- Family: Crassulaceae J.St.-Hil.
Kalanchoe Adans.
[FTEA]
Crassulaceae, G.E. Wickens. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1987
- Morphology General Habit
- Biennial or perennial, rarely annual succulent herbs or subshrubs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves usually opposite, entire or deeply incised, or 3-foliate or pinnately 5-foliate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence terminal, usually many-flowered corymbose or paniculate cymes
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers 4-merous, the occasional aberrant flower 3- or 5-merous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx shorter than or sometimes equalling the corolla-tube, deeply 4-lobed or 4-fid
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla tubular for at least two-thirds of its length, gibbous at the base; lobes spreading or reflexed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 8, in 2 series, usually included; filaments inserted on the corolla-tube
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Nectaries
- Nectary scales 4
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Carpels
- Carpels 4, free to slightly connate at the base; styles usually shorter than the ovaries; ovules numerous.
[FZ]
Crassulaceae, R. Fernandes. Flora Zambesiaca 7:1. 1983
- Morphology General Habit
- Biennial or perennial or sometimes annual succulent herbs often with subrosulate leaves and scape-like inflorescence-axes, sometimes undershrubs or shrubs.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves usually opposite and decussate, connate at the base, the lower more or less approximate, the uppermost bract-like, sessile or petiolate; lamina undivided or rarely pinnatifid, entire, crenate or serrate, usually flat, sometimes semiterete, fleshy-succulent, sometimes thin.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences terminal, panicle- or corymb-like or thyrsoid, composed of cymes, usually many-flowered.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers 4-merous, erect, 4; pedicellate, medium-sized or ± large.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx shorter than or sometimes equalling the corolla-tube, completely green or lineolate with purple or red; sepals nearly free or more or less connate, rarely up to or beyond the middle.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla gamopetalous along at least the lower 2/3; tube ± distinctly 4-angled, rounded and swollen near the base, usually constricted upwards; lobes 4, spreading or reflexed or erect and sometimes connivent, ± succulent, sometimes minutely papillose above, usually apiculate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 8, usually included; filaments ± connate with the corolla-tube, free above the middle of the tube; anthers ovate or oblong.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Carpels
- Carpels 4, slightly connate at the base; styles usually shorter than the ovaries.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds numerous, oblong, with longitudinally rugose tegument.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Nectaries
- Scales semi-orbicular to linear, entire, crenulate or ± emarginate at the top.
[FTEA]
Crassulaceae, G.E. Wickens. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1987
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial herbs, erect or ascending, fleshy
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves opposite, simple or imparipinnate, often bearing bulbils along the margin
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence terminal or terminal and axillary paniculate cymes; flowers 4-merous, pedicellate, pendulous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx cylindrical or globose-campanulate to globose-inflated, shortly 4-fid, persistent, accrescent in fruit
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla cylindrical-gibbous or subcampanulate to urceolate; lobes spreading
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 8, in 2 series, inserted near the base of the corolla-tube; filaments filiform
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Nectaries
- Nectary scales 4, oblong
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Carpels
- Carpels 4, distinct or slightly connate at the base, shorter than the style; ovules numerous.
[FZ]
Crassulaceae, R. Fernandes. Flora Zambesiaca 7:1. 1983
- Morphology General Habit
- Succulent herbs, undershrubs or shrubs, usually with erect stem.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves opposite, verticillate or alternate, simple and unlobed or lobed to pinnatifid or sometimes pinnate, usually petiolate, rarely sessile, flat or sometimes terete, ± fleshy-succulent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence terminal, usually corymb-like, loose to dense, few-to many-flowered, rarely panicle-like.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers 4-merous, large, in ± long pedicels, usually pendulous, brightly coloured.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx shorter than the corolla; sepals 4, rarely free, usually ± connate below, sometimes into a ± long cylindric, campanulate or swollen-urceolate tube.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla gamopetalous; tube subcylindric or urceolate, ± distinctly 4-angled, straight or slightly curved; lobes ovate, triangular or semicircular, usually shorter than the corolla-tube, spreading or reflexed.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 8, inserted at the base or below the middle of corolla-tube; filaments ± exserted.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Carpels
- Carpels 4, ± connate below; styles longer than the ovaries, usually exserted.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Follicles with numerous seeds.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds oblong or obovoid with rugulose tegument.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Nectaries
- Scales semicircular, quadrate or linear.
[FIQ]
Ghazanfar, S. A. & Edmondson, J. R (Eds). (2014) Flora of Iraq, Volume 5 Part 2: Lythraceae to Campanulaceae.
- Morphology General Habit
- Succulent plants, ± erect
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves fleshy, opposite or verticillate, simple, lobed or pinnate, usually petiolate, producing adventitious plantlets usually along the margins of the leaves
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence terminal, corymbose
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers 4-merous, pendulous, pedicellate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals usually united into a calyx tube, not exceeding corolla
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla tubular, lobes spreading or reflexed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 8, usually inserted in lower half of base of corolla tube
- Morphology General Scales
- Scales rounded or rectangular
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Style longer than ovary
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds numerous, ± oblong, angular, rugulose.
