Kingdom: Plantae (2597)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2494)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2109)
Order: Rosales (117)
Family: Crassulaceae (23)(family description)
Genus: Sedum (11)
Epithet: palmeri S. Watson (1)
palmeri => in honor of Edward Palmer (1829-1911), British-American botanist and archaeologist