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[[Image:Split Aloe.jpg|thumb|150px|Succulent plants, such as this ''[[Aloe]]'', store water in their fleshy leaves]]
'''Succulent plants''', also known as '''succulents''' or '''fat plants''', are [[water]]-retaining [[plant]]s adapted to [[Xerophile|xerophilic]] climatic or [[soil]] conditions. Succulent plants store water in their [[leaf|leaves]], [[Plant stem|stems]] and/or [[root]]s. The storage of water often gives succulent plants a more swollen or fleshy appearance than other plants, also known as succulence. In addition to succulence, succulent plants variously have other water-saving features. These may include:

* [[Crassulacean acid metabolism|CAM metabolism]] to minimise water loss
* Absent, reduced, or cylindrical to spherical leaves
* reduction in the number of [[stomata]]
* stems, rather than leaves, as the main site of photosynthesis
* a compact, reduced, cushion-like, columnar or spherical growth form
* ribs enabling rapid increases in plant volume and decreasing surface area exposed to the sun
* waxy, hairy or spiny outer surface to reduce water loss via the creation of a humid microhabitat around the plant and a reduction in air movement near the surface of the plant.

Many succulents come from the dry areas of the [[tropics]] and [[subtropics]], such as [[steppes]], [[semi-desert]] and [[desert]]. High temperatures and low [[precipitation]] force plants to collect and store water in order to survive long dry periods. Succulents also occur as [[Epiphytic|epiphytes]], as such they have limited or no contact with the ground, and are dependent on their ability to store water. Succulents also occur as inhabitants of [[sea]] [[coasts]], or [[salt pans]] which are exposed to high levels of dissolved minerals.

The best known succulents are [[cactus|cacti]] ([[family (biology)|family]]: [[Cactaceae]]). Virtually all cacti are succulents, but many succulents are not cacti.

== Families and genera ==
[[image:LithopsJulii.jpg|thumb|150px|Aizoaceae:''Lithops julii'', leaf succulent]]
[[image:Bottle-tree.jpg|thumb|150px|Apocynaceae:''Pachypodium lealii'', stem succulent]]
[[image:Hayworthia arachnoidea - cobweb aloe.jpg|thumb|150px|Asphodelaceae:''Haworthia arachnoidea'', leaf succulent]]
[[image:Adansonia gregorii.jpg|thumb|150px|Bombaceae:''Adansonia gregorii'', stem succulent]]
[[image:Rebutia muscula.JPG|thumb|150px|Cactaceae:''Rebutia muscula'', stem succulent]]
[[Image:Crassula_ovata_700.jpg|thumb|150px|Crassulaceae:''Crassula ovata'', stem and leaf succulent]]
[[image:E obesa symmetrica ies.jpg|thumb|150px|Euphorbiaceae:''Euphorbia obesa ssp. symmetrica'', stem succulent]]
[[image:Moringa-ovalifolia.jpg|thumb|150px|Moringaceae:''Moringa ovalifolia'', stem succulent]]
[[image:Pataelefante.jpg|thumb|150px|Nolinaceae:''Beaucarnea recurvata'', stem succulent]]
[[image:Dragon tree.jpg|thumb|150px|Ruscaceae:''Dracaena draco'', stem succulent]]
Plant families and genera in which succulent species occur are listed below.