- Distribution
- Originating in Madagascar, there are more than 30 species of Bryophyllum, many of which are cultivated.
- Note
- Bryophyllum (from the Gr. βρηο bryo to sprout and φηλλον phyllon a leaf, the name refers to the adventitious plantlets produced on the leaves. The production of these numerous propagules accounts for many escapes into the wild.)
Native to:
Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Djibouti, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Philippines, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Alabama, Algeria, Andaman Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Ascension, Assam, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Cayman Is., Chagos Archipelago, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, Galápagos, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Kermadec Is., Leeward Is., Liberia, Madeira, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marcus I., Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Nicaragua, Niue, Norfolk Is., Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Sardegna, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Society Is., Solomon Is., South Australia, Southwest Caribbean, Spain, St.Helena, Sumatera, Texas, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turks-Caicos Is., Tuvalu, Venezuela, Victoria, Western Australia, Windward Is.
- Kalanchoe adelae Raym.-Hamet
- Kalanchoe alternans (Vahl) Pers.
- Kalanchoe alticola Compton
- Kalanchoe ambolensis Humbert
- Kalanchoe angolensis N.E.Br.
- Kalanchoe antennifera Desc.
- Kalanchoe arborescens Humbert
- Kalanchoe aromatica H.Perrier
- Kalanchoe aubrevillei Raym.-Hamet ex Cufod.
- Kalanchoe × auriculata (Raadts) V.V.Byalt
- Kalanchoe ballyi Raym.-Hamet ex Cufod.
- Kalanchoe beauverdii Raym.-Hamet
- Kalanchoe beharensis Drake
- Kalanchoe bentii C.H.Wright ex Hook f.
- Kalanchoe berevoensis Rebmann
- Kalanchoe bergeri Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier
- Kalanchoe bhidei T.Cooke
- Kalanchoe bipartita Chiov.
- Kalanchoe blossfeldiana Poelln.
- Kalanchoe bogneri Rauh
- Kalanchoe boisii Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier
- Kalanchoe boranae Raadts
- Kalanchoe bouvetii Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier
- Kalanchoe brachyloba Welw. ex Britten
- Kalanchoe bracteata Scott Elliot
- Kalanchoe briquetii Raym.-Hamet
- Kalanchoe campanulata (Baker) Baill.
- Kalanchoe carnea N.E.Br.
- Kalanchoe ceratophylla Haw.
- Kalanchoe chapototii Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier
- Kalanchoe cherukondensis Subba Rao & Kumari
- Kalanchoe chevalieri Gagnep.
- Kalanchoe citrina Schweinf.
- Kalanchoe craibii Raym.-Hamet
- Kalanchoe crenata (Andrews) Haw.
- Kalanchoe crundallii I.Verd.
- Kalanchoe curvula Desc.
- Kalanchoe cymbifolia Desc.
- Kalanchoe daigremontiana Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier
- Kalanchoe deficiens (Forssk.) Asch. & Schweinf.
- Kalanchoe delagoensis Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Kalanchoe densiflora Rolfe
- Kalanchoe dinklagei Rauh
- Kalanchoe dyeri N.E.Br.
- Kalanchoe elizae A.Berger
- Kalanchoe eriophylla Hils. & Bojer ex Tul.
- Kalanchoe fadeniorum Raadts
- Kalanchoe farinacea Balf.f.
- Kalanchoe faustii Font Quer
- Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier
- Kalanchoe fernandesii Raym.-Hamet
- Kalanchoe × flaurantia Desc.
- Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier
- Kalanchoe germanae Raym.-Hamet ex Raadts
- Kalanchoe glaucescens Britten
- Kalanchoe globulifera H.Perrier
- Kalanchoe gracilipes (Baker) Baill.
- Kalanchoe grandidieri Baill.
- Kalanchoe grandiflora Wight & Arn.
- Kalanchoe × gunniae Gideon F.Sm. & Figueiredo
- Kalanchoe hametiorum Raym.-Hamet
- Kalanchoe hauseri Werderm.
- Kalanchoe hildebrandtii Baill.
- Kalanchoe hirta Harv.
- Kalanchoe × houghtonii D.B.Ward
- Kalanchoe humifica Desc.
- Kalanchoe humilis Britten
- Kalanchoe hypseloleuce Friis & M.G.Gilbert
- Kalanchoe inaurata Desc.
- Kalanchoe integra (Medik.) Kuntze
- Kalanchoe integrifolia Baker
- Kalanchoe jongmansii Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier
- Kalanchoe laciniata (L.) DC.
- Kalanchoe × laetivirens Desc.
- Kalanchoe lanceolata (Forssk.) Pers.
- Kalanchoe lateritia Engl.
- Kalanchoe latisepala N.E.Br.
- Kalanchoe laxiflora Baker
- Kalanchoe leblanciae Raym.-Hamet
- Kalanchoe lindmanii Raym.-Hamet
- Kalanchoe linearifolia Drake
- Kalanchoe lobata R.Fern.
- Kalanchoe × lokarana Desc.
