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Kalanchoe delagoensis

Eckl. & Zeyh. (1837)

This name is accepted

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

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Glabrous and glaucous perennial herbs.

Stems: Stems 5–10 dm long, unbranched, reproducing vegetatively by adventitious shoots from the base.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Whorled usually 3 per node. Blades subcylindrical, 3–15 cm long, 0.3–0.6 cm wide. Lower surfaces sulcate, often spotted with reddish brown; often deciduous at anthesis. Margins near apex with 3–9 conical teeth between which spoon-shaped bulbils are produced. Petiolate or sessile. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in corymbose cymes 10–20 cm wide, each one pendent on pedicels 0.5–2 cm long. Flowers bisexual (perfect), erect, 4-merous. Calyx of 4 sepals, connate, the tube 0.3–0.6 cm long, the lobes triangular, 0.5–0.7 cm long. Corolla of 4 petals; petals distinct or sometimes connate near base. corolla tubular, constricted above the ovaries, 4-lobed, orange to scarlet, 2.5–4 cm long, the lobes obovate, 0.5–1 cm long. Stamens (4)8; anthers dithecal, opening by longitudinal slits. Ovary superior, carpels 4 (connivent), erect, (nearly distinct); base tapered; styles mostly 2+ times shorter than ovary.

Fruit: Follicles. Seeds minute; endosperm scanty or absent.

Ploidy: 2n = 68

Habitat: Naturalized in low elevation dry; disturbed sites; cultivated and perhaps naturalized on some of the main islands.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) Only found in cultivation
Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized
Lana'i Naturalized
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Water/Ocean
Wind

Vegetative Reproduction

Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 305 (1837)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:568 (K, O, L, M, H [as Kalanchoe tubiflora]); Staples et al. 2002:8, 9 (KEY, Syn. K. tubiflora = Bryophyllum tubiflorum); Mort et al. 2001:83/Wagner & Herbst 2003:21 (Syn. B. tubiflorum = K. tubiflora); Staples & Herbst 2005:253 (KEY), 254 (DESCR [as B. tubiflorum]); Shaw 2008:20/Faccenda 2024b:126 (Syn. K. tubiflora = K. delagoensis); Faccenda 2024a:81 (KEY)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Kalanchoe delagoensis University of Hawaii campus Preserved_Specimen Krajina, V.J. Oahu BISH 1962-04-07
2 Kalanchoe delagoensis Honolulu -2355 Oahu Ave Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 18667 Oahu BISH 1938-01-15
3 Kalanchoe delagoensis Aiea, 98-851 Iliee St., residence of William and Peggy Jones collection material was taken from 2 separate plants of the same planting. Single stemmed erect plants up to 0.7m tall. Preserved_Specimen Corollas a blend of brick red and crimson. Flowers odorless (afternoon) In full sun. Lau, J. 2051 Oahu BISH 1986-02-24
4 Kalanchoe delagoensis East Maui, 2.7 mi E of Ulupalakua Ranch on Piilani Hwy. (Hwy. 31) On `a`a lava flow dominated by Wikstroemia, Reynoldsia, Leucaena, Lantana, and Myoporum (occasional). Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 4780 Maui BISH 1983-01-14
5 Kalanchoe delagoensis North Kona district, S of the Keahole airport, along Hwy 19 Growing on lava. Preserved_Specimen Corolla red. Wagner, W.L. 5927 Hawaii BISH 1988-03-10
6 Kalanchoe delagoensis Southeast Oahu, east ridge of valley located east of Kalama Valley. Dry rocky, open scrubland with Leucaena, Urochloa maxima.Growing out of decomposed, cracked lava. Preserved_Specimen Occasional naturalized plant. Mizuno, G. Oahu BISH 2019-04-24
7 Kalanchoe delagoensis W Maui, S of Napili Honokowai, S of Kahana Stream disturbed roadside Preserved_Specimen perennial to 1m Annable, C.R. 3883 Maui BISH 1999-01-13
8 Kalanchoe delagoensis Puuwaawaa; near transect T16 on the Puu Huluhulu escarpment Grass covered 'a'a Preserved_Specimen Small herb 1'-2' height, occasional, most inds. flowering, corolla red. Takeuchi, W.N. 5712 Hawaii BISH 1989-12-26
9 Kalanchoe delagoensis ~3.5 km N of Naohuleelua, ~0.3 km E of Military Reservation boundary old pahoehoae; gentle to moderate slopes; Myoporum sandwicense, Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, Solanum pseudocapsicum, Pennisetum setaceum Preserved_Specimen Douglas, P. 109519 Hawaii BISH 1995-10-31
10 Kalanchoe delagoensis Puuwaawaa; near transect T16 on the Puu Huluhulu escarpment Grass covered `a`a Preserved_Specimen Small herb 1'-2' height, occasional, most inds. flowering, corolla red. Takeuchi, W.N. 5712 Hawaii BISH 1989-12-26
11 Kalanchoe delagoensis Kamoku, along old highway above Kaumalapau Harbor along old highway above Kaumalapau Harbor; Preserved_Specimen Succulent with red flowers Herbst, D.R. 5768 Lanai BISH 1976-03-29
12 Kalanchoe delagoensis Foot of Punchbowl Established but uncommon on steep slope in shade of dense Leucaena glauca forest, around rubbish dump. Preserved_Specimen Leaves fleshy, gray bronze, mottled, detachable Fosberg, F.R. 27145 Oahu BISH 1946-10-28
13 Kalanchoe delagoensis Upper Makakilo, adjacent to Palehua Heights subdivision, on southwestern slope above Kalo‘i Gulch In seep area on steep rocky slope in dry alien open vegetation. Preserved_Specimen Herb 6 ft. tall. Stem thick, succulent, scandent. Inflorescence many-branched, flowers pink-orange, 4-lobed. Imada, C. 200434 Oahu BISH 2004-03-30
14 Kalanchoe delagoensis Hawaii National Park, Kilauea, Park residence area Preserved_Specimen Herb 2 ft. high; lvs. fleshy, tubular, splotched; fls. red, tubular, drooping around end of uright stem. Fagerlund, G.O. 179 Hawaii BISH 1942-11-23
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