Where Are All the Succulents From? A Complete List.

Flowering succulents in Namaqualand. Photograph: Nick Helme/Handout (Source)

Family: Aloeaceae

• Aloe vera - Arabian Peninsula 🌍
• Aloe arborescens - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Aloe polyphylla - Lesotho 🇱🇸
• Aloe ferox - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Aloe marlothii - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Aloe dichotoma - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Aloe aristata - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Aloe juvenna - Kenya 🇰🇪

Family: Asphodelaceae

• Haworthia attenuata - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Haworthiopsis attenuata - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Haworthia cooperi - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Haworthia limifolia - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Haworthia fasciata - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Haworthia reinwardtii - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Haworthia truncata - South Africa 🇿🇦

Family: Agavaceae

• Agave americana - Mexico 🇲🇽
• Agave parryi - Mexico 🇲🇽
• Agave victoriae-reginae - Mexico 🇲🇽
• Agave tequilana - Mexico 🇲🇽
• Agave desmettiana - Mexico 🇲🇽
• Agave utahensis - United States (Utah, Nevada) 🇺🇸
• Agave neomexicana - United States (New Mexico) 🇺🇸
• Agave parrasana - Mexico 🇲🇽
• Agave geminiflora - Mexico 🇲🇽
• Agave schidigera - Mexico 🇲🇽
• Agave stricta - Mexico 🇲🇽

Family: Euphorbiaceae

• Euphorbia tirucalli - India 🇮🇳
• Euphorbia obesa - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Euphorbia lactea - India 🇮🇳
• Euphorbia horrida - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Euphorbia trigona - India 🇮🇳
• Euphorbia decaryi - Madagascar 🇲🇬

Family: Portulacaceae

• Portulaca grandiflora - Global distribution 🌍
• Portulaca oleracea - Global distribution 🌍

Family: Aizoaceae

• Lithops spp. - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Conophytum spp. - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Fenestraria rhopalophylla - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Aloinopsis schooneesii - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Lapidaria margaretae - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Argyroderma delaetii - South Africa 🇿🇦

Family: Cactaceae

• Opuntia ficus-indica - Central Mexico 🇲🇽
• Opuntia humifusa - Mexico 🇲🇽
• Echinocactus grusonii - Mexico 🇲🇽
• Echinocactus texensis - Rio Moctezuma Valley, Queretaro, Mexico 🇲🇽
• Mammillaria elongata - Mexico 🇲🇽
• Mammillaria gracilis - Mexico 🇲🇽
• Ferocactus spp. - Americas 🌍
• Lophophora spp. - Mexico 🇲🇽
• Espostoa spp. - Ecuador 🇪🇨 and Peru 🇵🇪
• Astrophytum spp. - Mexico 🇲🇽 and United States (Texas) 🇺🇸
• Ariocarpus - Mexico 🇲🇽 and United States (Texas) 🇺🇸

Family: Asphodelaceae

• Gasteria batesiana - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Gasteria carinata - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Gasteria acinacifolia - South Africa 🇿🇦

Family: Crassulaceae

• Aeonium arboreum - Canary Islands 🇮🇨
• Aeonium kiwi - Canary Islands 🇮🇨
• Aeonium haworthii - Canary Islands 🇮🇨
• Sempervivum tectorum - Europe 🌍
• Sempervivum arachnoideum - Europe 🌍
• Sempervivum heuffelii - Europe 🌍
• Sempervivum 'Cobweb' - Europe 🌍
• Sempervivum 'Greenii' - Europe 🌍
• Sempervivum 'Red Rubin' - Europe 🌍
• Sempervivum 'Royal Ruby' - Europe 🌍
• Graptoveria debbie - Hybrid
• Echeveria 'Lola' - Hybrid
• Echeveria 'Perle von Nürnberg' - Hybrid
• Echeveria 'Black Prince' - Hybrid
• Echeveria 'Blue Bird' - Hybrid
• Echeveria 'Doris Taylor' - Hybrid
• Echeveria 'Afterglow' - Hybrid
• Echeveria 'Topsy Turvy' - Hybrid
• Echeveria 'Lindsayana' - Hybrid
• Echeveria 'Elegans' - Hybrid
• Echeveria 'Morning Beauty' - Hybrid
• Echeveria 'Lipstick' - Hybrid
• Echeveria 'Violet Queen' - Hybrid
• Echeveria lauii - Mexico 🇲🇽
• Echeveria 'Imbricata' - Hybrid
• Echeveria 'Blue Curls' - Hybrid
• Echeveria 'Painted Lady' - Hybrid
• Echeveria elegans - Mexico 🇲🇽
• Sedum rubrotinctum - Mexico 🇲🇽
• Crassula ovata (Jade Plant) - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Crassula arborescens - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Crassula tetragona - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Crassula muscosa - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Crassula argentea - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Crassula pubescens - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Crassula capitella - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Crassula falcata - South Africa 🇿🇦
• Crassula ovata 'Hobbit' - Hybrid
• Kalanchoe blossfeldiana - Madagascar 🇲🇬
• Kalanchoe daigremontiana - Madagascar 🇲🇬

You can see that most of our wonderful succulents come from South Africa and Mexico. But because many people like these plants and visit their homes, the places where they naturally grow are being harmed. This is causing serious damage to the native habitats.

I'm starting to realize that I care about these plants even more than just having them. Let's work together to keep these special succulents safe.