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

‘Warneckii’, Dracaena fragrans – Details, Growing Tips

Zebra Cactus, Haworthia fasciata – 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

Options To Find the Article on a Specific Plant:

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• 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.
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The names we attribute or designate for each succulent may differ from what you have been familiar with or have commonly seen.  Naming plants is not a perfect endeavor even for the experts.  The same plant may be given different names (synonyms) by botanists, horticulturists, nurseries, and hobbyists.  The most common name may also vary depending on geography or slight differences in the look of the plant itself.

In our descriptions, we will do our best to adhere to common international grammatical distinctions when writing about a specific succulent.  To do this we will follow the guidelines of the International Code of Nomenclature.

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.