Yes, I found some genetic studies but they are behind a paywall so I can't access everything but the gist is that there are subtypes that are not closely related to each other
RE: More Crassula flowers
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More Crassula flowers
Seems clear to me. Crassulaceae as a whole is huge and just in South Africa we get Adromischus, Cotyledon, Crassula, Kalanchoe, and Tylecodon. Then the huge diversity within Crassula, with the other genera relatively small
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It's the largest group of leaf-succulents in Southern Africa after Mesembs (Aizoaceae)
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All with very similar floral structure
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The diversity of mesembs are fascinating but they are also quite clearly related
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It seems that the flowers are bee, moth and butterfly pollinated. Then there's also a butterfly larvae that feeds on the leaves of all crassulaceae
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Yes, I've had that little grub tunneling in my plants. It has a particular taste for Echeveria. Interesting, because Echeveria are not Native but the native insects recognise them as edible
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Here's the culprit
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Pollinates one species, feeds off another. I hope that you don't kill them
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I stopped after I learned that it was a butterfly larvae. Not a pest that will decimate the plants all although they have occasionally been quite destructive
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They are not on the same level as slugs and snails, that's for sure. The tunnelling is weird but ok
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