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Systematics

Other succulent systematics

A separate tree of documented succulents outside Cactaceae.

Angiosperms
Asparagales
Asparagaceae
Agave 210
Dracaena 112
Echinoagave 12
Furcraea 1
Paleoagave 1
Paraagave 1
Asphodelaceae
Aloe 514
Aloestrela 1
Aloiampelos 7
Aloidendron 5
Aristaloe 1
Astroloba 12
Bulbine 5
Gasteria 26
Gonialoe 3
Haworthia 53
Haworthiopsis 19
Kumara 2
Tulista 4
Orchidaceae
Cleisostoma 1
Asterales
Asteraceae
Baculellum 1
Brachyscome 1
Caputia 5
Curio 3
Kleinia 8
Othonna 3
Campanulaceae
Brighamia 2
Goodeniaceae
Scaevola 1
Caryophyllales
Aizoaceae
Acrodon 5
Acrosanthes 7
Aizoanthemopsis 1
Aizoanthemum 5
Aizoon 41
Aloinopsis 8
Amphibolia 6
Anisostigma 1
Antegibbaeum 1
Antimima 107
Apatesia 3
Argyroderma 11
Astridia 14
Bergeranthus 10
Braunsia 7
Brianhuntleya 3
Calamophyllum 3
Carpanthea 2
Carpobrotus 14
Carruanthus 2
Cephalophyllum 34
Cerochlamys 3
Chasmatophyllum 7
Cheiridopsis 42
Cleretum 13
Conicosia 2
Conophytum 106
Cylindrophyllum 5
Deilanthe 3
Delosperma 171
Dicrocaulon 7
Didymaotus 1
Dinteranthus 7
Diplosoma 2
Disphyma 4
Dracophilus 2
Drosanthemopsis 4
Drosanthemum 111
Eberlanzia 10
Ebracteola 4
Enarganthe 1
Erepsia 31
Faucaria 8
Fenestraria 1
Frithia 2
Gibbaeum 17
Glottiphyllum 16
Gunniopsis 14
Hallianthus 1
Hammeria 3
Hartmanthus 2
Hereroa 28
Hymenogyne 2
Jacobsenia 2
Jensenobotrya 1
Jordaaniella 7
Juttadinteria 5
Khadia 6
Klakia 2
Lampranthus 100
Lapidaria 1
Leipoldtia 14
Lemonanthemum 1
Lithops 38
Machairophyllum 4
Malephora 17
Malephoropsis 2
Marlothistella 2
Mesembryanthemum 108
Mestoklema 6
Meyerophytum 2
Mitrophyllum 8
Monilaria 5
Mossia 1
Muiria 1
Namaquanthus 2
Namibia 2
Nananthus 6
Nelia 2
Neohenricia 2
Octopoma 4
Oophytum 2
Orthopterum 2
Oscularia 22
Ottosonderia 2
Peersia 3
Phiambolia 11
Pleiospilos 4
Prepodesma 1
Psammophora 4
Rabiea 6
Rhinephyllum 11
Rhombophyllum 5
Ruschia 218
Ruschianthus 1
Ruschiella 6
Saphesia 1
Sarcozona 2
Schlechteranthus 15
Schwantesia 11
Scopelogena 2
Sederbergia 4
Sesuvium 15
Skiatophytum 3
Smicrostigma 3
Stayneria 1
Stoeberia 7
Stomatium 38
Tanquana 3
Tetragonia 51
Titanopsis 4
Trianthema 29
Tribulocarpus 3
Trichodiadema 32
Vanheerdea 3
Vanzijlia 1
Vlokia 2
Wooleya 1
Zaleya 6
Zeuktophyllum 2
Amaranthaceae
Anabasis 1
Halocnemum 2
Kalidium 2
Salicornia 13
Anacampserotaceae
Anacampseros 59
Grahamia 1
Talinopsis 1
Didiereaceae
Alluaudia 6
Alluaudiopsis 2
Calyptrotheca 2
Decarya 1
Didierea 2
Portulacaria 7
Kewaceae
Kewa 1
Montiaceae
Calandrinia 2
Cistanthe 3
Lewisia 1
Phemeranthus 1
Portulacaceae
Portulaca 154
Talinaceae
Amphipetalum 1
Talinum 28
Commelinales
Commelinaceae
Callisia 4
Cucurbitales
Cucurbitaceae
Xerosicyos 1
Dioscoreales
Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea 1
Gentianales
Apocynaceae
Adenium 6
Apteranthes 7
Australluma 2
Ballyanthus 2
Baynesia 1
Boucerosia 7
Caralluma 30
Caudanthera 4
Ceropegia 23
Cynanchum 18
Desmidorchis 14
Duvalia 18
Duvaliandra 1
Echidnopsis 36
Edithcolea 1
Hoodia 13
Huernia 77
Larryleachia 6
Lavrania 1
Monolluma 5
Notechidnopsis 1
Ophionella 2
Orbea 60
Pachypodium 23
Pectinaria 5
Piaranthus 8
Pseudolithos 8
Quaqua 20
Rhytidocaulon 17
Richtersveldia 1
Socotrella 1
Stapelia 31
Stapelianthus 7
Stapeliopsis 8
Tavaresia 3
Tridentea 8
Tromotriche 11
White-sloanea 1
Geraniales
Francoaceae
Melianthus 1
Geraniaceae
Pelargonium 7
Sarcocaulon 13
Lamiales
Lamiaceae
Coleus 2
Lentibulariaceae
Genlisea 1
Utricularia 5
Malpighiales
Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia 381
Jatropha 4
Malvales
Malvaceae
Helicteres 1
Piperales
Piperaceae
Peperomia 10
Rosales
Moraceae
Dorstenia 2
Urticaceae
Pilea 2
Sapindales
Burseraceae
Commiphora 1
Saxifragales
Crassulaceae
Adromischus 29
Aeonium 38
Afrovivella 1
Aichryson 1
Chaloupkaea 8
Chazaroa 3
Chiastophyllum 1
Cotyledon 11
Crassula 143
Cremnophila 2
Dudleya 45
Echeveria 195
Graptopetalum 16
Hylotelephium 11
Hypagophytum 1
Jeronimoa 1
Kalanchoe 119
Kungia 2
Lenophyllum 7
Meterostachys 1
Monanthes 16
Orostachys 8
Pachyphytum 24
Petrosedum 12
Phedimus 14
Pistorinia 2
Prometheum 2
Pseudosedum 7
Quetzalcoatlia 10
Rhodiola 7
Rosularia 18
Sedum 365
Sempervivum 50
Sinocrassula 3
Thompsonella 8
Tylecodon 48
Umbilicus 11
Villadia 26
Vitales
Vitaceae
Cissus 7
Cyphostemma 9
Zygophyllales
Zygophyllaceae
Roepera 26
Zygophyllum 15

The inventory includes every species explicitly marked as succulent in WCVP 16 and additional groups documented by botanical sources. Names and synonyms follow the 4 June 2026 edition, consulted on 12 October 2026. The scope comprises 5353 species in 265 genera and 31 families.

Succulence occurs across different plant lineages. This dated inventory is complete within its documented source scope. Other succulents may fall outside it when the database lacks an explicit flag or independent evidence. These cards document nomenclature.

[27-WWW] [Nyffeler and Eggli 2010] [Golenberg et al. 2023] [18-WWW] [18-WWW] [The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016]