Kingdom: Plantae (2625)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2528)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2137)
Order: Rosales (118)
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