At our Show and Sale last month we had over 45 categories for plants. Why did we choose the categories the way we did? Why did we put Gasterias with Haworthias or why are Monadeniums with Euphorbias or Senecio not with Crassulas? There really is such a huge variety of succulent plants that it is often quite difficult to tell one from another. In this presentation I plan to describe some "Botany 101" to gain (or review) an understanding of basic flower structure and then use some of that information to help unravel the mystery of general succulent taxonomy. There will be lots of nice photos and (hopefully) very little Latin.