Red Crassula

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Crassula coccinea L.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
CRASSULACEAE
Synonyms
Crassula versicolor Burch. ex Ker Gawl., Dietrichia coccinia (L.) Tratt, Dietrichia versicolor (Ker Gawl.) Eckl. & Zeyh., Kalosanthes coccinia (L.) Haw., Kalosanthes coccinia (L.) Haw. var. alba Haw., Kalosanthes versicolor (Ker Gawl.) Haw., Larochea coccinea (L.) Pers., Rochea coccinea (L.) DC., Rochea versicolor (Ker Gawl.) Link
Common Names
Red Crassula (e)
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2009/07/08
Assessor(s)
W. Foden & L. Potter
Justification
A predominantly montane species that is not declining.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Cape Peninsula to Stilbaai.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Fynbos
Description
Sandstone outcrops.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Crassula coccinea L.Least Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.


Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.


Citation
Foden, W. & Potter, L. 2009. Crassula coccinea L. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/22

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