Overview
Interesting Facts
Description
Family Crassulaceae
Herbs, subshrubs
, or shrubs
. Stems mostly fleshy
. Leaves alternate, opposite, or verticillate
, usually simple
; stipules absent; leaf blade
entire or slightly incised, rarely lobed
or imparipinnate
. Inflorescences terminal
or axillary
, cymose
, corymbiform
, spiculate
, racemose, paniculate
, or sometimes reduced to a solitary flower. Flowers usually bisexual
, sometimes unisexual
in Rhodiola (when plants
dioecious or rarely gynodioecious
), actinomorphic
, (3 or) 4-6(-30) -merous. Sepals almost free
or basally connate
, persistent
. Petals free or connate. Stamens as many as petals in 1 series or 2 × as many in 2 series. Nectar scales
at or near base
of carpels. Follicles sometimes fewer than sepals, free or basally connate, erect
or spreading
, membranous or leathery, 1- to many seeded. Seeds small; endosperm scanty or not developed.
About 35 genera and over 1500 species: Africa, America, Asia, Europe; 13 genera (two endemic, one introduced
) and 233 species (129 endemic, one introduced) in China.
Some species of Crassulaceae are cultivated as ornamentals
and/or used medicinally.[1]
Physical Description
Flowers: Bloom Period: January, February, March, April, May. • Flower Color: apricot, coral , orange
Size/Age/Growth
Size: under 6" tall.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 9-12" apart.
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .
Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Saxifraganae
()
- Reveal, 1994
- Order:
Saxifragales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Crassulaceae
()
- J. St.-Hil., 1805
- orpins, stonecrops
- Subfamily:
Sedoideae
()
- Tribe:
Echeverieae
()
- Genus:
Graptopetalum
()
- J.N. Rose, 1911
- Specific epithet:
pentandrum subsp. superbum
- Variety:
superbum
- Botanical name: - Graptopetalum pentandrum superbum
- Variety:
superbum
- Specific epithet:
pentandrum subsp. superbum
- Genus:
Graptopetalum
(
- Tribe:
Echeverieae
(
- Subfamily:
Sedoideae
(
- Family:
Crassulaceae
(
- Order:
Saxifragales
(
- Superorder:
Saxifraganae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Graptopetalum Pentandrum Superbum
Notes
Publishing author : Kimnach Publication : in Cact. Succ. J. (U.S.A.), 59(4): 142 (1987) 1987
Similar Species
Members of the genus Graptopetalum
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
G. amethystinum (Graptopetalum) · G. bartramii (Patagonia Leather Petal) · G. filiferum (Graptopetalum) · G. paraguayense (Ghost Plant) · G. rusbyi (San Francisco Leather Petal) · G. 'Point Dexter's' (Graptopetalum)
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Further Reading
- Fu Shu-hsia & Fu Kun-tsun. 1984. Crassulaceae. In: Fu Shu-hsia & Fu Kun-tsun, eds., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 34(1): 31-220.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8467618
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:949792-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 707958
Footnotes
- Kunjun Fu, Hideaki Ohba & Michael G. Gilbert "Crassulaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 8 Page 202. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