* '''[[Agavaceae]]''': ''[[Agave]]'', ''[[Beschorneria]]'', ''[[Chlorophytum]]'', ''[[Furcraea]]'', ''[[Hesperaloe]]'', ''[[Hesperoyucca]]'', ''[[Yucca]]''
* '''[[Aizoaceae]]''': ''[[Acrodon]]'', ''[[Aloinopsis]]'', ''[[Amoebophyllum]]'', ''[[Amphibolia]]'', ''[[Antegibbaeum]]'', ''[[Apatesia]]'', ''[[Aptenia]]'', ''[[Arenifera]]'', ''[[Argyroderma]]'', ''[[Aridaria]]'', ''[[Astridia]]'', ''[[Bergeranthus]]'', ''[[Berrisfordia]]'', ''[[Braunsia]]'', ''[[Brownanthus]]'', ''[[Calamophyllum]]'', ''[[Carpobrotus]]'', ''[[Carruanthus]]'', ''[[Caryotophora]]'', ''[[Cephalophyllum]]'', ''[[Cerochlamys]]'', ''[[Chasmatophyllum]]'', ''[[Cheiridopsis]]'', ''[[Conicosia]]'', ''[[Conophytum]]'', ''[[Cylindrophyllum]]'', ''[[Dactylopsis]]'', ''[[Delosperma]]'', ''[[Dicrocaulon]]'', ''[[Dinteranthus]]'', ''[[Dorotheanthus]]'', ''[[Dracophilus]]'', ''[[Drosanthemum]]'', ''[[Eberlanzia]]'', ''[[Ebracteola]]'', ''[[Ectotropis]]'', ''[[Enarganthe]]'', ''[[Erepsia]]'', ''[[Esterhuysenia]]'', ''[[Eurystigma]]'', ''[[Faucaria]]'', ''[[Fenestraria]]'', ''[[Frithia]]'', ''[[Gibbaeum]]'', ''[[Glottiphyllum]]'', ''[[H
alenbergia]]'', ''[[Hereroa]]'', ''[[Herrea]]'', ''[[Herreanthus]]'', ''[[Hydrodea]]'', ''[[Hymenogyne]]'', ''[[Imitaria]]'', ''[[Jacobsenia]]'', ''[[Juttadinteria]]'', ''[[Kensitia]]'', ''[[Khadia]]'', ''[[Lampranthus]]'', ''[[Lapidaria]]'', ''[[Leipoldtia]]'', ''[[Lithops]]'', ''[[Machairophyllum]]'', ''[[Malephora]]'', ''[[Maughaniella]]'', ''[[Mesembryanthemum]]'', ''[[Mestoklama]]'', ''[[Meyerophytum]]'', ''[[Micropterum]]'', ''[[Mimetophytum]]'', ''[[Mitrophyllum]]'', ''[[Monilaria]]'', ''[[Muiria]]'', ''[[Namaquanthus]]'', ''[[Namibia]]'', ''[[Nanathus]]'', ''[[Nelia]]'', ''[[Neohenricia]]'', ''[[Neorhine]]'', ''[[Nycteranthus]]'', ''[[Octopoma]]'', ''[[Odontophorus]]'', ''[[Oophytum]]'', ''[[Ophthalmophyllum]]'', ''[[Orthopterum]]'', ''[[Oscularia]]'', ''[[Ottosonderia]]'', ''[[Pherelobus]]'', ''[[Platythyra]]'', ''[[Pleiospilos]]'', ''[[Polymita]]'', ''[[Prenia]]'', ''[[Psammophora]]'', ''[[Psicaulon]]'', ''[[Rabiea]]'', ''[[Rhinephyllum]]'', ''[[Rhombophyllum]]'', ''[[Ruschia]]'', ''[[Ruschianthemum]]'', ''[[Ruschianthus]]'', ''[[Saphesia]]'', ''[[Sceletium]]'', ''[[Schwantesia]]'', ''[[Scopologena]]'', ''[[Semnanthe]]'', ''[[Skiatophytum]]'', ''[[Smicrostigma]]'', ''[[Sphalmanthus]]'', ''[[Stayneria]]'', ''[[Stomatium]]'', ''[[Synaptophyllum]]'', ''[[Titanopsis]]'', ''[[Trichodiadema]]'', ''[[Vanheerea]]'', ''[[Vanzijlia]]'', ''[[Wooleya]]'', ''[[Zeuktophyllum]]''
* '''[[Amaranthaceae]]''': ''[[Arthraerva]]'', ''[[Salicornia]]''
