Crassulaceae

The first word refers to the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae) in which the phenomenon was first discovered.

Adaptations of desert plants 2009

The major families contributing to this group are Mesembryanthemaceae, Crassulaceae, and Aloaceae.

Succulent Karoo 2008

One species of note is Sedum madagascariense (Crassulaceae), the only Malagasy representative of this predominately northern latitudinal genus.

Madagascar ericoid thickets 2008

There has also been considerable diversification in many other succulent plant lineages, including the Crassulaceae (Crassula and Tylecodon), Aloaceae (Haworthia and Aloe), Apocynaceae (Stapelieae), and Euphorbia.

Succulent Karoo 2008

This growth form is found extensively throughout the families Aizoaceae, Crassulaceae, Liliaceae, and Euphorbiaceae.

Succulent Karoo 2008

Y. sedellus, which feeds on various Sedum species (Crassulaceae), and the clade

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hubert Turner et al. 2010

Yponomeuta sedellus is unique in having shifted to Crassulaceae.

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hubert Turner et al. 2010

The shift to Crassulaceae is reconstructed as having taken place (as a broadening of the feeding range) in the common ancestor of

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hubert Turner et al. 2010

It is interesting to note that in addition to succulence, members of the Crassulaceae family possess an additional water retaining mechanism called

Museum Blogs 2009

While this mechanism is not unique to the Crassulaceae, it was first observed in crassulacean plants, thus bearing its name.

Museum Blogs 2009