Pachyphytum

Pachyphytum
Pachyphytum oviferum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Saxifragales
Family:	Crassulaceae
Subfamily:	Sedoideae
Tribe:	Sedeae
Subtribe:	Sedinae
Genus:	Pachyphytum Link.
Species
See text.

Pachyphytum is a small genus of succulents in the Crassulaceae family, native from Mexico, lands at 600 to 1,500 meters high. The name comes from the ancient Greek pachys (=thick) and phyton (=plant) because of the shape of the leaves..

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Pachyphytum hookeri at the Talcott Greenhouse.

Selected species

Pachyphytum bracteosum Pachyphytum brevifolium Pachyphytum caesium Pachyphytum coeruleum Pachyphytum compactum Pachyphytum fittkaui Pachyphytum garciae Pachyphytum glutinicaule Pachyphytum hookeri Pachyphytum kimnachii Pachyphytum longifolium Pachyphytum machucae Pachyphytum oviferum Pachyphytum viride Pachyphytum werdermannii