* '''[[Amaryllidaceae]]''': ''[[Boophane]]'', ''[[Brunsvigia]]'', ''[[Cyrtanthus]]'', ''[[Haemanthus]]'', ''[[Rauhia]]''
* '''[[Anacardiaceae]]''': ''[[Operculicaria]]'', ''[[Pachycormus]]''
* '''[[Apiaceae]]''': ''[[Steganotaenia]]''
* '''[[Apocynaceae]]''': ''[[Adenium]]'', ''[[Mandevilla]]'', ''[[Pachypodium]]'', ''[[Plumeria]]''
** subfamily '''[[Asclepiadoideae]]''' (syn. [[Asclepiadaceae]]): ''[[Absolmsia]]'', ''[[Asclepias]]'', ''[[Aspidoglossum]]'', ''[[Aspidonepsis]]'', ''[[Baynesia]]'', ''[[Brachystelma]]'', ''[[Caralluma]]'', ''[[Ceropegia]]'', ''[[Cibirhiza]]'', ''[[Cynanchum]]'', ''[[Dischidia]]'', ''[[Dischidiopsis]]'', ''[[Duvalia]]'', ''[[Duvaliandra]]'', ''[[Echidnopsis]]'', ''[[Edithcolea]]'', ''[[Fanninia]]'', ''[[Fockea]]'', ''[[Glossostelma]]'', ''[[Hoodia]]'', ''[[Hoya]]'', ''[[Huernia]]'', ''[[Huerniopsis]]'', ''[[Ischnolepis]]'', ''[[Larryleachia]]'', ''[[Lavrania]]'', ''[[Madangia]]'', ''[[Marsdenia]]'', ''[[Matelea]]'', ''[[Micholitzia]]'', ''[[Miraglossum]]'', ''[[Notechidnopsis]]'', ''[[Odontostelma]]'', ''[[Ophionella]]'', ''[[Orbea (Asclepiadaceae)|Orbea]]'', ''[[Orbeanthus]]'', ''[[Pachycarpus]]'', ''[[Pectinaria]]'', ''[[Petopentia]]'', ''[[Piaranthus]]'', ''[[Pseudolithos]]'', ''[[Quaqua]]'', ''[[Raphionacme]]'', ''[[Rhytidocaulon]]'', ''[[Riocreuxia]]'', ''[[Sarcorrhiza]]'', ''[[Sarcostemma]]'', ''[[Schizoglossum]]'', ''[[Schlechterella]]'', ''[[Stapelia]]'', ''[[Stapelianthus]]'', ''[[Stapeliopsis]]'', ''[[Stathmostelma]]'', ''[[Stenostelma]]'', ''[[Stomatostemma]]'', ''[[Tavaresia]]'', ''[[Trachycalymma]]'', ''[[Tridentea]]'', ''[[Tromotriche]]'', ''[[White-sloanea]]'', ''[[Xysmalobium]]''
* '''[[Araceae]]''': ''[[Zamioculcas]]''
* '''[[Araliaceae]]''': ''[[Cussonia]]''
* '''[[Asparagaceae]]''': ''[[Myrsiphyllum]]''
* '''[[Asphodelaceae]]''': ''[[Aloe]]'', ''[[Astroloba]]'', ''[[Bulbine]]'', ''[[Chortolirion]]'', ''[[Gasteria]]'', ''[[Haworthia]]'', ''[[Poellnitzia]]'', [[Trachyandra]]''
* '''[[Asteraceae]]''': ''[[Baeriopsis]]'', ''[[Coulterella]]'', ''[[Crassocephalum]]'', ''[[Didelta]]'', ''[[Gynura]]'', ''[[Osteospermum]]'', ''[[Othonna]]'', ''[[Polyachyrus]]'', ''[[Pteronia]]'', ''[[Senecio]]''
* '''[[Balsaminaceae]]''': ''[[Impatiens]]''
* '''[[Basellaceae]]''': ''[[Anredera]]'', ''[[Basella]]''
* '''[[Begoniaceae]]''': ''[[Begonia]]''
* '''[[Bombaceae]]''': ''[[Adansonia]]'', ''[[Cavanillesia]]'', ''[[Ceiba]]'', ''[[Pseudobombax]]''
* '''[[Brassicaceae]]''': ''[[Heliophila]]'', ''[[Lepidium]]''
* '''[[Bromeliaceae]]''': ''[[Abromeitiella]]''
