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Qjure
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Qjurious
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3-662.11.00
Crassuloideae
Name: crassus in Latin means thick.
Region: southern Africa; Crassula aquatic is nearly cosmopolitan.
Habitat: dry rocky places; drought tolerant; from deserts to marshy and even aquatic habitats.
Genera: 5: Crassula, Dinacria, Pagella, Rochea, Vauanthes; species 250 to 300.
Use: ornamental, succulent gardens.
Botany
Herbs, shrubs; mostly succulent, xeromorphic; from short-lived annual, Dinacria and Vauanthes, to perennials; tiny, cosmopolitan annuals to the tall members.
Leaves: round; gray.
Flowers: white to pink; blooming in winter.
Taxonomy
In Berger’s system Crassuloideae included five genera. The current classification has merged Dinacria, Pagella, Rochea, and Vauanthes into Crassula. The validity of this treatment has yet to be explicitly tested with molecular tools. Crassula sensu latu is a species rich genus with about 200 species. Crassula is a morphologically diverse genus with up to 20 sections recognised.