sect. Anacampseroideae
Subsectio: C. subsect. Latifoliae
Species: Crassula ovata

Name

Crassula ovata (Mill.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 4(Suppl. 2): 617 (1917).

Synonyms

Basionym
- Cotyledon ovata Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.° 8 (1768).
Homotypic
- Toelkenia ovata (Mill.) P.V.Heath, Calyx 3: 105 (1993).
Heterotypic
- Cotyledon lutea Lam., Encycl. 2: 172 (1786).
- Crassula portulacea Lam., Encycl. 2: 172 (1786).
- Crassula argentea Thunb., Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 6: 329 (1778).
- Crassula articulata Zuccagni, Cent. Observ. Pl. 1: 24 (1806).
- Crassula nitida Schönland, Rec. Albany Mus. 1: 54 (1903).
- Crassula lucens Gram, Kongel. Norske Vidensk. Selsk. Aarsberetn. 1941: 38-43 (1941).

Homonyms

Crassula ovata E.Mey. ex Harv. & Sond., Fl. Cap. 2: 348 (1862) [=Crassula sarmentosa Harv., Fl. Cap. 2: 348 (1862).]

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe (introduced))
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Spain.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Macaronesia (introduced)
  - Canary Islands, Madeira.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Mozambique.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal.
- Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean (introduced)
  - St.Helena.
Continental: Northern America (introduced)
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - California.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Druce, G.C. 1917. Nomenclatorial Notes: chiefly African and Australian. The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916, Suppl. 2: 601–653. Reference page. : 617.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Crassula ovata. 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 24. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Crassula ovata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Crassula ovata. Published online. Accessed: November 24 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Crassula ovata (Mill.) Druce in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.
The Plant List 2010. Version 1. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2012 Sep 05.
Crassula ovata (Mill.) Druce – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Crassula portulacea – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
EOL: Crassula ovata

Vernacular names

dansk: Paradistræ
Deutsch: Geldbaum
Ελληνικά: Κρασούλα
English: Jade Plant
suomi: Rahapuu
hornjoserbsce: Jejkojta tołsćinka
magyar: Pozsgafa
日本語: フチベニベンケイ
한국어: 염자
polski: Grubosz jajowaty
svenska: Paradisträd

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