* '''[[Burseraceae]]''': ''[[Beiselia]]'', ''[[Bursea]]'', ''[[Commiphora]]''
* '''[[Cactaceae]]''': ''
[[Acanthocalycium]]'', ''[[Acanthocereus]]'', ''[[Ariocarpus]]'', ''[[Armatocereus]]'', ''[[Arrojadoa]]'', ''[[Arthrocereus]]'', ''[[Astrophytum]]'', ''[[Austrocactus]]'', ''[[Aztekium]]'', ''[[Bergerocactus]]'', ''[[Blossfeldia]]'', ''[[Brachycereus]]'', ''[[Browningia]]'', ''[[Brasilicereus]]'', ''[[Calymmanthium]]'', ''[[Carnegiea]]'', ''[[Cephalocereus]]'', ''[[Cephalocleistocactus]]'', ''[[Cereus]]'', ''[[Cintia]]'', ''[[Cipocereus]]'', ''[[Cleistocactus]]'', ''[[Coleocephalocereus]]'', ''[[Copiapoa]]'', ''[[Corryocactus]]'', ''[[Coryphantha]]'', ''[[Dendrocereus]]'', ''[[Denmoza]]'', ''[[Discocactus]]'', ''[[Disocactus]]'', ''[[Echinocactus]]'', ''[[Echinocereus]]'', ''[[Echinopsis]]'', ''[[Epiphyllum]]'', ''[[Epithelantha]]'', ''[[Eriosyce]]'', ''[[Escobaria]]'', ''[[Escontria]]'', ''[[Espostoa]]'', ''[[Espostoopsis]]'', ''[[Eulychnia]]'', ''[[Facheiroa]]'', ''[[Ferocactus]]'', ''[[Frailea]]'', ''[[Geohintonia]]'', ''[[Gymnocalycium]]'', ''[[Haageocereus]]'', ''[[Harrisia]]'', ''[[Hatiora]]'', ''[[Hylocereus]]'', ''[[Jasminocereus]]'', ''[[Lasiocereus]]'', ''[[Leocereus]]'', ''[[Lepismium]]'', ''[[Leptocereus]]'', ''[[Leuchtenbergia]]'', ''[[Lophophora]]'', ''[[Maihuenia]]'', ''[[Malacocarpus]]'', ''[[Mammillaria]]'', ''[[Mammilloydia]]'', ''[[Matucana]]'', ''[[Melocactus]]'', ''[[Micranthocereus]]'', ''[[Mila]]'', ''[[Monvillea]]'', ''[[Myrtillocactus]]'', ''[[Neobuxbaumia]]'', ''[[Neolloydia]]'', ''[[Neoraimondia]]'', ''[[Neowerdermannia]]'', ''[[Obregonia]]'', ''[[Opuntia]]'', ''[[Oreocereus]]'', ''[[Oroya]]'', ''[[Ortegocactus]]'', ''[[Pachycereus]]'', ''[[Parodia]]'', ''[[Pediocactus]]'', ''[[Pelecyphora]]'', ''[[Peniocereus]]'', ''[[Pereskia]]'', ''[[Pereskiopsis]]'', ''[[Pilosocereus]]'', ''[[Polaskia]]'', ''[[Praecereus]]'', ''[[Pseudoacanthocereus]]'', ''[[Pseudorhipsalis]]'', ''[[Pterocactus]]'', ''[[Pygmaeocereus]]'', ''[[Quiabentia]]'', ''[[Rauhocereus]]'', ''[[Rebutia]]'', ''[[Rhipsalis]]'', ''[[Samaipaticereus]]'', ''[[Schlumbergera]]'', ''[[Sclerocactus]]'', ''[[Selenicereus]]'', ''[[Stenocactus]]'', ''[[Stenocereus]]'', ''[[Stephanocereus]]'', ''[[Stetsonia]]'', ''[[Strombocactus]]'', ''[[Tacinga]]'', ''[[Thelocactus]]'', ''[[Turbinicarpus]]'', ''[[Uebelmannia]]'', ''[[Weberbauerocereus]]'', ''[[Weberocereus]]'', ''[[Yungasocereus]]''
* '''[[Campanulaceae]]''': ''[[Brighamia]]''
* '''[[Capparidaceae]]''': ''[[Maerua]]''
* '''[[Caricaceae]]''': ''[[Carica]]'', ''[[Jacarathia]]''
