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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Crassula

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Order: Saxifragales > Family: Crassulaceae

About 300 species (including Africa, Europe, America, Australia, New Zealand) of which 160 are native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Crassula acinaciformis

 

Crassula alba

 

Crassula alcicornis

 

Crassula alpestris

Crassula alstonii

 

Crassula alticola

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

Crassula ammophila

 

Crassula aphylla

 

Crassula arborescens

 

Crassula atropurpurea

Crassula aurusbergensis

 

Crassula ausensis

 

Crassula badspoortense

 

Crassula barbata

Crassula barklyi

 

Crassula bergioides

 

Crassula biplanata

 

Crassula brachystachya

 

Crassula brevifolia

Crassula campestris

 

Crassula capensis

Crassula capitella

[= Crassula nodulosa]

Crassula ciliata

 

Crassula clavata

 

Crassula coccinea (Red crassula)

Endemic to the Western Cape where it is found on sandstone outcrops in fynbos, from the Cape Peninsula to about Mossel Bay.

Crassula columella

 

Crassula columnaris

Crassula compacta

 

Crassula congesta

Crassula corallina

Crassula cordata

Crassula cotyledonis

 

Crassula cremnophila

 

Crassula crenulata

 

Crassula cultrata

 

Crassula cymbiformis

 

Crassula cymosa

 

Crassula deceptor

Crassula decidua

 

Crassula decumbens

 

Crassula dejecta

Found on rocky outcrops in Namaqualand and the Western Cape.

Crassula deltoidea

Crassula dentata

 

Crassula dependens

 

Crassula depressa

 

Crassula dichotoma

Grows on sandy flats from Namaqualand to the Western Cape.

Crassula dodii

 

Crassula elatinoides

 

Crassula elegans

Crassula elsieae

 

Crassula ericoides

 

Crassula exilis

 

Crassula expansa

Crassula fallax

 

Crassula fascicularis

Crassula filiformis

 

Crassula flanaganii

 

Crassula flava

 

Crassula foveata

 

Crassula fusca

 

Crassula garibina

 

Crassula gemmifera

 

Crassula glomerata

Crassula grammanthoides

 

Crassula grisea

 

Crassula hemisphaerica

 

Crassula hirsuta

 

Crassula hirtipes

 

Crassula inandensis

 

Crassula inanis

 

Crassula intermedia

 

Crassula lactea

 

Crassula lanceolata

Crassula lanuginosa

 

Crassula lasiantha

 

Crassula latibracteata

 

Crassula leachii

Recorded from Mozambique.

 

Crassula luederitzii

 

Crassula macowaniana

 

Crassula maputensis

 

Crassula mesembrianthemopsis

 

Crassula mesembryanthoides

 

Crassula minuta

 

Crassula mollis

 

Crassula montana

 

Crassula multicava

Indigenous distribution includes Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Western Cape, where is is found in thicket and on forest margins. A common garden plant in South Africa.

Crassula multiceps

 

Crassula multiflora

 

Crassula muricata

 

Crassula muscosa

Crassula namaquensis

 

Crassula natalensis

 

Crassula natans

Crassula nemorosa

 

Crassula nudicaulis

 

Crassula numaisensis

 

Crassula oblanceolata

 

Crassula obovata

 

Crassula obtusa

Crassula orbicularis

 

Crassula ovata (Kerky bush)

Native to the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. A familiar component of thicket vegetation.

Crassula pageae

 

Crassula pallens

 

Crassula papillosa

 

Crassula peculiaris

 

Crassula pellucida

[= Crassula alsinoides]

See Flora of Zimbabwe, where it is listed as Crassula alsinoides.

Crassula peploides

 

Crassula perfoliata

[= Crassula heterotricha]

Crassula perforata

Crassula planifolia

 

Crassula plegmatoides

 

Crassula pruinosa

 

Crassula pseudohemisphaerica

 

Crassula pubescens

 

Crassula pustulata

 

Crassula pyramidalis

 

Crassula qoatlhambensis

 

Crassula rhodesica

 

Crassula rogersii

 

Crassula roggeveldii

 

Crassula rubricaulis

Crassula rudolfii

 

Crassula rupestris (Concertina plant, Sosaties)

Occurs on dry, rocky slopes from Namibia through to the Eastern Cape.

Crassula sarcocaulis

Crassula sarmentosa

Crassula saxifraga

 

Crassula scabra

 

Crassula sebaeoides

 

Crassula sediflora

 

Crassula sericea

Crassula setulosa

Crassula simulans

 

Crassula sladenii

 

Crassula smithii

 

Crassula socialis

 

Crassula southii

 

Crassula spathulata

 

Crassula streyi

 

Crassula strigosa

 

Crassula subacaulis

 

Crassula subaphylla

 

Crassula subulata

 

Crassula susannae

Crassula swaziensis

Crassula tabularis

 

Crassula tecta

 

Crassula tenuicaulis

 

Crassula tenuipedicellata

 

Crassula tetragona

 

Crassula thunbergiana

 

Crassula tomentosa

 

Crassula tuberella

 

Crassula umbella

Crassula umbellata

 

Crassula umbraticola

 

Crassula vaginata

Crassula vaillantii

 

Crassula vestita

 

Crassula whiteheadii

 

Crassula zombensis

Recorded from Mozambique.