This is not an encyclopedia-like listing of thousands of individual succulents. Here we provide an Index of Succulents of the most popular succulents along with details and growing tips.
A-Z Index of Succulents
Aeonium Kiwi, Aeonium haworthii – Details, Growing Tips
Aloe Vera – Details, Growing Tips
‘Bird’s Nest’, Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Hahnii’ – Details, Growing Tips
Christmas Cactus, Schlumbergera bridgesii – Details, Growing Tips
Coppertone, Sedum nussbaumerianum – Details, Growing Tips
‘Corn Plant’, Dracaena fragrans – Details, Growing Tips
Dwarf Century Plant, Agave desmettiana ‘Variegata’ – Details, Growing Tips
Dwarf Jade Plant, Portulacaria afra – Details, Growing Tips
Easter Cactus, Hatiora gaertneri – Details, Growing Tips
'ET's Fingers', Crassula ovata cv. 'Gollum’ – Details, Growing Tips
‘Golden Toothed Aloe’, Aloe nobilis - Details, Growing Tips
Jade Plant, Crassula ovata - Details, Growing Tips
‘Janet Craig’, Dracaena fragrans – Details, Growing Tips
Kalanchoe ‘Fantastic’, Kalanchoe luciae – Details, Growing Tips
Lace Aloe, Aloe aristata – Details, Growing Tips
Panda Plant, Kalanchoe tomentosa – Details, Growing Tips
Ponytail Palm, Beaucarnea recurvata – Details, Growing Tips
Red-edged Dracaena, Dracaena marginata – Details, Growing Tips
Snake Plant, Sansevieria trifasciata – Details. Growing Tips
String of Buttons, Crassula perforata – Details, Growing Tips
String of Pearls, Senecio rowleyanus – Details, Growing Tips
Thanksgiving Cactus, Schlumbergera truncata – Details, Growing Tips
‘Topsy Turvy’, Echeveria runyonii – Details, Growing Tips
Aeonium haworthii, Aeonium Kiwi – Details, Growing Tips
Agave desmettiana ‘Variegata’, Dwarf Century Plant – Details, Growing Tips
Aloe aristata, Lace Aloe,– Details, Growing Tips
Aloe nobilis, ‘Golden Toothed Aloe’ – Details, Growing Tips
Aloe vera – Details, Growing Tips
Beaucarnea recurvata, Ponytail Palm – Details, Growing Tips
Crassula ovata, Jade Plant – Details, Growing Tips
Crassula ovata cv. 'Gollum’, 'ET's Fingers' – Details, Growing Tips
Crassula perforate, String of Buttons – Details, Growing Tips
Dracaena fragrans, ‘Corn Plant’ – Details, Growing Tips
Dracaena fragrans, ‘Janet Craig’ – Details, Growing Tips
Dracaena marginata, Red-edged Dracaena – Details, Growing Tips
Dracaena fragrans, ‘Warneckii’ – Details, Growing Tips
Echeveria runyonii, ‘Topsy Turvy’ – Details, Growing Tips
Hatiora gaertneri, Easter Cactus – Details, Growing Tips
Haworthia fasciata, Zebra Cactus – Details, Growing Tips
Kalanchoe luciae, Kalanchoe ‘Fantastic’ – Details, Growing Tips
Kalanchoe tomentosa, Panda Plant – Details, Growing Tips
Portulacaria afra, Dwarf Jade Plant – Details, Growing Tips
Sansevieria trifasciata, Snake Plant – Details. Growing Tips
Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Hahnii’, ‘Bird’s Nest’ – Details, Growing Tips
Schlumbergera bridgesii, Christmas Cactus – Details, Growing Tips
Schlumbergera truncata, Thanksgiving Cactus – Details, Growing Tips
Sedum nussbaumerianum, Coppertone – Details, Growing Tips
Senecio rowleyanus, String of Pearls – Details, Growing Tips
Questions About the Index
- Just above here click "Common Name List" or "Scientific Name List" for alphabetical lists which link to each article.
- Use the Search field in the upper left corner. You may search by a common name or a scientific binomial name (the genus and species). Some refer to the scientific name as the botanical name.
- Plants may also be referred to in additional articles. Click the "Article Index" tab in the upper menu bar to find general articles about various succulents.
In brief, this is how we will grammatically show the names of various succulents.
Binomial Names Example = Kalanchoe tomentosa
The “genus” is first and the first letter is uppercase. The “species” is second and the first letter is lowercase. Both words are italicized. Additionally, after the first time the genus is fully spelled out it may be abbreviated such as K. tomentosa.Variety Name Example = Panda Plant
Each word is capitalized but neither word is italicized. Technically the word “variety” is applied only to a true, pure variety of the species. These are also sometimes referred to as “common names.” The Panda Plant is a true variety of Kalanchoe tomentosa.Cultivar Name Example = ‘Chocolate Soldier’
Each word is capitalized but neither word is italicized and single quotes are put around the name. ‘Chocolate Soldier’ is a nursery produced cultivar from Kalanchoe tomentosa. A “cultivar” is simply a ‘cultivated variety’. For this plant to look different there was some human intervention involved.Hybrid Name Example = 'Fang'
The name is capitalized but is not italicized and single quotes are put around the name. 'Fang' is a hybrid developed from a cross between Kalanchoe beharensis and Kalanchoe tomentosa. A “hybrid” involves human intervention to create a genetic cross between two different species, a species and a cultivar or some other combination. There are other grammatical technicalities that some scholars include in their writing. We don’t have the time or resources to research in such depth to add further unique qualifiers to the names. We think the guidelines we have outlined above are sufficient for the typical reader searching our website. If you catch an error let us know. We are not perfect and although we often research dozens of sources to obtain accuracy, those sources are not always perfect either.Please visit this page often. More articles on specific succulents are continually added.