* '''[[Chenopodiaceae]]'''
* '''[[Cochlospermaceae]]'''
* '''[[Commelinaceae]]''': ''[[Aneilema]]'', ''[[Callisia]]'', ''[[Cyanotis]]'', ''[[Tradescantia]]'', ''[[Tripogandra]]''
* '''[[Convolvulaceae]]''': ''[[Ipomea]]'', ''[[Sictocardia]]'', ''[[Turbina]]''
* '''[[Crassulaceae]]''': ''[[Adromischus]]'', ''[[Aeonium]]'', ''[[Afrovivella]]'', ''[[Aichryson]]'', ''[[Cotyledon]]'', ''[[Crassula]]'', ''[[Cremnophila]]'', ''[[Cremnosedum]]'', ''[[Dudleya]]'', ''[[Echeveria]]'', ''[[Graptopetalum]]'', ''[[Hylotelephium]]'', ''[[Hypagophytum]]'', ''[[Kalanchoe]]'', ''[[Lenophyllum]]'', ''[[Meterostachys]]'', ''[[Monanthes]]'', ''[[Orostachys]]'', ''[[Pachyphytum]]'', ''[[Perrierosedum]]'', ''[[Phedimus]]'', ''[[Pistorinia]]'', ''[[Prometheum]]'', ''[[Pseudosedum]]'', ''[[Rhodiola]]'', ''[[Rosularia]]'', ''[[Sedella]]'', ''[[Sedum]]'', ''[[Sempervivum]]'', ''[[Sinocrassula]]'', ''[[Thompsonella]]'', ''[[Tylecodon]]'', ''[[Umbilicus (genus)|Umbilicus]]'', ''[[Villadia]]''
* '''[[Cucurbitaceae]]''': ''[[Apodanthera]]'', ''[[Brandegea]]'', ''[[Cephalopentandra]]'', ''[[Ceratosanthes]]'', ''[[Citrullus]]'', ''[[Coccinia]]'', ''[[Corallocarpus]]'', ''[[Cucumella]]'', ''[[Cucumis]]'', ''[[Cucurbita]]'', ''[[Cyclantheropsis]]'', ''[[Dendrosicyos]]'', ''[[Doyera]]'', ''[[Eureindra]]'', ''[[Fevillea]]'', ''[[Gerrandanthus]]'', ''[[Gynostemma]]'', ''[[Halosicyos]]'', ''[[Ibervilla]]'', ''[[Kedostris]]'', ''[[Marah (plant)|Marah]]'', ''[[Momordica]]'', ''[[Neoalsomitra]]'', ''[[Odosicyos]]'', ''[[Parasicyos]]'', ''[[Syrigia]]'', ''[[Telfairia]]'', ''[[Trochomeria]]'', ''[[Trochomeriopsis]]'', ''[[Tumamoca]]'', ''[[Xerosicyos]]'', ''[[Zehneria
]]'', ''[[Zygosicyos]]''
* '''[[Didiereaceae]]''': ''[[Alluaudia]]'', ''[[Alluaudiopsis]]'', ''[[Decaria]]'', ''[[Didierea]]''
* '''[[Dioscoreaceae]]''': ''[[Dioscorea]]''
* '''[[Doryanthaceae]]''': ''[[Doryanthes]]''
* '''[[Ericaceae]]''': ''[[Sphyrospermum]]''
* '''[[Eriospermaceae]]''': ''[[Eriospermum]]''
* '''[[Euphorbiaceae]]''': ''[[Cnidoscolus]]'', ''[[Euphorbia]]'', ''[[Jatropha]]''
* '''[[Fabaceae]]''': ''[[Delonix]]'', ''[[Dolichos]]'', ''[[Erythrina]]'', ''[[Neorautanenia]]'', ''[[Pachyrhizus]]'', ''[[Tylosema]]''
* '''[[Fouquieriaceae]]''': ''[[Fouquieria]]''
* '''[[Geraniaceae]]''': ''[[Monsonia]]'', ''[[Pelargonium]]''
* '''[[Gesneriaceae]]''': ''[[Aeschynanthus]]'', ''[[Alsobia]]'', ''[[Chirita]]'', ''[[Codonanthe]]'', ''[[Columnea]]'', ''[[Nematanthus]]'', ''[[Sinningia]]'', ''[[Streptocarpus]]''
