Crassulaceae
Crassula
Crassula expansa

Crassula expansa subsp. fragilis (Baker) Toelken

First published in J. S. African Bot. 41: 105 (1975)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Tanzania to S. Africa, Madagascar. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Wickens, G.E. (1987). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Crassulaceae: 1-66.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 1978 Wilms, F. [3'18] South Africa K000310233 Type Yes
Thorncroft, G. [1084] South Africa K000310234 Holotype Yes
Thorncroft, G. [1084] South Africa K000310235 Holotype Yes
Osborne, J.; Rokni, S.; Machuama, B. [JO 1336] Mozambique K001346059 Yes
Wood, J.M. [4485] South Africa K000310237 Type Yes
Baron, R. [3348] Madagascar Crassula fragilis K000310456 Type Yes
Wild, H. [35370] Zimbabwe Crassula browniana K:SPC-08511.000 No
Jan 1, 1976 Goldsmith, B. [167/62] Zimbabwe Crassula fragilis var. suborbicularis K000310483 Isotype Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0