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3166.000 Kalanchoe
Description of the genus
Biennial, perennial or sometimes annual, succulent herbs. Leaves usually opposite and decussate, connate at the base, the lower set close together; uppermost bract-like; lamina entire or rarely pinnatifid; margin entire, crenate or serrate. Inflorescence terminal, composed of cymes arranged in a panicle, corymb or thyrse. Flowers 4-merous, erect, relatively large and showy. Corolla lobes united below into a tetragonous tube, this rounded and swollen at the base and usually constricted above; lobes usually apiculate. Stamens 8. Carpels 4, ± connate at base. Nectariferous scales semi-circular to linear. Worldwide: 125 spp (incl. Bryophyllum) in the Old World tropics, especially Africa and Madagascar. |
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| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| brachyloba Welw. ex Britten | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | |
| crenata (Andrews) Haw. subsp. crenata | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E,S | Description, Image |
| fedtschenkoi | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description, Image |
| laciniata (L.) DC. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,E,S | |
| lanceolata (Forssk.) Pers. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| lateritia Engl. var. lateritia | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W,C,E,S | |
| lobata R. Fern.[End][DD] | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,E | Description |
| luciae Raym.-Hamet subsp. luciae | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| paniculata Harv. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W | |
| rotundifolia (Haw.) Haw. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| sexangularis N.E. Br. var. sexangularis | Altitude Rainfall Geology | C,E,S | |
| sexangularis N.E. Br. var. intermedia (R. Fern.) R. Fern. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | |
| velutina Welw. ex Britten subsp. chimanimaniensis (R. Fern.) R. Fern.[End][LR-nt] | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description |
| velutina Welw. ex Britten subsp. velutina | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | |
| wildii Raym.-Hamet ex R. Fern.[End][DD] | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W,C,S |
Other sources of information about Kalanchoe:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Kalanchoe pageFlora of Mozambique: Kalanchoe
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Kalanchoe
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Kalanchoe
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Kalanchoe
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Kalanchoe
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Kalanchoe
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