Crassula

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 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 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

• Crassula alata
• Crassula alba
• Crassula alpestris (Sand-Coated Crassula)
• 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 barklyi (rattlesnake tail, wurmplakkie)
• Crassula biplanata
• Crassula brevifolia
• Crassula capitella
  • Crassula capitella ssp. thyrsiflora (aanteel-poprosie) 'Red Pagoda'
• Crassula clavata
• Crassula closiana
• Crassula coccinea
• Crassula colligata
• Crassula colorata (dense stonecrop)
• Crassula columella (silinderplakkie)
• Crassula columnaris (koesnaatjie)
• Crassula connata (sand pygmyweed)
• Crassula corallina
• 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
  • C. exilis ssp. sedifolia
• Crassula expansa
• Crassula exserta
• Crassula extrorsa
• Crassula garibina
• Crassula gillii
• 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
  • C. namaquensis ssp. comptonii
• Crassula natans
• Crassula nealeana
• Crassula nudicaulis
  • C. nudicaulis var. herrei
  • C. nudicaulis var. platyphylla
• Crassula obovata
  • C. obovata var. dregeana
• Crassula orbicularis
• 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 parvisepala
• Crassula pedicellosa
• Crassula peduncularis (purple stonecrop)
• Crassula pellucida
  • C. pellucida var. marginalis
• Crassula pentandra
• Crassula perfoliata
  • C. perfoliata var. falcata (propeller plant)
• 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)
  • C. rupestris ssp. marnierana
• Crassula saginoides (wrinkle-seed pygmyweed)
• Crassula sarcocaulis (bonsai crassula)
• Crassula sarmentosa
• Crassula schmidtii
• Crassula sericea
  • C. sericea var. hottentotta
• Crassula setulosa (South African pygmyweed)
• 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 '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 'Calico Kitten'
• Crassula 'Springtime'
• Crassula 'Tom Thumb'

Gallery

References

Bibliography

External links

• Data related to Crassula at Wikispecies

1. Crassula ovata
2. Crassula muscosa
3. Crassula capitella
4. Crassula perfoliata var. falcata
5. Crassula marnieriana
6. Crassula perforata
7. Crassula sarcocaulis
8. Crassula helmsii
9. Crassula pellucida
10. Crassula deceptor
11. Crassula alba
12. Crassula perfoliata
13. Crassula umbella
14. Crassulaceae
15. Crassula alstonii
16. Crassula rupestris
17. Crassula columnaris
18. Crassula multicava
19. Crassula biplanata
20. Crassula brevifolia