Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Common names
Crassula nodulosa Schonl. in Rec. Albany Mus. 1:56 (1903); in Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr. 17: 247 (1929); Burtt Davy, Fl. Transv. 1: 141 (1926); Friedr. in F.S.W.A. 52: 33 (1968); Jacot GuiU., Fl. Lesotho 182 (1971); R. Fernandes in Bolm Soc. broteriana, ser. 2,52: 189 (1978); inC.F.A. 70:12(1982);inF.Z. 7,1:29(1983). C. enantiophylla Bak.f. in Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 2, 3: 816 (1903). C. capitella Thunb. subsp. enantioÂphylla (Bak.f.) Tolken in Jl S. Afr. Bot. 41: 100 (1975), pro parte, C. sessilicymuli excl. Type: Transvaal, Hout-bosch, Rehmann 6372 (Z, holo.!; BM!). C. elata N.E. Br. in Kew Bull. 1909: 110 (1909); Dinter, Neue Pfl. S.W. Afr. 26, fig. 15 (1914). Type: Botswana, near Palapye, Lugard 247 (K, holo.!). C. pectinata Conrath in Kew Bull. 1914: 246 (1914). Type: Transvaal, Modderfontein, Conrath 287 (K, holo.!). C. avasimontana Dinter in Reprium nov. Spec. Regni veg. 19: 148 (1923). Syntypes: South West AfriÂca/Namibia, Lichtenstein, Dinter 4266 (Bt); Farm Hoff-nung, Dinter 3085 (SAM!). C. guchabensis Merxm. in Mitt. bot. StSamml., Munch. 1: 81 (1951). Type: South West Africa/NamiÂbia, Guchab, Rehm s.n. (M, holo.).
Habitat
The subsp. nodulosa is here given a slightly wider circumscription to include subsp. enantiophylla (Tolken, 1977). This was done because intermediates between the two subspecies were found north of our region. Some plants from the area between Kimberley and Bloemfontein show characters intermediate beÂtween subsp. capitella and subsp. nodulosa and may therefore be difficult to identify.
Use
(b). subsp. nodulosa (Schonl.) Tolken in Jl S. Afr. Bot. 41: 100 (1975). Type: Cape, Warrenton, Adams 28 (GRA, holo.!; GRA!; SAM!).
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