简介
在中国，以前由于它繁殖比较容易，卖不出好价钱，造成了多肉专业人士对这类植物普遍比较轻视，对此缺乏系统研究。广大普通花友在栽培的同时，普遍受到花商乱取名字的影响，导致该属植物名称非常混乱，石莲花属植物是景天科植物中较难辨认品种的一属。最近几年，随着国内普通园艺爱好者的水平日益提高，石莲花属的各种最新园艺品种被引进，掀起了该属植物的种植高潮。目前已经有国内的爱好者在尝试杂交和育种。
形态特征
多年生肉质草本植物或亚灌木。株高可达60厘米。植株具短茎,肉质叶排列成标准的莲座状生于短缩茎上，倒卵匙形，被白粉。生长旺盛时其叶盘直径可达20厘米,叶片匙形,稍厚,顶端有小尖,叶色黑紫。聚伞花序,小花红色或紫红色。蓇葖果。花期6～8月。
繁殖培育
石莲花的繁殖，可在生长期间用掰取成熟而完整的叶片进行扦插，插前晾1～2天，稍倾斜或平放于蛭石或沙土上,保持稍有潮气,很快就会在基部生根,并长出新芽,等新芽长得稍大些,另行栽种即成为新的植株;还可用老株旁边萌发的幼株扦插,也容易成活。
石莲花属的种子播种其实也很容易。石莲花属植物在人工栽培条件下，一般需要人工授粉。授粉成功，待种子成熟后，即可播种。石莲花种子细小，需仔细收集。播种容器中装排水良好的基质，表面覆盖沙砾，容器浇透水后，均匀地将种子撒播在沙砾上，盖上玻璃片或罩透明薄膜，放置在散射光处，很快会发芽。发芽后去掉玻璃片或薄膜。
石莲花花幼苗生长稍慢，需耐心照顾。
属内物种
（格式：属名种名名称发表者,名称发表年=常用中文名（中文别名））
EcheveriaacutifoliaLindley,1842
EcheveriaaffinisWalther,1958=古紫/黑骑士
EcheveriaagavoidesLemaire,1863=东云
EcheveriaalataAlexander,1941
EcheveriaamoenaDeSmet,1875=花乃井
EcheveriaamphoralisWalther,1958
EcheveriaandicolaPino,2005
EcheveriaangustifoliaWalther,1972
Echeveriaatropurpurea(Baker)Morren,1874
EcheveriaaurantiacaReyes,Gonzáles-Zorzano&Brachet,2011
E.ballsii(20kmwestofBogotaMosquer,Colombia)
EcheveriaaustralisRose,1903
EcheveriabakeriKimnach1991
EcheveriaballsiiWalther,1958=鲍司
EcheveriabellaAlexander,1941
Echeveriabicolor(Humb.&Bonpl.)Walther,1935
EcheveriabifidaSchlechtendal,1839=贝飞达
EcheveriabrachetiiReyes&Gonzáles,2009=布拉榭蒂
EcheveriacalderoniaePérez-Calix,1997
EcheveriacalycosaMoran,1967=金明灭
EcheveriacanaliculataHookerf.,1857
EcheveriacanteGlass&Mendoza-Garcia,1997=广寒宫
EcheveriacarmineaAlexander,1941
EcheveriacarnicolorE.Morren,1874=银明色
EcheveriacerrograndensisNieves-Hernándezetal.,2014
EcheveriachapalensisMoran&C.H.Uhl,1989
EcheveriachazaroiKimnach,1995=尺素
Echeveriachiclensis(Ball)Berger,1930
EcheveriachihuahuaensisvonPoellnitz,1935=吉娃莲
Echeveriachilonensis(Kuntze)Walther,1935
Echeveriacoccinea(Cavanilles)DC,1828
EcheveriacolorataE.Walther,1972=卡罗拉，布兰迪/勃兰特
EcheveriacompressicaulisEggli&Taylor,2002
EcheveriacorallinaAlexander,1941
EcheveriacoruanaGarciaetal.,2016
EcheveriacraigianaE.Walther,1952=吴钩
EcheveriacrenulataRose,1911
EcheveriacuencaensisvonPoellnitz,1935
Echeveriacumbre
EcheveriacuspidataRose,1903
EcheveriadactyliferaWalther,1972=红酥手/凤凰精灵
EcheveriadecumbensKimnach,1995
EcheveriaderenbergiiJ.A.Purpus,1921=静夜
EcheveriadesmetianaDeSmet,1874=蓝石莲/皮氏石莲花/皮氏蓝石莲/薄叶蓝鸟/墨西哥蓝鸟
EcheveriadiffractensKimnach&A.B.Lau,1981=蒂凡尼/茜牡丹
EcheveriaelegansRose,1905=月影
Echeveriaeurychlamys(Diels)Berger,1930=黑夜莲/黑莲
Echeveriaexcelsa(diels)Berger,1930
