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Plant Families including Succulent Species

More than 60 plant families, split into some 300 genera, have evolved succulent species as an adaptation to limited availabiity of water.
 
This page summarises families and genera that include succulent plants, linked to further information.
 
A list of plants illustrated on this site is also available.

 
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  • Notes:
  • Amaryllidaceae, Bromeliaceae, Hyacinthaceae and Orchidaceae are often excluded from succulent plant shows.
  • Many families listed include only a few succulent species.
  • Non-succulent genera within families are not listed.
  • Genera may be grouped quite differently for show purposes, especially caudiciforms.
  • Taxonomy is often controversial, changing frequently. This page follows the APG II system incorporating recent molecular analysis.

Monocotyledons  (Plants with a single seed leaf)

go to top Asparagales

The Agavaceae, Dracaenaceae and Nolinaceae have been variously grouped together, but recently demerged into separate families.


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  • Orchidaceae   -   Orchids
    Very incomplete list.
  • Acampe
  • Aerangis
  • Ansellia
  • Bolusiella
  • Bulbophyllum
  • Calanthe
  • Cirrhopetalum
  • Cyrtorchis
  • Eulophia
  • Liparis
  • Oberonia
  • Oeceoclades
  • Polystachya
  • Tridactyle
  • Vanilla

go to top Order Commelinales


go to top Order Dioscoreales


go to top Order Poales



Dicotyledons  (Plants with two seed leaves)


go to top Order Apiales


go to top Order Asterales



go to top Order Brassicales


go to top Order Caryophyllales

  • Aloinopsis
  • Argyroderma
  • Bijlia
  • Braunsia
  • Carruanthus
  • Cephalophyllum
  • Cerochlamys
  • Chasmatophyllum
  • Cheiridopsis
  • Conophytum
  • Cylindrophyllum
 
          and other genera.
  • Dracophilus
  • Ebracteola
  • Faucaria
  • Fenestraria
  • Glottiphyllum
  • Imitaria
  • Jacobsenia
  • Juttadinteria
  • Lampranthus
  • Lapidaria
  • Lithops
  • Machairophyllum
  • Monilaria
  • Nananthus
  • Odontophorus
  • Pleiospilos
  • Psammophora
  • Rhombophyllum
  • Ruschia
  • Schwantesia
  • Titanopsis
  • Trichodiadema

 
  • Subfamily Pereskioideae: broad leaves, no glochids.
    Pereskia, Maihuenia
    (or Maihuenia may be separated into Subfamily Maihuenioideae.)
     
  • Subfamily Opuntioideae: fleshy round leaves present or absent, glochids present.
    Austrocylindropuntia, Brasiliopuntia, Cylindropuntia, Cumulopuntia, Grusonia, Micropuntia, Opuntia, Pereskiopsis, Pterocactus, Quiabentia, Tacinga, Tephrocactus, Tunilla.
     
  • Subfamily Cactoideae: no leaves*, no glochids.
    Ariocarpus, Astrophytum, Aztekium, Carnegiea, Cereus, Cleistocactus, Coryphantha, Echinocactus, Echinocereus, Echinomastus, Epithelantha, Escobaria, Ferocactus, Geohintonia, Hylocereus, Leuchtenbergia, Lobivia, Lophophora, Mammillaria, Matucana, Neolloydia, Obregonia, Parodia, Pelecyphora, Pilosocereus, Pediocactus, Rebutia, Rhipsalis, Sclerocactus, Schlumbergia, Stenocactus, Strombocactus, Thelocactus, Trichocereus, Turbinocarpus, Uebelmannia and all other genera.
     
    *Except that some species have seed leaves.
     




go to top  Order Celastrales


go to top Order Cucurbitales


  • Cucurbitaceae   -   Gourds
  • Acanthosicyos
  • Cephalopentandra
  • Coccinia
  • Corallocarpus
  • Cucurbita
  • Dendrosicyos
  • Gerrardanthus
  • Ibervillea
  • Kedrostis
  • Maximowiczia
  • Momordica
  • Neoalsomitra
  • Seyrigia
  • Xerosicyos
  • Zygosicyos


go to top Order Ericales



go to top Order Fabales


go to top Order Gentianales


go to top Order Geraniales


go to top  Order Lamiales




go to top Order Malpighiales

  • Monadenium
  • The Family Monadenium has been absorbed into Euphorbia.
    The genera below are therefore obsolete.
  • Cridoscolus
  • Elaeophorbia
  • Endadenium
  • Jatropha
  • Monadenum
  • Pedilanthus
  • Phyllanthus
  • Stenadenium
  • Synadenium


go to top Order Malvales

adansonia digitata
  • Bombacaceae
  • Adansonia
  • Bombax
  • Cavanillesia
  • Ceiba
  • Chorisia
  • Pseudobombax

go to top Order Myrtales


go to top Order Oxalidales


go to top Order Piperales


go to top Order Ranunculales


go to top Order Rosales


  • Urticaceae   -   Nettles
  • Caution ! Some species of Urticaceae have stinging hairs.
  • Pilea   without stinging hairs.
  • Sarcopilea

go to top Order Sapindales



go to top Order Saxifragales

  • Adromischus
  • Aeonium
  • Afrovivella
  • Aichryson
  • Aizoopsis
  • Altamiranoa
  • Bryophyllum
  • Chiastophyllum
  • Cotyledon
  • Crassula
  • Cremnophila
  • Diamorpha
  • Dudleya
  • Echeveria
  • Gormania
  • Graptopetalum
  • (Greenovia) = Aeonium
  • Hasseanthus
  • Hylotelephium
  • Jovibarba
  • Kalanchoe
  • Kitchingia
  • Lenophyllum
  • Meterostachys
  • Monanthes
  • Mucizonia
  • Oliveranthus
  • Orostachys
  • Pachyphytum
  • Phedimus
  • Pistorinia
  • Prometheum
  • Pseudosedum
  • Rhodiola

go to top Order Solanales


go to top Order Vitales


go to top  Order Welwitschiales

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