Crassulaceae

Orpine family
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Saxifragales Family: Crassulaceae
Genera
Adromischus Aeonium Aichryson Cotyledon Crassula, for example the so called Jade plant Dudleya Echeveria Graptopetalum Greenovia Kalanchoe Monanthes Orostachys Pachyphytum Prometheum Rhodiola Rosularia Sedum Sempervivum (with the subgenusJovibarba) Tylecodon ''Umbilicus

Heffrumaen

Money tree

The Crassulaceae, or orpines, are a family of dicotyledons. They store water in their succulent leaves. Some older classifications included the Crassulaceae in the Rosales but newer schemes remove them to the order Saxifragales.

CAM photosynthesis (Crassulacean Acid Metabolism) is named after the Crassulaceae, because the pathway was first discovered in crassulacean plants.

Two typical members of the Crassulaceae: In their thick, succulent leaves they store water. Left:Sempervivum heuffelii, type from Romania, in cultivation. Photo: Manuel Werner. Germany

Beneath, right: Crassula ovata from southern Africa, the so called "money tree" or "Jade plant".