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Crassula tetragona L.
CRASSULACEAE
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Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN)
Current Jepson Flora Project Synonyms Creusa tetragona (L.) P. V. Heath
Initial Editorial Analysis 9 May 2008
Source of Report for California Correspondence 1
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 19 Jan 2006 e-mail from Jon Rebman to Margriet Wetherwax, including a spreadsheet by Jon P. Rebman and Michael G. Simpson of taxa documented by voucher specimens or reported for San Diego County that were not addressed in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]. see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 indicates that Crassula tetragona L. has been documented with voucher specimen(s) for San Diego County since The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]. [Miniature Pine Tree; native to South Africa.]
Correspondence 2 14 Nov 2006 e-mail from David J. Keil see Comment 2
Editorial Comments 2 Correspondence 2 indicates that Dave Keil has two collections of naturalized Crassula tetragona from San Luis Obispo County in OBI: Sand road at south end of Broderson Avenue, Los Osos. North-facing sandy slope with coastal live oak woodland and chaparral. Flowers whitish. Escaped from cultivation along trail. 3 June 1986. David Keil 19634. Pismo Beach at Boosinger Park, vicinity of intersection of Lemoore and Wadsworth. Steep, calcareous sandstone hillside with disturbed coastal scrub invaded by escaped ornamentals. Native species include Eriogonum parvifolium, Hazardia squarrosa, Dudleya lanceolata, Lotus scoparius, Baccharis pilularis, and Toxicodendron diversilobum. Exotics include Carpobrotus edulis, Geranium hortorum, Lamarckia aurea, Pittosporum undulatum, Myoporum laetum, et al. Common. Succulent shrub. Vigorously reproducing with all stages represented. Corolla white. 10 July 2001. David Keil no. 29638.
Correspondence 3 Treatment and author notes submitted for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] by Steve Boyd see Comment 3
Editorial Comments 3 Correspondence 3 indicates that for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] Crassula tetragona L. is to be treated as naturalized in CA, noting that it is establishing itself here and there at the wildland-urban interface in southern CA, and that it most likely is spreading more through vegetative propagation than seeds.
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary addition, reported as naturalized in California since The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]
Current Status JFP-2, accepted name for taxon naturalized in CA
Current Status Authority The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status Date 9 May 2008
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Crassula
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Crassula

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