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Botanical Family · Saxifragales

Crassulaceae

Orpine Or Stonecrop Family

14 speciesOrder Saxifragales8+ well-known plants

The Crassulaceae family (Orpine Or Stonecrop Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Saxifragales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 14 species across 4 genera. Its members are predominantly herbs. Well-represented genera include Kalanchoe, Bryophyllum and Crassula. Several members are valued in traditional medicine. Familiar examples include Air plant, jade plant and Ghost-plant.

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Representative CRASSULACEAE specimen
Representative specimen · Crassulaceae
Key pattern

Thick, water-storing succulent leaves, often arranged in a neat rosette; star-shaped flowers with petals equal in number to the sepals open in dense terminal clusters, each ripening into a cluster of small dry follicles.

Uses a specialised water-saving photosynthesis (CAM) that opens its pores only at night, letting the family thrive in dry, sun-baked, rocky habitats where most herbs cannot.

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Leaf ShapeWhat shape are the succulent leaves?
Deeply cut/lobed
Elliptic
Large, flat, elongated
Narrow tubular/cylindrical
Obovate
Ovate
Round, thick, fleshy

Typical leaf characters

  • ArrangementVariable
  • TypeVariable
  • MarginVariable
  • VenationVariable

Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.

Typical flower & fruit

Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.

Notable members

Air Plant, Good Luck Leaf, Hawaiian Air Plant, Life Plant, Miracle LeafBryophyllum pinnatumJade PlantCrassula ovataGhost-PlantGraptopetalum paraguayenseKonkan KalanchoeKalanchoe bhideiFlaming KatyKalanchoe blossfeldianaAlligator PlantKalanchoe daigremontianaMother Of MillionsKalanchoe delagoensisLavender ScallopsKalanchoe fedtschenkoi

All 14 species in CRASSULACEAE

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