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Kalanchoe

Adans. (1763)

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: Monocarpic, succulent perennial herbs or subshrubs.

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Leaves: Leaves simple or compound (pinnate). Opposite or whorled, sometimes alternate above. Blades often deciduous at anthesis. Margins crenate, serrate, or sometimes entire, often producing adventitious buds. Petiolate or sessile. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in 1–2 terminal cymes. Flowers bisexual (perfect), erect, 4-merous. Calyx of 4 sepals, sometimes inflated, connate into a tube or distinct. Corolla of 4 petals; petals distinct or sometimes connate near base. corolla tubular, constricted above the ovaries. 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.

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Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Island Status

Dispersal Agents


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Bibliography

Name Published In: Fam. Pl. 2: 248 (1763)

Occurrences

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