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Crassulaceae

Subfamily Crassuloideae

Subfamily Kalanchoideae

Subfamily Sempervivoideae

W/C = Wild Collected
Tylecodon paniculatus (L.f.) Tölken

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: Butter tree, Botterboom
  • Family: Crassulaceae DC.

  • Country of Origin: South Africa
  • Habitat: Sandy areas of central SA (Namaqualand / coastal western Cape)

  • Culture: Loses its leaves in summer and photosynthesizes via the stems. Keep drier in summer but not totally bone dry.
  • USDA Zone: 10-12
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200202467
  • Source: Matt Opel
  • Provenance: S. of Calvinia, S. Africa
  • Accession Date: 10-23-2002
  • Bench: 2205 - XER:Namib / Karoo B
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 05-21-2009
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Saxifragales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Crassulaceae
  • SubFamily: Kalanchoideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:
References:

Court, Doreen, Succulent flora of Southern Africa, A.A. Balkema, 1981

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