Flashcards: Succulent plants

In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents or sometimes fat plants, are plants that have some parts that are more than normally thickened and fleshy, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions.

Gibbaeum heathii is a species of succulent plant in the Gibbaeum genus, endemic to South Africa.

Cotyledon undulate, also known as Silver crown or Silver Ruffles, is a small succulent shrub up to 50 cm tall.

Ammocharis is a small genus from sub-Saharan Africa, in the Amaryllidaceae family (subfamily Amaryllidoideae) which includes 7 species distributed in Africa.

Jordaaniella dubia is a coastal succulent plant of the family Aizoaceae.

Zygophyllum simile is a succulent annual herb native to Australia.

Portulacaria is a genus of succulent plant, classified in its own subfamily Portulacarioideae in the family Didiereaceae.

Haworthia cooperi is a diverse and varied species of the genus Haworthia in the family Asphodelaceae, endemic to the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa.

Haworthia emelyae (synonym with Haworthia picta) is a species of the genus Haworthia in the family Asphodelaceae, endemic to the Western Cape Province in South Africa.

Haworthia coarctata is a species of flowering succulent plant from the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa and naturalized in Mexico.

Portulacaria afra (known as elephant bush, dwarf jade plant, porkbush and spekboom in Afrikaans) is a small-leaved succulent plant found in South Africa.

Muellerolimon salicorniaceum, the sole species in genus Muellerolimon, is a succulent perennial herb or shrub that grows on salt mudflats in Western Australia.

Hillebrandia sandwicensis is a species of a herbaceous perennial flowering plant native to some of the Hawaiian Islands.

Haworthia pungens is a species of flowering succulent plant from the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Bienertia sinuspersici is a flowering plant that currently is classified in the family Amaranthaceae, although it was previously considered to belong to the family Chenopodiaceae.

Hoodia ruschii is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family.

Glottiphyllum cruciatum is a species that are part of over 50 succulents that are subtropical plants of the family Aizoaceae.

Glottiphyllum is a genus of about 57 species of succulent subtropical plants of the family Aizoaceae.

Mimulus evanescens is a rare species of monkeyflower known by the common name disappearing monkeyflower.

Ceraria namaquensis, with the common names Namaqua porkbush and Namaqua portulacaria, is a species of succulent shrub, native to the border between South Africa and Namibia.

Tetraena fontanesii, or Zygophyllum fontanesii, is a species of plant found in the Macaronesia and northeast Africa.

Haworthia mirabilis is a species of the genus Haworthia belonging to the family Asphodelaceae.

Haworthia scabra is a species of flowering succulent plant from arid regions of the Western and Eastern Cape Provinces, South Africa.

Haworthia truncata (locally known as "Horse's teeth") is a species of succulent plant in the genus Haworthia.

Haworthia pygmaea is a species of the genus Haworthia in the family Asphodelaceae, endemic to the Mossel Bay area of the Western Cape, South Africa.

Haworthia magnifica is a species of the genus Haworthia belonging to the family Asphodelaceae.

Hoodia triebneri is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family.

Haworthia decipiens is a species of Haworthia, in the family Asphodelaceae, in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa.

Hoodia gordonii, also known as Bushman's hat, is a leafless spiny succulent plant with medicinal properties.

Portulacaria pygmaea (previously Ceraria pygmaea), also known as the Pygmy porkbush, is a small-leaved dwarf succulent plant found on the border between Namibia and South Africa.

Haworthia limifolia is a species of flowering plant in the genus Haworthia, native to southern Africa and first described in 1910.

Jatropha dioica is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, that is native to Texas in the United States as well as Mexico as far south as Oaxaca.

Hoodia alstonii is a succulent plant native to Namibia and the Cape Province of South Africa.

Hoodia currorii is a succulent plant native to Namibia and the Cape Province of South Africa.

Hoodia officialis is a succulent plant native to Namibia and the Cape Province of South Africa.

Haworthia springbokvlakensis is a species of the genus Haworthia in the family Asphodelaceae, endemic to a very restricted area of the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa.

Haworthia arachnoidea is the type species of the genus Haworthia, in the family Asphodelaceae, in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.

Haworthia bayeri is a species of the genus Haworthia in the family Asphodelaceae, endemic to the southern Cape Provinces in South Africa.

Haworthia glauca is a species of flowering succulent plant from the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Haworthia mucronata is a species of the genus Haworthia in the family Asphodelaceae, endemic to the Little Karoo region, in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.

Haworthia nigra is a species of flowering succulent plant from the Western and Eastern Cape Provinces, South Africa.

Haworthia retusa is a species of the genus Haworthia in the family Asphodelaceae, endemic to a very small area around Riversdale, in the Western Cape Province in South Africa.

Haworthia zantneriana is a species of the genus Haworthia in the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae, endemic to the southern parts of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape Provinces in South Africa.

Hoodia macrantha is a succulent plant native to Namibia and the Cape Province of South Africa.

Sinocrassula is a genus of succulent, subtropical plants of the family Crassulaceae.

Pachypodium saundersii, the Kudu Lily, is a succulent plant belonging to the Apocynaceae family.

Haworthia tessellata is a species of the genus Haworthia belonging to the family Xanthorrhoeaceae.

Hemichroa pentandra, commonly known as trailing hemichroa, trailing saltstar or trailing jointweed, is a prostrate perennial herb in the amaranth family.

Hemichroa is a small genus of plants in the amaranth family containing three species.

Bienertia is a flowering plant that currently is classified in the family Amaranthaceae, although it was previously considered to belong to the family Chenopodiaceae.

Haworthia venosa is a species of flowering plant in the genus Haworthia belonging to the family Asphodelaceae, native to Namibia and South Africa.

Dorotheanthus bellidiformis, commonly called Livingstone daisy, Bokbaaivygie (Afrikaans), or Buck Bay vygie, is a species of flowering plant in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Cape Peninsula in South Africa.

Drosanthemum candens, commonly known as rodondo creeper or dew-flower, is a succulent plant in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae.

Delosperma echinatum is a succulent plant, native to South Africa.

Hoodia flava is a succulent native to the Cape Province in South Africa and to Namibia.

The International Organization for Succulent Plant Study (IOS) describes itself as a "non-governmental organization promoting the study and conservation of succulent and allied plants and encouraging collaboration among scientists and curators of significant living collections of such plants, professional or amateur.