Common name
English: Jade Plant
German: Fette Henne, Geldbaum
English: Jade Plant
German: Fette Henne, Geldbaum
Kingdom: Plantae (2586)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2483)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2101)
Order: Rosales (117)
Family: Crassulaceae (23)(family description)
Genus: Crassula (3)
Epithet: ovata (P. Mill.) Druce (6)
Synonyms: Crassula argentea Thunb., Crassula nitida Schönl., Crassula portulacea Lam.
argentea => silvery
nitida => shining, smooth and clear, lustrous
ovata => oval, egg-shaped; elliptic, but broader at the base
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub
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