* '''[[Hyacinthaceae]]''': ''[[Albuca]]'', ''[[Bowiea]]'', ''[[Dipcadi]]'', ''[[Drimia]]'', ''[[Hyacinth (flower)|Hyacinthus]]'', ''[[Lachenalia]]'', ''[[Ledebouria]]'', ''[[Litanthus]]'', ''[[Massonia]]'', ''[[Ornithogalum]]'', ''[[Rhadamanthus]]'', ''[[Rhodocodon]]'', ''[[Schizobasis]]'', ''[[Urginea]]'', ''[[Whiteheadia]]''
* '''[[Icacinaceae]]''': ''[[Pyrenacantha]]''
* '''[[Lamiaceae]]''': ''[[Aeollanthus]]'', ''[[Dauphinea]]'', ''[[Perrierastrum]]'', ''[[Plectranthus]]'', ''[[Solenostemon]]'', ''[[Tetradenia]]'', ''[[Thorncroftia]]''
* '''[[Lentibulariaceae]]'''
* '''[[Loasaceae]]''': ''[[Schismocarpus]]''
* '''[[Loranthaceae]]''': ''[[Tapinanthus]]''
* '''[[Melastomataceae]]''': ''[[Medinilla]]''
* '''[[Meliaceae]]''': ''[[Entandrophragma]]''
* '''[[Menispermaceae]]''': ''[[Chasmanthera]]'', ''[[Stephania]]'', ''[[Tinospora]]''
* '''[[Moraceae]]''': ''[[Dorstenia]]'', ''[[Ficus]]''
* '''[[Moringaceae]]''': ''[[Moringa]]''
* '''[[Nolanaceae]]''': ''[[Nolana]]''
* '''[[Nolinaceae]]''': ''[[Beaucarnea]]'', ''[[Calibanus]]'', ''[[Dasylirion]]'', ''[[Nolina]]''
* '''[[Orchidaceae]]''' subfamily '' [[Epidendroideae]]'' ''[[Phalaenopsis]]''
* '''[[Oxalidaceae]]''': ''[[Oxalis]]''
* '''[[Passifloraceae]]''': ''[[Adenia]]''
* '''[[Pedaliaceae]]''': ''[[Pterodiscus]]'', ''[[Sesamothamnus]]'', ''[[Uncarina]]''
* '''[[Phyllanthaceae]]''': ''[[Phyllanthus]]''
* '''[[Phytolaccaceae]]''': [[Phytolacca]]
* '''[[Piperaceae]]''': ''[[Peperomia]]''
* '''[[Portulacaceae]]''': ''[[Amphipetalum]]'', ''[[Anacampseros]]'', ''[[Avonia]]'', ''[[Calyptrotheca]]'', ''[[Ceraria]]'', ''[[Cistanthe]]'', ''[[Dendroportulaca]]'', ''[[Grahamia]]'', ''[[Lewisia]]'', ''[[Parakeelya]]'', ''[[Portulaca]]'', ''[[Portulacaria]]'', ''[[Schreiteria]]'', ''[[Talinella]]'', ''[[Talinum]]''
* '''[[Rubiaceae]]''': ''[[Anthorrhiza]]'', ''[[Hydnophythum]]'', ''[[Hydrophylax]]'', ''[[Myrmecodia]]'', ''[[Myrmephythum]]'', ''[[Phylohydrax]]'', ''[[Squamellaria]]''
* '''[[Ruscaceae]]''': ''[[Cordyline]]'', ''[[Dracaena (plant)|Dracaena]]'', ''[[Sansevieria]]''
* '''[[Sapindaceae]]''': ''[[Erythrophysa]]''
* '''[[Saxifragaceae]]'''
* '''[[Sterculiaceae]]''': ''[[Brachychiton]]'', ''[[Sterculia]]''
* '''[[Urticaceae]]''': ''[[Laportea]]'', ''[[Obertia]]'', ''[[Pilea]]'', ''[[Sarcopilea]]''
* '''[[Viscaceae]]''': ''[[Viscum]]''
* '''[[Vitaceae]]''': ''[[Cissus]]'', ''[[Cyphostemma]]''
* '''[[Xanthorrhoeaceae]]''': ''[[Xanthorrhoea]]''
* '''[[Zygophyllaceae]]'''

For some families, most members are succulent; for example the [[Cactus|Cactaceae]], [[Agavaceae]], [[Aizoaceae]], and [[Crassulaceae]].

