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Synonyms: |
Crassula rotundifolia Haw. Kalanchoe decumbens Compton Kalanchoe guillauminii R.-Hamet Kalanchoe holstii sensu Hutch. Kalanchoe integerrima Lange Kalanchoe luebbertiana Engl. Meristostylus brachycalyx Klotzsch Verea rotundifolia (Haw.) Dietrich |
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Frequency: | Occasional |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Erect, glabrous, annual or perennial herb, up to 1.2 m. Leaves thinly succulent, grey-green, mostly on the lower stem, scattered and bract-like near the top. Margins usually entire, sometimes with some small lobe-like teeth. Flowers in rather lax terminal, branched inflorescences, rather tubular, bright pink to scarlet with the corolla tube twisting above the developing fruit. |
Notes: | Several forms have been described. f. rotundifolia and f. tripartita Raym.-Hamet ex R. Fern are recorded from Zimbabwe but are not dealt with separately here. |
Derivation of specific name: | rotundifolia: round-leaved |
Habitat: | On sandy and rocky soils in various types of woodland. |
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Worldwide distribution: | Socotra, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape South Africa. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | W,C,E,S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Thursday 8 August 2013 |
Literature: |
Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Page 84. As Kalanchoe rotundifolia rotundifolia (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 23. Fernandes, R. (1983). Crassulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 60 - 62. As Kalanchoe rotundifolia f. rotundifolia, f. tripartita and f. peltata Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 231. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 38. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 52. |
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