Taxon: Crassula ovata (Mill.) Druce

Genus:

Crassula

Family:

Crassulaceae

Subfamily:

Crassuloideae

Nomen number:

404524

Place of publication:

Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 4:617. 1917

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

20-jul-2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 20-jul-2010

Species priority site is:

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

Basionym: Cotyledon ovata Mill.
(=) Crassula argentea Thunb.
(=) Crassula portulacea Lam.

Common names:

baby jade (Source: Hortus 3) - English
cauliflower-ears (Source: Hortus 3) - English
dollarplant (Source: Hortus 3) - English
jadeplant (Source: Eur Gard F) - English
jadetree (Source: Hortus 3) - English
Japanese rubberplant (Source: Websters Dict) - English
Japanese-laurel (Source: Websters Dict) - English
paradisträd (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F)

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique
SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal]

Cultivated

(also cult.)

Naturalized

(natzd. elsewhere)

References:

Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961 (Websters Dict)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960- (F Zamb)
García, J. M. & L. L. Chávez Las Crasuláceas de México. 2003 (Crass Mex)
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003 (Pl SAfr ed2)
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. 1976 (Hortus 3)
Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986- (Eur Gard F)

Check other web resources for Crassula ovata (Mill.) Druce :

SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=404524. Accessed 24 abril 2024.