Taxon: Crassula ovata (Mill.) Druce

• the 1 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• baby jade   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• cauliflower-ears   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• dollarplant   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• jadeplant   (Source: Eur Gard F ) – English
  
• jadetree   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• Japanese rubberplant   (Source: Websters Dict [as C. argentea]) – English
  
• Japanese-laurel   (Source: Websters Dict [as C. argentea]) – English
  
• paradisträd   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  South Tropical Africa: Mozambique
  Southern Africa: South Africa - Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal

• naturalized elsewhere

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62.
• Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963–. Flora of southern Africa.
• Eggli, U., ed. 2003. Illustrated handbook of succulent plants: Crassulaceae. 66.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca.
• García, J. M. & L. L. Chávez. 2003. Las Crasuláceas de México.
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Webster's third new international dictionary. [= C. argentea].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Crassula ovata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Crassula ovata.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Crassula ovata.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Cotyledon ovata Mill. (basionym)
  
• (=) Crassula argentea Thunb.
  
• (=) Crassula portulacea Lam.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Crassula ovata (Mill.) Druce:

• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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