What is Crassulaceae?
{{Taxobox | name = Crassulaceae | image = Crassula_ovata_700.jpg | image_width = 200px | image_caption = [[Jade plant]] or Friendship Tree, ''Crassula ovata'' | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Saxifragales]] | familia = '''Crassulaceae''' | familia_authority = [[A. P. de Candolle|DC.]] | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = ''many, see text'' }} The '''Crassulaceae''', or '''orpine family''', is a family of [[dicotyledon]]s. They store water in their succulent leaves. They are found worldwide, but mostly occur in the [[Northern Hemisphere]] and southern [[Africa]], typically in dry and/or cold areas where water may be scarce. The family includes about 1,400 species in 33 genera. {{Biology-stub}} [[Category:Saxifragales]] [[Category:Plant families]]