Crassula 1155677 224050927 2008-07-07T02:31:04Z Laikayiu 7244763 {{Taxobox | name = ''Crassula'' | image = Crassula capitella 2.jpg | image_width = 220px | image_caption = ''[[Crassula capitella]]'' | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Saxifragales]] | familia = [[Crassulaceae]] | genus = '''''Crassula''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = Many, see text. }} '''''Crassula''''' is a large [[genus]] of plants containing many [[species]], including the popular [[Jade Plant]], ''Crassula ovata''. They are native to many parts of the globe, but cultivated varieties are almost exclusively from the Eastern Cape of [[South Africa]]. Crassulas are usually propagated by stem or leaf [[cutting]]s. Most cultivated forms will tolerate some small degree of frost, but extremes of cold or heat will cause them to lose foliage and die. ==Selected species== *''[[Crassula alba]]'' *''[[Crassula alpestris]]'' *''[[Crassula aquatica]]'' (Common Pigmyweed, Water Pygmyweed) *''[[Crassula arborescens]]'' (Silver Dollar Plant, Beestebul) *''[[Crassula ausensis]]'' **''Crassula ausensis'' ssp. ''titanopsis'' *''[[Crassula bakeri]]'' *''[[Crassula barklyi]]'' (Rattlesnake Tail, Wurmplakkie) *''[[Crassula capitella]]'' **''Crassula capitella'' ssp. ''thyrsiflora'' (Aanteel-Poprosie) *''[[Crassula clavata]]'' *''[[Crassula coccinea]]'' *''[[Crassula columella]]'' (Silinderplakkie) *''[[Crassula columnaris]]'' (Koesnaatjie) [[Image:Crassula columnaris P1020356.JPG|thumb|right|214px|''[[Crassula columnaris]]'']] *''[[Crassula colorata]]'' (Dense Stoncrop) *''[[Crassula connata]]'' (Sand Pygmyweed) *''[[Crassula corallina]]'' [[image:Crassula lactea.jpg|thumb|right|214px|''[[Crassula lactea]]'']] *''[[Crassula cornuta]]'' *''[[Crassula cultrata]]'' (Plakkiebos) *''[[Crassula decidua]]'' (Norsveld Plakkie) *''[[Crassula decumbens]]'' (Scilly Pigmyweed) *''[[Crassula dejecta]]'' *''[[Crassula deltoidea]]'' (Silver Beads, Gruisplakkie) *''[[Crassula drummondii]]'' (Small-leaf Pygmyweed, Smallleaf Pygmyweed) *''[[Crassula dubia]]'' *''[[Crassula elegans]]'' (Elegant Crassula) *''[[Crassula erosula]]'' *''[[Crassula exilis]]'' **''Crassula exilis'' ssp. ''sedifolia'' *''[[Crassula falcata]]'' *''[[Crassula garibina]]'' *''[[Crassula gillii]]'' [[image:Crassula nealeana.jpg|thumb|right|214px|''[[Crassula nealeana]]'']] *''[[Crassula globularioides]]'' *''[[Crassula helmsii]]'' (Swamp Stonecrop) *''[[Crassula herrei]]'' *''[[Crassula hirtipes]]'' *''[[Crassula humbertii]]'' *''[[Crassula hystrix]]'' *''[[Crassula lactea]]'' (Taylor's Parches, Krysna Crassula) *''[[Crassula longipes]]'' (Smallseed Pygmyweed) *''[[Crassula marchandii]]'' *''[[Crassula marnierana]]'' *''[[Crassula mesembryanthemoides]]'' *''[[Crassula mesembryanthemopsis]]'' *''[[Crassula milfordiae]]'' *''[[Crassula moschata]]'' *''[[Crassula multicava]]'' (Fairy Crassula) *''[[Crassula muscosa]]'' (Rattail Crassula, Watch Chain, Lizard's Tail, Zipper Plant) *''[[Crassula namaquensis]]'' **''Crassula namaquensis'' ssp. ''comptonii'' *''[[Crassula nealeana]]'' *''[[Crassula nudicaulis]]'' [[image:Crassula nudicaulis var herrei.jpg|thumb|right|214px|''[[Crassula nudicaulis]]'' var. ''herrei'']] **''Crassula nudicaulis'' var. ''herrei'' **''Crassula nudicaulis'' var. ''platyphylla'' *''[[Crassula obovata]]'' **''Crassula obovata'' var. ''dregeana'' *''[[Crassula orbicularis]]'' *''[[Crassula ovata]]'' (Jade Plant) **''Crassula ovata'' var. ''cristata'' *''[[Crassula parvisepala]]'' *''[[Crassula pedicellosa]]'' *''[[Crassula pellucida]]'' **''Crassula pellucida'' var. ''marginalis'' *''[[Crassula perfoliata]]'' *''[[Crassula perforata]]'' (String of Buttons, Sosatieplakkie) *''[[Crassula plegmatoides]]''<!-- syn. C. arta --> *''[[Crassula pruinosa]]'' (Skurwemannetjie) *''[[Crassula pubescens]]'' (Jersey Pigmyweed) **''Crassula pubescens'' ssp. ''rattrayi'' *''[[Crassula pyramidalis]]'' [[Image:Crassula socialis.jpg|thumb|right|214px|''[[Crassula socialis]]'']] *''[[Crassula radicans]]'' (Red Carpet) *''[[Crassula rogersii]]'' *''[[Crassula rupestris]]'' (Rosary Plant, Kebab Bush, Inrygertjie) **''Crassula rupestris'' ssp. ''marnierana'' *''[[Crassula saginoides]]'' (Wrinkle-seed Pygmyweed, Wrinkleseed Pygmyweed) *''[[Crassula sarcocaulis]]'' (Bonsai Crassula) *''[[Crassula sarmentosa]]'' *''[[Crassula schmidtii]]'' *''[[Crassula sericea]]'' **''Crassula (sericea'' var. '') hottentotta'' *''[[Crassula sieberiana]]'' (Siberian Pygmyweed) *''[[Crassula socialis]]'' *''[[Crassula solierii]]'' (Smoothseed Pygmyweed) *''[[Crassula streyi]]'' [[Image:Crassula tecta.jpg|thumb|right|214px|''[[Crassula tecta]]'' (syn. 'C. deceptor'')]] *''[[Crassula susannae]]'' *''[[Crassula tecta]]''<!-- syn. C. deceptor --> *''[[Crassula tetragona]]'' *''[[Crassula tillaea]]'' (Moss Pygmyweed) *''[[Crassula viridis]]'' (Pricklyseed Pygmyweed *''[[Crassula volkensii]]'' ===Notable [[cultivar]]s=== *''Crassula'' 'Buddha's Temple' *''Crassula'' 'Coralita' *''Crassula'' 'Dorothy' *''Crassula'' 'Fallwood' *''Crassula'' 'Ivory Pagoda' *''Crassula'' 'Justus Corderoy' *''Crassula'' 'Morgan's Beauty' *''Crassula'' 'Tom Thumb' {{commonscat}} [[Category:Crassulaceae]] {{Crassulaceae-stub}} [[da:Krassula]] [[de:Dickblatt]] [[es:Crassula]] [[fr:Crassula]] [[hsb:Jehličkowa tołsćinka]] [[hr:Crassula]] [[it:Crassula]] [[nl:Crassula]] [[pl:Grubosz]] [[pt:Crassula]] [[ru:Толстянка]] [[tr:Yeşim bitkisi]] [[zh:青锁龙属]]