EcheveriafimbriataC.H.Thompson,1911
EcheveriafulgensLemaire,1845
EcheveriagibbifloraDC,1828=粉彩莲
EcheveriagiganteaRose&Purpus,1910=大瑞蝶
EcheveriaglobulifloraWalther,1959
EcheveriaglobulosaMoran,1966
EcheveriagoldianaWalther1959
EcheveriagoldmaniiRose,1905
Echeveriagracilis(Rose)Moran,1973
EcheveriagriseaE.Walther,1938
EcheveriaguatemalensisRose,1909
EcheveriagudelianaVéliz&García-Mendoza,2011
EcheveriaguerrerensisReyes,González-Zorzano&Brachet,2011
Echeveriaguerrerensis
EcheveriahalbingeriWalther,1958=海滨格瑞/海冰格丽
EcheveriaharmsiiJ.F.Macbride,1931=花司
EcheveriahelmutianaKimnach,1995
EcheveriaheterosepalaRose,1903=望帝
EcheveriaholwayiRose,1911
EcheveriahumilisRose,1903
EcheveriajohnsoniiWalther,1958
EcheveriajuarezensisWalther,1959
EcheveriajulianaReyes,González-Zorzano&Kristen,2012=朱莉安娜
EcheveriakimnachiiMeyrán&Vega,1998
EcheveriakrahniiKimnach,2009
EcheverialauiMoran&Meyrán,1976=雪莲
Echeverialeucotrichapurpus,1914=白兔耳
EcheverialilacinaKimnach&Moran,1980=丽娜莲
EcheverialongifloraWalther,1959
EcheverialongissimaWalther,1938=罗西玛
EcheverialozanoiRose,1905
EcheverialuteaRose,1911=鱿鱼
EcheverialyonsiiKimnach,2007=龙司
EcheveriamacdougalliiWalther,1958=原始红稚莲
EcheveriamacranthaStandley&Steyermark,1944
EcheveriamarianaeGarcía-Ruiz&Costea,2014
EcheveriamaxoniiRose,1909
EcheveriamegacalyxWalther,1959=玉壶光
EcheveriaminimaJ.Meyrán,1968=姬莲
EcheveriamondragonianaReyes&Brachet,2009
EcheveriamontanaRose,1903
EcheveriamoraniiWalther,1972=魔氏玉莲
EcheveriamucronataSchlechtendal,1839
EcheveriamulticaulisRose,1905=多茎莲
EcheveriamuniziiPadilla-Lepe&A.Vázquez,2014
EcheverianayaritensisKimnach,1979
EcheverianebularumMoran&Kimnach,2004
Echeverianodulosa(Baker)Otto,1873=红司
EcheverianovogalicianaReyes,Brachet&González-Zorzano,2011
EcheverianudaLindley,1856
EcheverianuyooensisReyes&Islas,2015
EcheveriaolivaceaMoran,1991
EcheveriaoreophilaKimnach,2002
EcheveriapallidaWalther,1938=霜之鹤
EcheveriapaniculataGray,1852
EcheveriapapillosaKimnach&C.H.Uhl,1983
EcheveriapatrioticaGarcía&Pérez-Calix,2007
EcheveriapendulifloraWalther,1958
EcheveriapendulosaKimnach&Uhl,1992
EcheveriaperezcalixiiJimeno-Sevilla&Carillo,2010
EcheveriaperuvianaMeyen,1834
EcheveriapilosaJ.A.Purpus,1917
Echeveriapinetorumrose,1905=松间莲=施施莲
Echeveriasp.‘Pinwheel’=纸风车
EcheveriapistioidesGarcíaetal.,2016
EcheveriapistioidesGarcíaetAl.,2016
EcheveriapittieriRose,1911
EcheveriaplatyphyllaRose,1903
Echeveriapringlei(S.Watson)Rose,1903
