Crassulaceae
Fls regular, perfect, us. in cymes; calyx us. 4-5-lobed or of separate sepals; petals same number as sepals, free or ± united; stamens same number as petals, or twice as many, anthers introrse; carpels same number as petals, free or united at base, us. each subtended by a nectariferous scale. Ovules us. many (few in Tillaea); frs of follicles with minute seeds; embryo straight, endosperm us. fleshy. Herbs or subshrubs, mostly succulent, with exstipulate opp. or alt. lvs. Subcosmopolitan with over 30 genera and c. 1300 spp.
