View source for Kalanchoë ← Kalanchoë You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Kalanchoë |accepted_authority=Adanson |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Fam. Pl. |place=2: 248. 1763, }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Crassulaceae;Kalanchoë |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Crassulaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Kalanchoë]]</div></div> |etymology=Apparently from Chinese name for one of the species |volume=Volume 8 |mention_page=page 149, 158 |treatment_page=page 157 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>[shrubs], perennial, not viviparous, 0.3–6 dm, glabrous or pubescent. <b>Stems</b> erect [scandent], branching, succulent. <b>Leaves</b> persistent, cauline, opposite [alternate], petiolate [sessile], base (or petiole) often subclasping; petiole to 20 cm; blade elliptic, ovate, obovate, or oblong-spatulate, laminar, 3–20 cm, fleshy, base not spurred, margins entire, crenate-dentate, or lobed; veins not conspicuous. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal [lateral] cymes, often paniculate. <b>Pedicels</b> present. <b>Flowers</b> erect, 4-merous; sepals connate basally, all alike; petals erect or spreading, connate into 4-gonal, flask-shaped tube, yellow, orange, or red; calyx and corolla not circumscissile in fruit; nectaries subquadrate to linear; stamens [4] usually 8; filaments adnate near top of corolla tube; pistils (connivent), erect, (nearly distinct); ovary base tapered; styles mostly 2+ times shorter than ovary. <b>Fruits</b> erect. <b>Seeds</b> ellipsoid, ribbed, finely cross-ribbed. <b>x</b> = 18.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Fla.;South America (Brazil);s Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar). |discussion=<p>Species ca. 75 (3 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Some species of <i>Kalanchoë</i> are grown as houseplants or as greenhouse plants, or in warm climates as rock-garden plants. <i>Bryophyllum</i>, often included, is treated here as a separate genus.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Inflorescences glandular-pubescent. |[[Kalanchoe integra|Kalanchoe integra]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Inflorescences glabrous or pubescent, not glandular |[[#key-0-2| > 2]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Corollas yellow or yellowish orange, tube 20 mm, lobes 25 mm. |[[Kalanchoe laciniata|Kalanchoe laciniata]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Corollas scarlet, tube 8 mm, lobes 4 mm. |[[Kalanchoe blossfeldiana|Kalanchoe blossfeldiana]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Kalanchoë |author=Reid V. Moran |authority=Adanson |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Crassulaceae |distribution=Fla.;South America (Brazil);s Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar). |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Fam. Pl. |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_315.xml |genus=Kalanchoë }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Crassulaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Crassulaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Kalanchoë.