Kalanchoe beharensis

Drake (1903)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-CoreEudicot Order: Saxifragales Family: Crassulaceae Genus: Kalanchoe

felt bush, Napoleon's hat, velvet leaf

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Naturalized
Maui Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Only found in cultivation

Dispersal Agents

Wind

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 9: 41 (1903)

Other References

Staples & Herbst 2005:258 (KEY, DESCR); Lau & Frohlich 2012:14 (NEWNAT/O, DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Kalanchoe beharensis Honolulu, Dowsett Highlands Preserved_Specimen Fls: 4 light-green petals. ea. petal with 3 dark lines; 4 light-green, downy sepals; 8 protruding, erect stamens; stigma 4-parted, finally exceeding stamens. Moir, Mrs.W.G. Oahu BISH 1954-02-15
2 Kalanchoe beharensis Maui Preserved_Specimen Velvet leaf, from Madagascar. van Zwaluwenburg, R.H. Maui BISH 1964-09-16
3 Kalanchoe beharensis Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Capt. Cook. Abandoned coffee plantation at one side of Garden Growing in yard of house. Preserved_Specimen Shrub ca 9 ft tall, trunk knobby with sharp-angled leaf scars; lvs fleshy, deeply concave, felty on the surface; inflor spike erect, bracts visible but no flws seen. Herbst, D.R. 9310 Hawaii BISH 1991-01-11
4 Kalanchoe beharensis Koloa District; Kalaheo Cultivated plants of Kukuiolono Golf Course. Preserved_Specimen Shrub of six ft; petioles and leaves grey-green; inflorescence terminal, the branches pale green tinged brown or maroon; calyx yellowish-green with apex of lobes tinged maroon; corolla pale green to whitish-freen, four lobed, the lobes twisted and slightly recurved; stamens eight: filaments whitish-green, anthers maroon. Flynn, T.W. 3779 Kauai BISH 1990-02-16
5 Kalanchoe beharensis Aiea, 98-851 Iliee St., residence of William and Peggy Jones In full sun. Preserved_Specimen A tree 3 m tall; crown dense and rounded. Corollas apple green with venation within traced with reddish purple. Flowers odorless (afternoon). Lau, J. 2048 Oahu BISH 1986-02-24
6 Kalanchoe beharensis Koloa District; Kalaheo Cultivated plants of Kukuiolono Golf Course. Preserved_Specimen Shrub of six ft; petioles and leaves grey-green; inflorescence terminal, the branches pale green tinged brown or maroon; calyx yellowish-green with apex of lobes tinged maroon; corolla pale green to whitish-freen, four lobed, the lobes twisted and slightly recurved; stamens eight: filaments whitish-green, anthers maroon. Flynn, T.W. 3779 Kauai BISH 1990-02-16
7 Kalanchoe beharensis Palolo Valley, near intersection of Kaau St. and Mokuna Pl. Lowland mesic/dry residential setting. Preserved_Specimen 1.5 m shrub, no flowers or fruit on specimen. Lau, A. 2008100301 Oahu BISH 2008-10-03
8 Kalanchoe beharensis Captain Cook; Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Gardens Abandoned coffee plantation at one side of Garden; in yard of house. Preserved_Specimen Shrub ca 9' tall; trunk knobby with sharp-angled leaf scars; lvs fleshy, deeply concave, felty on the surface; inflor spike erect; bracts visible but no flws seen. Herbst, D.R. 9310 Hawaii BISH 1991-01-11
9 Kalanchoe beharensis Aiea, 98-851 Iliee St., residence of William and Peggy Jones In full sun. Preserved_Specimen A tree 3 m tall; crown dense and rounded. Corollas apple green with venation within traced with reddish purple. Flowers odorless (afternoon). Lau, J. 2048 Oahu BISH 1986-02-24