The table below shows the number of succulent species found in some families:

{|class="wikitable"
! Family !! Succulent # !! Modified parts !! Distribution
|--------------------------------------------------------------
| [[Agavaceae]] || 300 || Leaf || North and Central America
|--------------------------------------------------------------
| [[Cactus|Cactaceae]] || 1600 || Stem (root, leaf) || The Americas
|--------------------------------------------------------------
| [[Crassulaceae]] || 1300 || Leaf (root) || Worldwide
|--------------------------------------------------------------
| [[Aizoaceae]] || 2000 || Leaf || Southern Africa
|-------------
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| [[Apocynaceae]] || 500 || Stem || Africa, Arabia, India
|--------------------------------------------------------------
| [[Didiereaceae]] || 11 || Stem || Madagascar ([[endemic (ecology)|endemic]])
|--------------------------------------------------------------
| [[Euphorbiaceae]] || > 1000 || Stem and/or leaf and/or root|| Africa, Madagascar, Asia, the Americas, Europe, Australia
|--------------------------------------------------------------
| [[Asphodelaceae]] || 500 || Leaf || Africa, Madagascar
|--------------------------------------------------------------
| [[Portulacaceae]] || ? || Leaf and stem || The Americas
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|}

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[[Category:Plant morphology]]

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 '''''Aloe''''', also written ''Aloë'', is a [[genus]] containing about four hundred [[species]] of [[flowering plants|flowering]] [[succulent plant|succulent]] [[plants]].  The most common and well known of these is ''[[Aloe vera]]'', or &quot;true aloe&quot;.

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	Old plants of Aloe will keep healthy for several years in the same pots without a renewal of soil, and flower freely at the same time. The soil most suited to their needs is sandy loam three parts, lime rubble and broken brick one part, with a little decayed manure to strengthen the mixture. Very firm potting is necessary. Drainage is a more important item than soil, and must be perfectly arranged to enable the surplus water to run freely from the soil. Broken bricks are preferable to pieces of pots, large pieces for the bottom of the pot or tub, and smaller pieces above, till the last layer is quite fine. Some of the species need freer rooting conditions than others. A. ciliaris will grow from 5 to 7 feet in a season. A. abyssinica is of robust growth, and differs from most others in the color of the flowers, which are pure yellow, the others being mostly orange and orange-scarlet. A.plicatilis makes an ornamental tub plant when 4 or 5 feet high. Except during the period in which the species are in active growth, they need very little water, the principal idea being to keep the soil sweet and porous even when in growth. At all times the air of the house should be as dry as possible, full sunshine not hurting them. Propagation is by seeds, suckers and cuttings. The arborescent kinds should be rooted after they have completed growth. Dust over the cut part of the cutting with powdered charcoal and dry in sunshine before putting it in to root. Insert singly in as small pots as they will go into, and plunge in a sand-bed. Very little moisture is necessary while rooting.		Old plants of Aloe will keep healthy for several years in the same pots without a renewal of soil, and flower freely at the same time. The soil most suited to their needs is sandy loam three parts, lime rubble and broken brick one part, with a little decayed manure to strengthen the mixture. Very firm potting is necessary. Drainage is a more important item than soil, and must be perfectly arranged to enable the surplus water to run freely from the soil. Broken bricks are preferable to pieces of pots, large pieces for the bottom of the pot or tub, and smaller pieces above, till the last layer is quite fine. Some of the species need freer rooting conditions than others. A. ciliaris will grow from 5 to 7 feet in a season. A. abyssinica is of robust growth, and differs from most others in the color of the flowers, which are pure yellow, the others being mostly orange and orange-scarlet. A.plicatilis makes an ornamental tub plant when 4 or 5 feet high. Except during the period in which the species are in active growth, they need very little water, the principal idea being to keep the soil sweet and porous even when in growth. At all times the air of the house should be as dry as possible, full sunshine not hurting them. Propagation is by seeds, suckers and cuttings. The arborescent kinds should be rooted after they have completed growth. Dust over the cut part of the cutting with powdered charcoal and dry in sunshine before putting it in to root. Insert singly in as small pots as they will go into, and plunge in a sand-bed. Very little moisture is necessary while rooting.
