Crassula alba

Life-forms

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. Crassula
Sectio: C. sect. Rosulares

Species: Crassula alba
Varietates: C. a. var. alba – C. a. var. pallida – C. a. var. parvisepala
Name

Crassula alba Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 60 1775.
Synonyms

Crassula abyssinica A. Rich.
Crassula ellenbeckiana Schönl.
Crassula mannii Hook. fil.
Crassula milleriana Burtt Davy
Crassula puberula R. Br.
Crassula recurva N. E. Br.
Crassula rubicunda E. Mey. ex Harv. & Sond.
Crassula rubicunda var. flexuosa Schönland
Crassula rubicunda var. hispida Schönland
Crassula rubicunda var. milleriana (Burtt Davy) Schönland
Crassula rubicunda var. subglabra Schönland
Crassula stewartiae Burtt Davy
Rochea dichotoma Hochst. ex A. Rich.
Rochea vaginata Hochst. ex A. Rich.
Sedum rubicundum Kuntze

Homonyms

Crassula alba Hort. ex Steud. = Crassula dejecta Jacq.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Arabian Peninsula
Yemen (W-Yemen), Saudi Arabia
Continental: Africa
Regional: Southern Africa
South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.), Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia
Regional: Southeastern Africa
Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Eritrea, ?Malawi, ?Somalia

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

Forsskål, P. (†). 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica. Sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabiam felicem detexit, illustravit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Ex officina Mölleri, Hauniae [Copenhagen]. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.41 BHL Reference page. : 60.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Crassula alba. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2019 November 21. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Crassula alba in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 November 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Crassula alba. Published online. Accessed: November 21 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Crassula alba. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 November 21.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Crassula alba in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Crassula alba is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crassula found in western Africa ranging from South Africa to Sudan.
Taxonomy
Crassula alba is in the genus Crassula, family Crassulaceae and order Saxifragales. There are two accepted infraspecies, Crassula alba var. pallida and Crassula alba var. parvisepala.