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Origin and Habitat: Crassula capitellaSN|26598]]SN|26598]] subs. meyeri occurs on sand dunes along the central Kwa-Zulu-Natal coast.
Synonyms:
- Crassula capitella subs. meyeri (Harv.) Toelken
- Crassula meyeri Harv.
Crassula capitella subs. meyeri (Harv.) Toelken
J. S. African Bot. 41: 100 1975
Synonymy: 4
- Crassula capitella subs. meyeri (Harv.) Toelken
- Crassula meyeri Harv.
- Crassula brevistyla Baker f.
- Crassula natalensis var. mosii Schönland
Crassula capitella Thunb.
Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 6: 330 1778
Synonymy: 17
- Crassula capitella Thunb.
- Crassula capitellata DC.
- Purgosea capitellata (Thunb.) Sweet
- Turgosea capitella Haw.
- Crassula albanensis Schönland
- Crassula hemisphaerica var. recurva Schönland
- Crassula impressa (Haw.) D.Dietr.
- Globulea impressa Haw.
- Crassula paniculata (Haw.) D.Dietr.
- Globulea paniculata Haw.
- Crassula rufopunctata Schönland
- Crassula spicata Thunb.
- Purgosea spicata Don
- Crassula subbifera Schönland
- Crassula turrita var. latifolia Harv.
- Globulea impressa var. minor Haw.
- Purgosea turrita var. alba Sweet
Crassula capitella subs. nodulosa (Schönland) Toelken
J. S. African Bot. 41: 100 1975
Synonymy: 13
- Crassula capitella subs. nodulosa (Schönland) Toelken
- Crassula nodulosa Schönland
- Crassula avasimontana Dinter
- Crassula capitella subs. enantiophylla (Baker f.) Toelken
- Crassula enantiophylla Baker f.
- Crassula capitella subs. sessilicymula (Mogg) Toelken
- Crassula elata N.E.Br.
- Crassula guchabensis Merxm.
- Crassula mariae Raym.-Hamet
- Crassula nodulosa var. longisepala R.Fern.
- Crassula nodulosa f. rhodesica R.Fern.
- Crassula pectinata Conrath
Crassula capitella subs. thyrsiflora (Thunb.) Toelken
J. S. African Bot. 41: 100 1975
Synonymy: 21
- Crassula capitella subs. thyrsiflora (Thunb.) Toelken
- Purgosea thyrsiflora Sweet
- Turgosea thyrsiflora Haw.
- Crassula caffraria Hunnem. ex Link & Otto
- Crassula corymbulosa Link & Otto
- Purgosea corymbulosa Sweet
- Sedum corybulosum (Link & Otto) Kuntze
- Crassula corymbulosa var. cordata Schönland
- Crassula corymbulosa var. lanceolata Schönland
- Crassula corymbulosa var. major Schönland
- Crassula corymbulosa var. typica Schönland
- Crassula luederitzii Schönland
- Crassula nuda Compton
- Crassula punctata L.
- Crassula rhodogyna Friedrich
- Crassula triebneri Schönland ex H.Jacobsen
- Crassula turrita Thunb.
- Purgosea turrita Sweet
- Turgosea turrita Haw.
- Purgosea pertusa Sweet
- Purgosea punctata Sweet
Description: Plants of Crassula capitellaSN|26598]]SN|26598]] subs. meyeri seem to be intermediate between subsp. capitella and subsp. thyrsiflora as the petal apex is scarcely fleshy but has a pronounced dorsal appendage, usually in terminal position, which distinguishes it from typical subsp. thyrsiflora.
Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Crassula capitella group
- Crassula capitella Thunb.: (subsp. capitella) is mostly biennial, glabrous, with only one rosette not tuberous at the base, leaves recurved, linear-lanceolate 20-70 x 10-20 mm. Distribution: Eastern Cape, Little Karoo and the Free State.
- Crassula capitella subs. enantiophylla (Baker f.) Toelken: same as Crassula capitella subs. nodulosa.
- Crassula capitella subs. meyeri (Harv.) Toelken: is a decumbent perennial form becoming woody at the base, glabrous or sparsely hairy, styles indistinct and stigmas lateral. Distribution: sand dunes along the central Kwa-Zulu-Natal coast.
- Crassula capitella subs. nodulosa (Schönland) Toelken: it has hairy, robust, erect inflorescence, hairy bracts and sepals, short or absent style and is tuberous or woody at its base. Distribution: Transvaal, Northern Cape and Botswana.
- Crassula capitella subs. sessilicymula (Mogg) Toelken: has a woody base and flowering branches dividing at the base. Leaves lanceolate 20-40 o 10-15 mm. Distribution: Transvaal between Pretoria and Naboomspruit.
- Crassula capitella subs. thyrsiflora (Thunb.) Toelken: has basal rosettes but may be decumbent. Leaves acute-tipped, hairless except for the margins, occasionally toothed; sepals glabrous; petals usually wit rounded appendages; styles distinct; stigmas terminal and insignificant. Distribution: Western and Eastern Cape and south-eastern Namibia.
- Crassula capitella cv. Campfire: has long leaves that turns orangey red when grown in full sun.
Bibliography: Major references and further lectures
1) Debra Lee Baldwin “Succulent Container Gardens: Design Eye-Catching Displays with 350 Easy-Care Plants” Timber Press, 20/Jan/2010
2) Gordon Rowley “Crassula: A Grower's Guide” Cactus & Company, 2003
3) Toelken, H.R. 1997. “A revision of the genus Crassula” in southern Africa. Annals of the Bolus Herbarium 8,1-595.
4) Dr J.P. Roux “Flora of South Africa” 2003
5) Urs Eggli “Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Crassulaceae” Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 05/Nov/2012
6) Wikipedia contributors. "Aeonium arboreum." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 19 Apr. 2014. Web. 12 Oct. 2014.
7) Doreen Court “Succulent Flora of Southern Africa” CRC Press, 01/Jun/2000
8) Debra Lee Baldwin “Succulent Container Gardens: Design Eye-Catching Displays with 350 Easy-Care Plants” Timber Press, 20/Jan/2010
9)James Cullen, Sabina G. Knees, H. Suzanne Cubey “The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants: A Manual for the Identification of Plants Cultivated in Europe, Both Out-of-Doors and Under Glass” Cambridge University Press, 11/Aug/2011
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