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		+	A. Cameronii. Hemal. Fls. almost cinnabar-red, passing into yellow toward the top. E. Trop. Air. B.M. 7915.—A. Campylosiphon, A. Berger. Pale yellow us. E. Trop. Afr.—A. Chabaudii, Schoenl. Allied to A. stricta. Lvs. bordered with small prickles; outer segms. of fls. pale brick-red with whitish wings at apex. Trop. Afr. G.C. III. 38:102.—A. decora, Schoenl. A dwarf species having red fls. tipped with green. S. Afr. G.G. III. 38:3865.— .4. Lastii. Baker. Fls. pale yellow, greenish at top. Zanzibar.—A. laxiflóra, Hort. Very lax arrangement of fls. which are orange-red in lower part and yellow at apex. Cape Colony. G.C. HI. 39: 130, desc.—A. Marlothii, A. Berger. Extremely spiny lvs. and nearly horizontally spreading fl.-spikes. British Bechuanaland.— A. Orpenae, Schoenl. Lvs. lined with white spots and markings on both surfaces: fls. red, tipped with white. S. Afr. G.C. III. 38:3865.— .A. pallidiflora, A. Berger. A stemless plant: lvs. armed on margins with sharp spines: fls. pale flesh-color. 3. Afr. B.M. 8122.—A. pendent. A shrubby species: fls. drooping, dull yellowish red. S. Arabia. B.M. 7837.—A. rubrolutea, Schini. Unbranched st. 8 ft. high or more: lvs. armed or margins with brown deltoid and somewhat hooked spines: fls. bright red. Trop. S. W. Afr. B.M.8263.
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 Aloe (Arabic name). Liliaceae, tribe Aloineae. Acaulescent or variously caulescent perennial succulents.

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 The genus is native to [[Africa]] and is common in [[South Africa]]'s [[Cape Province]] and the mountains of tropical Africa, and neighbouring areas such as [[Madagascar]], the [[Arabian peninsula]] and the islands off Africa.
-The [[APG II system]] (2003) placed the genus in the family [[Asphodelaceae]]. In the past it has also been assigned to families [[Aloaceae]] and [[Liliaceae]]. Members of the closely allied genera ''[[Gasteria]]'', ''[[Haworthia]]'' and ''[[Kniphofia]]'' which have a similar mode of growth, are also popularly known as aloes. Note that the plant sometimes called "American aloe" (''[[Agave americana]]''), belongs to [[Agavaceae]], a different family.
+The [[APG II system]] (2003) placed the genus in the family [[Asphodelaceae]]. In the past it has also been assigned to families [[Aloaceae]] and [[Liliaceae]]. Members of the closely allied genera ''[[Gasteria]]'', ''[[Haworthia]]'' and ''[[Kniphofia]]'' which have a similar mode of growth, are also popularly known as aloes. Note that the plant sometimes called &quot;American aloe&quot; (''[[Agave americana]]''), belongs to [[Agavaceae]], a different family.
 Most Aloes have a rosette of large, thick, fleshy [[Leaf|leaves]]. The leaves are often lance-shaped with a sharp apex and a spiny margin. Aloe [[flower]]s are tubular, frequently yellow, orange or red and are borne on densely clustered, simple or branched leafless stems.

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 ==Images==
 <gallery>
 Image:Babosa1.jpg|''[[Aloe arborescens]]''
 Image:Aloe aristata.jpg|''[[Aloe aristata]]''
 Image:Köcherbaum_Köcherbaumwald_01.JPG|''[[Aloe dichotoma]]''
 Image:Aloe_hereroensis_Auob_C15.JPG|''[[Aloe hereroensis]]''
 Image:Aloe_parvula.JPG|''[[Aloe parvula]]''
 Image:Aloe_saponaria_1.jpg|''[[Aloe saponaria]]''
 Image:Aloe_saponaria_3.jpg|''[[Aloe saponaria]]'' flower
 Image:Aloe_striatula_1.jpg|''[[Aloe striatula]]''
 Image:Aloes on N6 Route.jpg|''[[Aloe - unidentified]]''
 </gallery>