Common Names - Orpine or Stonecroft Family | Synonyms - |
Authority - J. St.-Hill or DC. | Total Number of genera - 40 |
Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 1500 |
Plant forms - Tree/Shrub/Herb | |
World Distribution - Almost cosmopolitan, esp. S. Africa, absent in Australia, W. Pacific | |
Comments - Shrubs, herbs, sometimes treelets. Herbs (mostly), or shrubs (rarely), or lianas (rarely). worldwide, but mostly occur in the Northern Hemisphere and southern Africa, typically in dry and/or cold areas where water may be scarce. |
1 - Bryophyllum. 2 - Crassula. 3 - Kalanchoe. |