EcheveriaproceraMoran,1967
EcheveriaprolificaMoran&J.Meyrán,1978=子持白莲/粉蔓
EcheveriapruninaKimnach&Moran,1981
EcheveriapulidonisWalther,1972=花月夜
EcheveriapulvinataRose,1903=锦晃星
EcheveriapurhepechaGarcía,2011
EcheveriapurpusorumBerger,1930=原始大和锦/白和锦
Echeveriaquitensis(Humb.&Bonpl.)Lindley,1852
EcheveriaracemosaSchlechtendal&Chamisso,1830=摩莎/赤花莲华
EcheveriarauschiivanKeppel,1969
EcheveriarecurvataCarruthers,1974
EcheveriarodolfiMartínez-Ávalos&Mora-Olivo,2000=鲁道夫
Echeveriarosealindley,1842=妖精花伞
EcheveriaroseifloraReyes&Gonzáles-zorzano,2010
Echeveriarubromarginatarose,1905=天魔舞/卢浮宫/粉黛
EcheveriarulfianaJimeno-Sevillaetal.,2015
EcheveriarunyoniiRoseexWalther,1935=鲁氏石莲花
Echeveriasanchez-mejoradaeWalther,1972=桑切斯/海宾格瑞桑切斯(*另一说将此种归为E.halbingeri的变种)，财路（=E.sp.Gilo）
Echeveriaschaffneri(S.Watson)Rose,1903
EcheveriascheeriLindley,1845
EcheveriasecundaBooth,1838=七福神/赛康达
EcheveriasemivestitaMoran,1954
EcheveriasetosaRose&Purpus,1910=锦司晃，小蓝衣，青渚莲
EcheveriashavianaWalther,1972=沙维娜
EcheveriasimulansRose,1905=镜莲/皱叶月影
EcheveriaskinneriWalther,1972
EcheveriaspectabilisAlexander,1941=久米之舞
EcheveriasteyermarkiiStandley,1944
EcheveriastrictifloraA.Gray,1852=剑司
EcheveriasubalpinaRose&Purpus,1910=浮岳莲/萨宾娜
EcheveriasubcorymbosaKimnach&Moran,1994=蓝宝石/凌波仙子/026
Echeveriasubrigida(Robinson&Seaton)Rose,1903=钢叶莲
Echeveriasubspicata(Baker)Berger,1930
EcheveriatenchoMoran&Uhl,2005=天珠莲
EcheveriatenuisRose,1903
EcheveriateretifoliaSessé&MociñoexDC,1828
EcheveriatobarensisBerger1930=拓跋莲
EcheveriatolimanensisMatuda,1958=杜里万莲
EcheveriatolucensisRose,1905
EcheveriatrianthinaRose,1909=东天红
EcheveriatriquianaReyes&Brachet,2015
EcheveriaturgidaRose,1905
EcheveriauhliiMeyrán,1992=青岫莲
EcheveriaunguiculataKimnach,2002=魔爪
EcheveriautcubambensisHutchinsonexKimnach,2002
EcheveriauxorumJimeno-Sevilla&Cházaro,2012
EcheveriavalvataMoran,1963
EcheveriaviridissimaWalther,1959
EcheveriawalpoleanaRose,1905
EcheveriawaltheriMoran&Meyrán,1961(engl./fr.)
EcheveriawestiiWalther,1972
EcheveriawhiteiRose,1925
EcheveriawurdackiiHutchisonexKimnach,2002
EcheveriaxichuensisLopez&Reyes,1998=惜春
EcheveriayalmanantlanensisA.Vázquez&Cházaro,2013
EcheveriazorzanianaReyes&Brachet,2009
常见品种
特玉莲Echeveriarunyonii'TopsyTurvy'
黑王子Echeveria'BlackPrince'
紫珍珠（纽伦堡珍珠）Echeveria'PerleVonNurnberg'
大和锦（酒神）Echeveria'Dionysos'
露娜莲Echeveria'Lola'
晚霞之舞Echeveria'NeonBreaker'
罗密欧Echeveriaagavoides‘Romeo’
白闪冠Echeveria'Bombycina'
白凤Echeveria'Hakuhou'