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Crassula commutata Friedrich
Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 6: 623 1967
Family: CRASSULACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Crassula rupestris subs. commutata (Friedrich) Toelken
J. S. African Bot. 41: 116 1975

Crassula commutata (Crassula rupestris subs. commutata) Photo by: Giuseppe Distefano

Synonyms:

See all synonyms of Crassula rupestris
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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Crassula rupestris L.f.
Suppl. Pl. 189 1782
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Crassula rupestris subs. commutata (Friedrich) Toelken
J. S. African Bot. 41: 116 1975
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Crassula rupestris subs. marnieriana (Huber & H.Jacobsen) Toelken
J. S. African Bot. 41: 116 1975
Synonymy: 2 Cultivars (1):
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Rock Crassula, Rosary plant, Rosary Vine, Concertina plant, Kebab bush

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Crassula rupestris group

  • Crassula rupestris L.f.: has erect, spreading or decumbent stems up to 500 mm long; leaves brownish-purple with red or yellow margin. Distribution: West to the Fish River valley in the E. Cape.
  • Crassula rupestris subs. commutata (Friedrich) Toelken: has leaves less than 4 mm, scarcely fused, internodes visible, stems not rooting when reaching the ground. Distribution: mountains of the lower Orange River.
  • Crassula rupestris subs. marnieriana (Huber & H.Jacobsen) Toelken: has rooting, dwarf stems with leaves so close together that the stems appear columnar. Distribution: Swartberg and Anysberg in the Western Cape karoo.
  • Crassula rupestris subs. marnieriana cv. Contorta: has stems not linear cylindrical like in the standard type but variously twisted, bent and gnarled.

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