- Kalanchoe longiflora Schltr.
- Kalanchoe longifolia E.T.Geddes
- Kalanchoe lubangensis R.Fern.
- Kalanchoe luciae Raym.-Hamet
- Kalanchoe macrochlamys H.Perrier
- Kalanchoe mandrarensis Humbert
- Kalanchoe manginii Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier
- Kalanchoe marmorata Baker
- Kalanchoe marnieriana H.Jacobsen ex L.Allorge
- Kalanchoe maromokotrensis Desc. & Rebmann
- Kalanchoe migiurtinorum Cufod.
- Kalanchoe millotii Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier
- Kalanchoe miniata Hils. & Bojer ex Tul.
- Kalanchoe mitejea Leblanc & Raym.-Hamet
- Kalanchoe montana Compton
- Kalanchoe mortagei Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier
- Kalanchoe ndotoensis L.E.Newton
- Kalanchoe neglecta Toelken
- Kalanchoe nyikae Engl.
- Kalanchoe obtusa Engl.
- Kalanchoe olivacea Dalzell
- Kalanchoe orgyalis Baker
- Kalanchoe paniculata Harv.
- Kalanchoe pareikiana Desc. & Lavranos
- Kalanchoe peltata (Baker) Baill.
- Kalanchoe peltigera Desc.
- Kalanchoe peteri Werderm.
- Kalanchoe petitiana A.Rich.
- Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers.
- Kalanchoe poincarei Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier
- Kalanchoe porphyrocalyx (Baker) Baill.
- Kalanchoe prasina N.E.Br.
- Kalanchoe prittwitzii Engl.
- Kalanchoe prolifera (Bowie ex Hook.) Raym.-Hamet
- Kalanchoe pseudocampanulata Mannoni & Boiteau
- Kalanchoe pubescens Baker
- Kalanchoe pumila Baker
- Kalanchoe quadrangularis Desc.
- Kalanchoe quartiniana A.Rich.
- Kalanchoe rebmannii Desc.
- Kalanchoe × rechingeri Raym.-Hamet ex Rauh & Hebding
- Kalanchoe rhombopilosa Mannoni & Boiteau
- Kalanchoe × richaudii Desc.
- Kalanchoe robusta Balf.f.
- Kalanchoe rolandi-bonapartei Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier
- Kalanchoe rosei Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier
- Kalanchoe rosulata Raadts
- Kalanchoe rotundifolia (Haw.) Haw.
- Kalanchoe rubella (Baker) Raym.-Hamet
- Kalanchoe salazarii Raym.-Hamet
- Kalanchoe sanctula Desc.
- Kalanchoe scapigera Welw. ex Britten
- Kalanchoe schimperiana A.Rich.
- Kalanchoe schizophylla (Baker) Baill.
- Kalanchoe schliebenii Werderm.
- Kalanchoe serrata Mannoni & Boiteau
- Kalanchoe sexangularis N.E.Br.
- Kalanchoe stenosiphon Britten
- Kalanchoe streptantha Baker
- Kalanchoe suarezensis H.Perrier
- Kalanchoe subrosulata Thulin
- Kalanchoe synsepala Baker
- Kalanchoe tashiroi Yamam.
- Kalanchoe teixeirae Raym.-Hamet ex R.Fern.
- Kalanchoe tenuiflora Desc.
- Kalanchoe tetramera E.T.Geddes
- Kalanchoe tetraphylla H.Perrier
- Kalanchoe thyrsiflora Harv.
- Kalanchoe tomentosa Baker
- Kalanchoe tuberosa H.Perrier
- Kalanchoe uniflora (Stapf) Raym.-Hamet
- Kalanchoe usambarensis Engl. & Raym.-Hamet
- Kalanchoe velutina Welw. ex Britten
- Kalanchoe viguieri Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier
- Kalanchoe waldheimii Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier
- Kalanchoe waterbergensis van Jaarsv.
- Kalanchoe welwitschii Britten
- Kalanchoe wildii Raym.-Hamet ex R.Fern.
- Kalanchoe winteri Gideon F.Sm., N.R.Crouch & Mich.Walters
- Kalanchoe yemensis (Deflers) Schweinf.
Kalanchoe Adans. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
13864.000 | ||||
Philippines | 29047.222 | |||
Tweedie, E.M. [551], Kenya | 8519.000 | |||
Tweedie, E.M. [552], Kenya | 8523.000 | |||
Bullock, A.A. [3976], Zambia | 13859.000 | |||
Napier, E.R. [6657], Kenya | 8522.000 | |||
Williams, G.R. [468], Kenya | 13863.000 | |||
Myres, Zimbabwe | 14444.000 | |||
Bogner, J. | 34671.000 | |||
Mc Whinter, Madagascar | 29047.261 | |||
Bleher [837], Madagascar | 34402.000 | |||
Bryophyllum | 16546.000 |
First published in Fam. Pl. 2: 248 (1763)
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 2: 390.
Flora Zambesiaca
- Fam. Pl. 2: 248 (1763).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Fam. Pl. 2: 248 (1763)
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