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Crassulaceae J.St.-Hil., Expos. Fam. Nat. 2: 123. 1805. 'Stonecrop Family'
Crassulaceae J.St.-Hil., Expos. Fam. Nat. 2: 123. 1805. 'Stonecrop Family'
Salient Features
Salient Features
The members are mainly succulent shrubs or herbs, rarely small trees.
Leaves simple, usually entire, in spirals (making rosettes), or opposite, or whorled.
Flowers solitary or in terminal thyrse, usually bisexual, pentamerous, hypogynous or weakly perigynous.
Calyx distinct, corolla of free or tube forming connate petal.
Stamens usually twice the number of petals, in 2 whorls, less often same number as petals, alternating with them, rarely basally connate.
Gynoecium of carpels as many as sepals, usually free, with nectariferous appendage near base, ovules 1- many in each carpel, in basal or marginal placentation
Fruit a head of follicles, nut like or capsules.
Diversity:
Diversity:
World- 50 genera, 1482 species (The Plant List 2013); 35 genera, 1400 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 34 genera, 1350 species (Mabberley 2017); 35 genera, 1661 species (CoL 2021)
India - 23 genera, 135 species (Karthikeyan 2000); 9 genera 58 species (Singh et al. 2011); 9 genera, 59 species (BSI, 2021)
Indian Himalaya- 10 genera, 57 species (Singh et al. 2019)
Uttarakhand - 7 genera, 32 species (Uniyal et al. 2007)
General Characters:
General Characters:
Crassulaceae in Watson & Dallwitz (1992 onwards)
Crassulaceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Crassulaceae in Wikipedia
Systematic Position of Family in Different Systems of Classifications:
Systematic Position of Family in Different Systems of Classifications:
Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)
Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)
Super Kingdom- Eukaryota, Kingdom- Plantae, Subkingdom- Viridiplantae, Infrakingdom- Streptophyta, Superphylum- Embryophyta, Phylum- Tracheophyta, Subphylum- Spermatophytina, Superclass- Angiospermae, Class- Magnoliopsida, Superorder- Saxifraganae, Order- Saxifragales
Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)
Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)
Class : Dicotyledons
Subclass : Polypetalae
Series : Calyciflorae
Orders : Rosales
Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)
Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)
Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Embryophyta Siphonogama
Subdivision : Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledoneae
Subclass : Archichlamydeae
Order : Rosales
Suborder : Saxifragineae
Hutchinson (1973)
Hutchinson (1973)
Phylum : Angiospermae
Subphylum : Dicotyledones
Division : Herbaceae
Order : Saxifragales
Cronquist (1988)
Cronquist (1988)
Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Rosidae
Order : Rosales
Thorne & Reveal (2007)
Thorne & Reveal (2007)
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Hamamelididae
Super Order: Hamamelidanae
Order : Saxifragales
Takhtajan (2009)
Takhtajan (2009)
Phylum : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Rosidae
Super Order : Rosanae
Order : Saxifragales
Reveal (2012)
Reveal (2012)
Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order : Saxifraganae
Order : Saxifragales
APG-IV (2016)
APG-IV (2016)
Clade : Angiosperms
Clade : Eudicots
Clade : Core Eudicots
Clade : Superasterids
Clade : Asterids
Clade : Superrosids
Order : Saxifragales
Shipunov (2020)
Shipunov (2020)
Class : Angiospermae
Subclass : Rosidae
Super Order : Saxifraganae
Order : Saxifragales
Suborder : Saxifragineae
Genera & Species in Pantnagar
Genera & Species in Pantnagar
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***Cultivated Flora***
***Cultivated Flora***
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana Poelln.
Vernacular name: Flaming Katy, Christmas Kalanchoe
Nativity: Madagascar (POWO, 2019)
Common Characteristics: Succulent herbs. Leaves elliptic to oblong, margin creanate. Flower in terminal branched panicles.
Flowering period: January to March
Propagation Methods: Propagated by cutting (Dave’s Garden)
Photographed @ Ta Colony
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