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Crassula barklyi

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Identification
Crassula barklyi N.E.Br. [family CRASSULACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for Crassula barklyi [family CRASSULACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Crassula barklyi [family CRASSULACEAE]
Common names
C. teres Marloth in Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr. 3: 122, pi. 8, fig. 4 (1913); Schonl. in Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr. 17: 282 (1929); Jacobsen, Handb. Succ. PI. 1: 331, fig. 350 (1960); Sukk. Lex. 149, t.48,6 (1970). Type: Cape, Sandrivier Mountains near Prince Albert (?), Marloth 4446 (PRE, holo.!).
Information
Perennials with erect or rarely decum­bent stems 50-90 mm long, branching usu­ally from lower parts of stems. Leaves trans­versely depressed-ovate, 3-4 x 10-15 mm, patelliform and tightly clasping, with mem­branous margins (c. 1-2 mm broad) and with a dense fringe of erect, rarely slightly recurved cilia, green to grey-brown. Inflo­rescence a terminal cymose capitulum partly hidden by leaves below. Calyx: lobes ob-long-oblanceolate, 4-5 mm long, rounded and with fine spreading cilia, fleshy and green becoming yellow and membranous below. Corolla slender ampulliform, fused basally for 2-3 mm, cream; lobes narrowly oblong-elliptic, 9-11 mm long, with a blunt beak. Stamens with yellow anthers. Squa­mae oblong-cuneate, 1-1,2 x 0,3-0,4 mm, truncate to slightly rounded, scarcely fleshy, yellow. Fig. 18:1.
Habitat
The much-branched habit distinguishes C. barklyi from C. columnaris (above). Single branches of these species can only be distinguished by the leaves which are bulging and have a ridge along the main vein on the exposed surface in C. columnaris.
Use
114. Crassula barklyi N.E. Br. in Kew Bull. 1906: 19 (1906); in Curtis's bot. Mag. pi. 8421 (1912); Schonl. in Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr. 17: 282 (1929); Tolken in Contr. Bolus Herb. 8: 437 (1977). Type: Cape, Namaqua-land, Barkly s.n. (K, holo.!).
Range
Occurring in the south-western parts of the north­ern Cape Province from near Port Nolloth to near Vanrhynsdorp; growing on gentle slopes usually covered with quartzite gravel, rarely associated with larger rocks or in rock outcrops. Flowering period: June—Au­gust.

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