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Taxonomy

Physical Description

Family Crassulaceae:

Herbs, subshrubs, or shrubs. Stems mostly fleshy. Leaves alternate, opposite, or verticillate, usually simple; stipules absent; leaf blade entire or slightly incised, rarely lobed or imparipinnate. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, cymose, corymbiform, spiculate, racemose, paniculate, or sometimes reduced to a solitary flower. Flowers usually bisexual, sometimes unisexual in Rhodiola (when plants dioecious or rarely gynodioecious), actinomorphic, (3 or) 4-6(-30) -merous. Sepals almost free or basally connate, persistent. Petals free or connate. Stamens as many as petals in 1 series or 2 × as many in 2 series. Nectar scales at or near base of carpels. Follicles sometimes fewer than sepals, free or basally connate, erect or spreading, membranous or leathery, 1- to many seeded. Seeds small; endosperm scanty or not developed.

About 35 genera and over 1500 species: Africa, America, Asia, Europe; 13 genera (two endemic, one introduced) and 233 species (129 endemic, one introduced) in China.

Some species of Crassulaceae are cultivated as ornamentals and/or used medicinally.^[1]

Distribution

Growth

Culture: Space 6-9" apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a. (map)

Similar Species

Members of the genus Echeveria:

There are approximately 608 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: E. 'Afterglow' (Echeveria) · E. 'Amethorum' (Graptoveria) · E. 'Arlie Wright' (Hybrid Echeveria) · E. 'Barbillion' (Euphorbia) · E. 'Bittersweet' · E. 'Black Knight' (Echeveria) · E. 'Black Prince' (Black Prince Echeveria) · E. 'Blondie' (Echeveria) · E. 'Blue Bedder' (Blue Bedder Echeveria) · E. 'Blue Curls' (Echeveria) · E. 'Bluebird' (Echeveria) · E. 'Boston Frills' (Echeveria) · E. 'Cameo' (Echeveria) · E. 'Carlsbad' (Echeveria) · E. 'Chantilly' · E. 'Chocolate' (Echeveria) · E. 'Chrissy n Ryan' · E. 'Crinkle' (Echeveria) · E. 'Crinoline' (Echeveria) · E. 'Crûg Ice' · E. 'Curly Locks' (Echeveria) · E. 'Dick Wright' (Echeveria) · E. 'Dondo' (Echeveria) · E. 'Doris Taylor' (Woolly Rose) · E. 'Duchess of Nuremberg' · E. 'Ebony' · E. 'Frank Reinelt' · E. 'Fred Wass' · E. 'Gypsy' (Echeveria) · E. 'Harry Butterfield' (Echeveria) · E. 'Hens and Chicks' · E. 'Ileene' · E. 'Imbricata' · E. 'Kirchneriana' (Echeveria) · E. 'Lindel Bedder' (Echeveria) · E. 'Lola' (Echeveria) · E. 'Mahogany' (Echeveria) · E. 'Mary' (Echeveria) · E. 'Meridian' (Echeveria) · E. 'Morning Light' (Echeveria) · E. 'Paul Bunyan' (Echeveria) · E. 'Paul Bunyon' · E. 'Perle d'Azur' · E. 'Perle von Nurnberg' (Echeveria) · E. 'Perle von Nürnberg' · E. 'Pink Curly' (Echeveria) · E. 'Pink Domingo' · E. 'Pinky' · E. 'Powder Blue' (Echeveria) · E. 'Princess Lace' (Echeveria) · E. 'Pulv-Oliver' (Echeveria) · E. 'Pulvicox' (Echeveria) · E. 'Raindrops' (Echeveria) · E. 'Ray's Beauty' · E. 'Ruffles' (Echeveria) · E. 'Set-Oliver' (Echeveria) · E. 'Starburst' (Starburst Hybrid Echeveria) · E. 'Stawberry Heart' (Hybrid Echeveria) · E. 'Strawberry Hearts' · E. 'Sundancer' · E. 'Tippy' (Echeveria) · E. 'Victor Reiter' · E. 'Violet Queen' (Echeveria) · E. 'Virginia Lee' (Echeveria) · E. 'Warfield Wonder' · E. abramsii · E. abyssinica · E. acuminata · E. acutiflora · E. acutifolia · E. adunca · E. aequatorialis · E. aequitorialis · E. affinis (Echeveria) · E. affinis Walth. 'Dark Red' · E. affinis Walth. 'Green' · E. agavoides (Lipstick Echeveria) · E. agavoides 'Crest' · E. agavoides 'Ebony' (Echeveria) · E. agavoides 'Maria' (Echeveria) · E. agavoides 'Metallica' · E. agavoides 'Red Edge' · E. agavoides Lem. 'Cristata' · E. agavoides var. corderoyi · E. agavoides var. multifida · E. agavoides var. prolifera · E. agavoides x lindsayana (Echeveria) · E. akontiophylla · E. alata · E. albicans (Whitening Echeveria) · E. albida · E. albiflora · E. aloides · E. alpina · E. amadorana · E. amethystina · E. amoena (Echeveria) · E. amphoralis · E. anacarpa · E. andicola

Bibliography

• Fu Shu-hsia & Fu Kun-tsun. 1984. Crassulaceae. In: Fu Shu-hsia & Fu Kun-tsun, eds., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 34(1): 31-220.

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Notes

Contributors:

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 1, 2006.

Identifiers:

• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1005482

Footnotes:

1. Kunjun Fu, Hideaki Ohba & Michael G. Gilbert "Crassulaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 8 Page 202. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.