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Crassula capitella subs. meyeri (Harv.) Toelken

Family: CRASSULACEAE · Variety or form of Crassula capitella

Publication: J. S. African Bot. 41: 100 1975

Description

Plants of Crassula capitella 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.

Origin and Habitat

Crassula capitella subs. meyeri occurs on sand dunes along the central Kwa-Zulu-Natal coast.

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