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Crassula dependens

Common names: slab stonecrop (Eng.); lengoako , sevelilenyana, setsosa (South Sotho)

Family: Crassulaceae

... dependens is a South African succulent species within the Crassulaceae, commonly known as the stonecrop family. This ... helping them survive in rocky, drought-prone habitats. Crassulaceae is a large and ecologically significant family, ...

16 / 07 / 2025 | Sihle Mvunyiswa | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Cotyledon adscendens

Common names: climbing cotyledon, climbing pig’s ear, red-margined cotyledon (Eng.), rankplakkie (Afr.)

Family: Crassulaceae

... of Africa in 1949. Cotyledon adscendens is a member of the Crassulaceae, a family of succulent plants which consists of ... with South Africa and Mexico having highest diversity of Crassulaceae species. They are mostly perennials, playing an ... role in economic development. The species from the Crassulaceae family are mostly famous for their ability to ...

07 / 07 / 2025 | Mlondi Sikhosana | KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium

Adromischus cristatus var. mzimvubuensis

Common names: Mzimvubu adromischus (Eng.), Mzimvubu kransplakkie (Afr.)

Family: Crassulaceae

23 / 06 / 2025 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Adromischus cristatus var. zeyheri

Common names: green-leaved cliff-adromischus (Eng.), groen-skilpadvoetjie (Afr.)

Family: Crassulaceae

... District failed. Helmut Toelken, who revised the family Crassulaceae in southern Africa, thought it fitted better ...

09 / 06 / 2025 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Crassula foveata

Common names: pitted cliff-crassula (Eng.), Mzimvubu-kransplakkie (Afr.)

Family: Crassulaceae

28 / 04 / 2025 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Crassula smithii

Common names: Noodsberg cliff-crassula (Eng.), Noodsbergkransplakkie (Afr.)

Family: Crassulaceae

21 / 04 / 2025 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Crassula sladenii

Common names: Hunsberg cliff-crassula (Eng.), Hunsberg-sosatie (Afr.)

Family: Crassulaceae

17 / 02 / 2025 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Kalanchoe alticola

Common names: coin kalanchoe, coin-leaved kalanchoe (Eng.), panniekalanchoe (Afr)

Family: Crassulaceae

... plants that belong in Kalanchooideae a subfamily within Crassulaceae , known as stonecrop family . It is the third largest genus recognised in the Crassulaceae. In recent years the number of Kalanchoe species ...

20 / 01 / 2025 | Ziphezinhle Madonsela | Lowveld NBG

Crassula nemorosa

Common names: dwarf cliff-crassula (Eng.), dwergkransplakkie (Afr.)

Family: Crassulaceae

15 / 07 / 2024 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Adromischus diabolicus

Common names: Gariep adromischus (Eng.), Gariepnenta (Afr.)

Family: Crassulaceae

27 / 05 / 2024 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Adromischus schuldtianus subsp. brandbergensis

Common names: Brandberg adromischus (Eng.), Brandbergnenta (Afr.)

Family: Crassulaceae

20 / 05 / 2024 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Adromischus subdistichus

Common names: book-stonecrop (Eng.), boekieplakkie (Afr.)

Family: Crassulaceae

13 / 05 / 2024 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Adromischus leucophyllus

Common names: flour-stonecrop, white-leaf adromischus (Eng.); witblaarplakkie, meel-boekplakkie (Afr.)

Family: Crassulaceae

06 / 05 / 2024 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Crassula tetragona

Common names: kerkei, miniature pine tree, mini pine (Eng.); karkai (Afr.)

Family: Crassulaceae

30 / 10 / 2023 | Thato Moeketsane | Walter Sisulu NBG

Crassula expansa

Common names: Fragile crassula (Eng.)

Family: Crassulaceae

24 / 07 / 2023 | Andrew Hankey | Walter Sisulu NBG

Tylecodon wallichii subsp. wallichii

Tylecodon wallichii ssp. wallichii in flower. Photo Alexey Yakovlev

Common names: pegleg butterbush, quiver bush (Eng.); kokerbos, kandelaarbos, krimpsiektebos, krimpsiekkandelaar, nenta, bandjiesbos, tnjoemsganna, koni-ganna, karke

Family: Crassulaceae

... has 46 species, making it the second largest genus in the Crassulaceae family. Most species are endemic to southern ...

03 / 07 / 2023 | Zamasodi Mkhungo | Pretoria NBG