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Accession Data:

Portulacaria afra 'variegata' (variegated)

  • Common Name: Elephant Bush
  • Family: Didiereaceae Radlk. ex Drake

  • Country of Origin:

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198502437
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 2204 - XER:Namib / Karoo A
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-24-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Caryophyllales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Didiereaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

    • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces / KwaZulu-Natal / Swaziland / Northern Provinces

    References (external):

    1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, January 27, 2017.
    2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, January 27, 2017.

    data regenerated on Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:18:23 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

    Images:

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    Current Accessions in the Didiereaceae

    • Alluaudia ascendens W/C
    • Alluaudia comosa
    • Alluaudia dumosa W/C
    • Alluaudia humbertii
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    • Alluaudia procera
    • Ceraria pygmaea
    • Decarya madagascariensis
    • Didierea trollii
    • Portulacaria afra 'variegata'
    • Portulacaria afra
    • Portulacaria afra 'Cork Bark'
    W/C = Wild Collected
    = indicates flowering in past 14 days
    = images available for this accession
    = map available for this accession
    = accession added within past 90 days
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