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Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
FOREWORD
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1. SUCCULENTS IN NATURE
Succulent Forms
Habitat and Survival
Environmental Essentials
2. SUCCULENTS IN CULTIVATION
Location
Water
Soil Mixes
Light
Growing Outdoors
Repotting and Propagation
Horticultural Forms and Oddities
Diseases and Pests
Conservation and Collecting
3. CRASSULA
Treelike and Shrubby Crassulas
Necklace Crassulas
Crassulas with Short Stems and Thin Angular Leaves
Starburst Crassulas
Crassulas with Rounded Leaves
Hairy Crassulas
Dry-Growing Crassulas
Other Blue-White Crassulas
Unusual Crassulas
4. ADROMISCHUS
5. COTYLEDON AND TYLECODON
Cotyledon
Tylecodon
A Treelike Tylecodon
Medium-Sized Tylecodons
Small Tylecodons
Miniature Tylecodons
6. KALANCHOE
Kalanchoes with Tubular Flowers
Kalanchoes with Upright Flowers
7. SEDUM, SEMPERVIVUM, AND OTHER OLD WORLD CRASSULACEAE
Sedum
Hylotelephium
Sinocrassula and Orostachys
Sempervivum
Rosularia and Prometheum
Aeonium, Aichryson, and Monanthes
8. ECHEVERIA
Rapidly Offsetting Echeverias
Colorful Medium-Sized Echeverias
Slowly Clumping or Solitary Small Echeverias
Thick-Leafed Echeverias
South and Central American Echeverias
Hairy-Leafed Echeverias
Larger Echeverias
Epiphytic Echeverias
Echeveria Hybrids
9. SEDUM AND OTHER NEW WORLD CRASSULACEAE
Graptopetalum and Pachyphytum
Sedum
Thompsonella
Cremnophila
Lenophyllum and Villadia
Dudleya
10. EUPHORBIA
Euphorbias with Thickened Stems and Diverse Distribution
Euphorbias with Highly Modified Stems from Southern Africa
Euphorbias with Stipular Spines
Madagascan Euphorbias
11. EUPHORBIA RELATIVES
Monadenium, Synadenium, and Enadenium
Jatropha and Cnidosculus
Pedilanthus
12. LITHOPS AND OTHER LIVING STONES
Lithops
Conophytum
Argyroderma
Dinteranthus
Lapidaria
Pleiospilos
13. DWARF MESEMBRYANTHEMUMS
Tanquana and Didymaotus
Schwantesia, Nelia, Juttadinteria, and Dracophilus
Gibbaeum and Muiria
Cheiridopsis
Fenestraria and Frithia
Aloinopsis, Deilanthe, and Titanopsis
Monilaria, Mitrophyllum, Meyerophytum, and Oophytum
14. SMALL, MEDIUM, AND LARGE MESEMBRYANTHEMUMS
Faucaria, Stomatium, and Odontophorus
Glottiphyllum, Bijlia, and Diplosoma
Rhinephyllum, Rhombophyllum, and Psammophora
Hereroa, Bergeranthus, Nananthus, and Rabiea
Antimima, Antegibbaeum, Trichodiadema, and Mestoklema
Phyllobolus and Other Shore Dwellers
Drosanthemum, Delosperma, Lampranthus, and Ice Plant Relatives
15. ANACAMPSEROS AND ITS RELATIVES
Anacampseros
Avonia
Talinum
Portulacaria and Ceraria
Cistanthe
Lewisia and Phemeranthus
Portulaca
16. PELARGONIUM AND MONSONIA: SUCCULENT GERANIUMS
Pelargonium
Monsonia
17. STAPELIA AND OTHER THICK-STEMMED SUCCULENT MILKWEEDS: STAPELIADS
Huernia, Caralluma, and Stapelia
Orbea, Orbeanthus, Orbeopsis, and Pachycymbium
Tridentea and Tromotriche
Duvalia and Duvaliandra
Piaranthus
Echidnopsis and Notechidnopsis
