#succulent  a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs
  supertype:  #vascular_plant__tracheophyte  green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms
  subtype:  #Hottentot_fig__Hottentot's_fig__sour_fig__Carpobrotus_edulis__Mesembryanthemum_edule  low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp
  subtype:  #livingstone_daisy__livingstonedaisy__Dorotheanthus_bellidiformis  low-growing showy succulent annual of South Africa having white or pink or red or orange flowers and spatulate leaves covered in papillae that resemble small crystals
  subtype:  #lithops__living_stone__stoneface__stoneplant__stone_life_face__flowering_stone  any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones
  subtype:  #living_granite__living_rock__stone_mimicry_plant__stonemimicryplant  highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with gray-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa
  subtype:  #cactus  any spiny succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World
     subtype:  #pitahaya_cactus__pitahaya__Acanthocereus_tetragonus__Acanthocereus_pentagonus  cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit
     subtype:  #rattail_cactus__rat's-tail_cactus__Aporocactus_flagelliformis  commonly cultivated tropical American cactus having slender creeping stems and very large showy crimson flowers that bloom for several days
     subtype:  #living_rock__Ariocarpus_fissuratus  usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit; resembles the related mescal; northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States
     subtype:  #saguaro__sahuaro__Carnegiea_gigantea  extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit
     subtype:  #night-blooming_cereus  any of several cacti of the genus Cereus
     subtype:  #coryphantha  a cactus of the genus Coryphantha
     subtype:  #echinocactus__barrel_cactus  any cactus of the genus Echinocactus; strongly ribbed and very spiny; southwestern United States to Brazil
        subtype:  #hedgehog_cactus  cactus of the genus Echinocactus having stout sharp spines
        subtype:  #golden_barrel_cactus__Echinocactus_grusonii  large cactus of east central Mexico having golden to pale yellow flowers and spines
     subtype:  #hedgehog_cereus  cactus of the genus Echinocereus
     subtype:  #rainbow_cactus  a stout cylindrical cactus of the southwest United States and adjacent Mexico
     subtype:  #epiphyllum__orchid_cactus  any cactus of the genus Epiphyllum having flattened jointed irregularly branching stems and showy tubular flowers
     subtype:  #barrel_cactus  a cactus of the genus Ferocactus: unbranched barrel-shaped cactus having deep ribs with numerous spines and usually large funnel-shaped flowers followed by dry fruits
     subtype:  #Easter_cactus__Hatiora_gaertneri__Schlumbergera_gaertneri  spring-blooming South American cactus with oblong joints and coral-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Schlumbergera
     subtype:  #night-blooming_Hylocereus_cactus__night-blooming_cereus  any of several cacti of the genus Hylocereus
     subtype:  #Lemaireocereus_chichipe__chichipe  tall treelike Mexican cactus with edible red fruit
     subtype:  #mezcal__mescal__peyote__Lophophora_williamsii  a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons
     subtype:  #mammillaria  any cactus of the genus Mammillaria
     subtype:  #feather_ball__featherball__mammillariaplumosa  a low tuberculate cactus with white feathery spines; northeastern Mexico
     subtype:  #garambulla_cactus__garambulla__Myrtillocactus_geometrizans  arborescent cactus of western Mexico bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit
     subtype:  #Knowlton's_cactus__Pediocactus_knowltonii  small clustering cactus of southwestern United States; a threatened species
     subtype:  #nopal  any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears
     subtype:  #prickly_pear_cactus__prickly_pear__pricklypear  cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock
        subtype:  #Opuntia_lindheimeri__nopal  cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits
        subtype:  #Opuntia_tuna__tuna  tropical American flat-jointed prickly pear; Jamaica
     subtype:  #Opuntia_cholla__cholla  arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico
     subtype:  #mistletoe_cactus  a plant of the genus Rhipsalis
     subtype:  #Christmas_cactus__Schlumbergera_buckleyi__Schlumbergera_baridgesii  epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter
     subtype:  #night-blooming_Selenicereus_cactus__night-blooming_cereus  any of several night-blooming cacti of the genus Selenicereus
        subtype:  #queen_of_the_night__Selenicereus_grandiflorus  tropical American climbing cactus having triangular branches; often cultivated for its large showy night-blooming flowers followed by yellow red-streaked fruits
     subtype:  #crab_cactus__Thanksgiving_cactus__Zygocactus_truncatus__Schlumbergera_truncatus  South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera
  subtype:  #aloe  succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africa
     subtype:  #cape_aloe__Aloe_ferox  much-branched South African plant with reddish prickly succulent leaves
     subtype:  #burn_plant__Aloe_vera  very short-stemmed plant with thick leaves with soothing mucilaginous juice; leaves develop spiny margins with maturity; native to Mediterranean region; grown widely in tropics and as houseplants

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