| Home | > | List of families | > | Crassulaceae | > | Crassula | > | globularioides |
Crassula globularioides
Selected images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record View all images (2)
Photo: Rob Jarvis
Mt Mulanje.
Photo: Rob Jarvis
Mt Mulanje.
Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
| Synonyms: |
Crassula nyikensis Baker f. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
|
| Notes: | Three forms are recognized. Forma pilosa R. Fernandes is so far only known from Mt Mulanje. This species is closely related to Crassula swaziensis and mainly differs in the smaller and more condensed rosettes of leaves; leaves hardly contracted at the base and usually hairless on both surfaces; smaller and denser inflorescences on shorter, appressed hairy peduncles; sepals that are more than half as long as the corolla. |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | On rocks |
| Altitude range: | 1280 - 3040 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique and possibly in Kenya and Tanzania? |
| Malawi distribution: | N?,C,S |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 15 September 2019 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 133. also as Crassula nyikensis Fernandes, R. (1983). Crassulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Page 33. under forma globularioides, forma pilosa and forma longiciliata and also as As Crassula nyikensis Harris, T., Darbyshire, I. & Polhill, R. (2011). New species and range extensions from Mt Namuli, Mt Mabu and Mt Chiperone in northern Mozambique Kew Bulletin 66(2) Page 247. Strugnell, A.M. (2002). Endemics of Mt. Mulanje. The endemic spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi Systematics and Geography of Plants 72 Page 16. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 72. Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 73. |
Other sources of information about Crassula globularioides:
Our websites:
Flora of Mozambique: Crassula globularioidesExternal websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Crassula globularioidesBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Crassula globularioides
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Crassula globularioides
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Crassula globularioides
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Crassula globularioides
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Crassula globularioides
JSTOR Plant Science: Crassula globularioides
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Crassula globularioides
Plants of the World Online: Crassula globularioides
Tropicos: Crassula globularioides
Wikipedia: Crassula globularioides
| Home | > | List of families | > | Crassulaceae | > | Crassula | > | globularioides |