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Crassulaceae

Subfamily Crassuloideae

Subfamily Sedoideae
Tribe Kalanchoeae

Subfamily Sedoideae
Tribe Sedeae

W/C = Wild Collected
Adromischus cristatus (Haw.) Lem.

  • Common Name: Crinkle Leaf Plant
  • Family: Crassulaceae DC.

  • Country of Origin: South Africa - eastern Cape Province
  • Habitat:

  • Description: Section Longipedunculati

    Succulent rosette with stout stem covered by red aerial roots and hairy, wedge shaped fleshy leaves with crested apex, light green and soft pubescent; tubular flowers reddish white.

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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198700122
  • Source: Chamberland
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1987
  • Bench: 2203 - XER:Spiny Thicket/Socotra/S Africa
  • Qty: 2 confirmed on 10-05-2012
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Saxifragales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Crassulaceae
  • SubFamily: Sedoideae
  • Tribe: Kalanchoeae
  • SubTribe:
References:

Exotica 4 by A.B.Graf Succulents, The Illustrated Dictionary, Sajeva & Costanzo, 1994 Court, Doreen, Succulent flora of Southern Africa, A.A. Balkema, 1981

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