Pectinaria, Ophionella, and Stapeliopsis
Stapelianthus
Edithcolea
Quaqua
Tavaresia and Hoodia
Larryleachia and Lavrania
Pseudolithos
Whitesloanea
18. SUCCULENT MILKWEEDS WITH VINING AND CAUDICIFORM HABITS
Hoya and Dischidia
Ceropegia
Cynanchum and Sarcostemma
Rhytidocaulon
Fockea
Raphionacme and Brachystelma
Matelea
19. ADENIUM AND PACHYPODIUM
Adenium
Pachypodium
20. SENECIO AND OTHONNA: SUCCULENT ASTERS
Senecio
Othonna
21. DIOSCOREA, CUCURBITS, AND OTHER SUCCULENT CAUDICIFORMS
Dioscorea
Kedrostris, Momordica, Gerrardanthus, and Related Cucurbits
Ipomoea
Pyrenacantha
Hydnophytum and Myrmecodia
22. ADENIA, CISSUS, FICUS, AND PTERODISCUS: SUCCULENT PASSION VINES, GRAPES, FIGS, AND SESAMES
Adenia (Passifloraceae)
Cissus and Cyphostemma (Vitaceae)
Dorstenia and Ficus (Moraceae)
Pterodiscus, Sesamothamnus, and Uncarina (Pedaliaceae)
23. SUCCULENT TREES AND PACHYCAULS
Bursera, Commiphora, and Boswellia (Burseraceae)
Pachycormus and Operculicarya (Anacardiaceae)
Fouquieria (Fouquieriaceae)
Didierea, Alluaudia, Decaryia, and Alluaudiopsis (Didiereaceae)
Adansonia, Cavanillesia, Ceiba, Eriotheca, and Pseudobombax (Bombacaceae)
Moringa (Moringaceae)
Erythrina (Fabaceae), Cussonia (Araliaceae), and Jacaratia (Caricaceae)
24. ALOE
Tree Aloes
Shrubby Aloes
Spotted Aloes
Medium and Small Aloes of Western South Africa and Namibia
Medium and Small Aloes of Eastern South Africa
Medium and Small Aloes of Madagascar and East Africa
Dwarf Aloes
25. HAWORTHIA
Subgenus Haworthia: Soft, Translucent, and Spiderweb-Leafed Plants
Subgenus Hexangulares: Stem-Forming, Tubercled, and Stiff-Leafed Haworthias
Subgenus Robustipedunculares: Flowers on Branched Stalks
Haworthia Hybrids
26. GASTERIA, ASTROLOBA, AND POELLNITZIA
Gasteria
Astroloba and Poellnitzia
27. SUCCULENT BULBS
Bulbine (Asphodelaceae)
Bowiea, Lachenalia, Ornithogalum, and Relatives (Hyacinthaceae)
Androcymbium (Colchicaceae)
Massonia (Hyacinthaceae)
Haemanthus, Brunsvigia, Ammocharis, Boophane, and Relatives (Amaryllidaceae)
Eriospermum (Eriospermaceae)
28. AGAVE
Large, Widespread, or Prolific Agaves
Broad-Leafed, Big-Toothed or Glaucous, Small to Medium-Sized Agaves
Banded and Colorful Agaves
White-Margined Agaves
Small to Medium-Sized, Narrow-Leafed Agaves
Dwarf Agaves
Unarmed Agaves
Thin-Leafed Agaves
Miscellaneous Agaves
Soft-Leafed, Sparse-Flowered: Manfredas
29. AGAVE RELATIVES AND TERRESTRIAL BROMELIADS
Furcraea and Yucca (Agavaceae)
Nolina, Beaucarnea, Dasylirion, and Calibanus (Nolinaceae)
Dracaena and Sansevieria (Dracaenaceae)
Bromelia, Puya, Dyckia, Hechtia, and Other Xerophytic Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae)
30. SUCCULENT ODDS AND ENDS
Peperomia (Piperaceae)
Begonia (Begoniaceae)
Oxalis (Oxalidaceae)
Callisia and Tradescantia (Commelinaceae)
Plectranthus (Lamiaceae)
Sinningia (Gesneriaceae)
Zamioculcas and Philodendron (Araceae)
Oeceoclades and Eulophia (Orchidaceae)
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