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Internal ID UUID644013ed7e93c314972862
Scientific name Crassula muscosa
Authority L.
First published in Pl. Rar. Afr. : 10 (1760)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Tetraphyle littoralis Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 293 (1837)
Tetraphyle lycopodioides Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 294 (1837)
Sedum lycopodiodes Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 85 (1898)
Sedum muscosum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 85 (1898)
Combesia muscosa (L.) P.V.Heath Calyx 3: 121 (1993)
Combesia muscosa var. acuminata (G.D.Rowley) P.V.Heath Calyx 3: 121 (1993)
Combesia muscosa var. anguina (Harv.) P.V.Heath Calyx 3: 121 (1993)
Combesia muscosa var. fragilis (G.D.Rowley) P.V.Heath Calyx 3: 121 (1993)
Combesia muscosa var. fulva (G.D.Rowley) P.V.Heath Calyx 3: 121 (1993)
Combesia muscosa var. littoralis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) P.V.Heath Calyx 3: 121 (1993)
Combesia muscosa var. obtusifolia (Harv.) P.V.Heath Calyx 3: 122 (1993)
Combesia muscosa var. pseudolycopodioides (Dinter & Schinz) P.V.Heath Calyx 3: 122 (1993)
Combesia muscosa var. purpusii (G.D.Rowley) P.V.Heath Calyx 3: 122 (1993)
Combesia muscosa var. variegata P.V.Heath Calyx 6(2): 61 (1999).
Crassula anguina Harv. Fl. Cap. 2: 348 (1862)
Crassula imbricata Burm.f. Fl. Indica , Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 8 (1768)
Crassula imbricata [Soland.] Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 1: 393. 1789
Crassula littoralis Endl. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 253 (1843)
Crassula lycioides E.Mey. ex Harv. & Sond. Fl. Cap. 2: 351 (1862)
Crassula lycopodioides Lam. Encycl. 2: 173 (1786)
Crassula lycopodioides f. acuminata H.Jacobsen Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 10: 80 1955
Crassula lycopodioides f. fragilis H.Jacobsen Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 10: 80 1955
Crassula lycopodioides f. fulva H.Jacobsen Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 10: 80 1955
Crassula lycopodioides f. purpusii H.Jacobsen Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 10: 81 1955
Crassula lycopodioides var. variegata E.Lamb Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 17: 41 1945
Crassula pseudolycopodioides Dinter & Schinz in Dinter, Deutsch-Sudw. Afr. 71 (1909).
Tetraphyle muscosa Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 294 (1837)
Crassula muscosa f. pseudolycopodioides (Dinter & Schinz) E.Laguna, P.P.Ferrer & D.Guillot Bouteloua 13: 18 (2013)

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Arabic كرسول طحلبي
Polish grubosz widłakowaty
Chinese 青锁龙

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Crassula muscosa var. obtusifolia (Harv.) G.D.Rowley Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 40: 53 (1978)
Crassula muscosa var. parvula (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Toelken J. S. African Bot. 41: 111 (1975)
Crassula muscosa var. polpodacea (Harv.) G.D.Rowley Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 40: 53 (1978)
Crassula muscosa var. rigida Toelken J. S. African Bot. 41: 111 (1975)
Crassula muscosa var. sinuata Toelken J. S. African Bot. 41: 111 (1975)

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  • Africa
    • Macaronesia
      • Canary Islands
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Namibia
  • Europe
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Italy
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Corse
      • France

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000625252
Tropicos 8902374
INPN 92799
Flora of Italy 1708
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:273320-1
The Plant List kew-2741922
Open Tree Of Life 120720
Observations.org 432609
NCBI Taxonomy 682156
IPNI 273320-1
iNaturalist 120255
GBIF 5362064
Freebase /m/0j430xt
EPPO CSBMU
EOL 11172475
Elurikkus 594034
USDA GRIN 404530
Wikipedia Crassula_muscosa

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The vegetation of Holocene coastal dunes of the Cape south coast, South Africa Cowling RM, Cawthra H, Privett S, Grobler BA PeerJ 12-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10722985
doi:10.7717/peerj.16427
PMID:38107568
Ethnopharmacological Study of Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases and Their Associated Risk Factors in sub-Saharan Africa Odukoya JO, Odukoya JO, Mmutlane EM, Ndinteh DT Plants (Basel) 23-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9143319
doi:10.3390/plants11101387
PMID:35631812
Green roofs in the tropics: design considerations and vegetation dynamics Grullón – Penkova IF, Zimmerman JK, González G Heliyon 19-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7452574
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04712
PMID:32904331

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