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Kalanchoe

Kalanchoe
Family: Crassulaceae
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Reid V. Moran in Flora of North America (vol. 8)
Herbs [shrubs], perennial, not viviparous, 0.3-6 dm, glabrous or pubescent. Stems erect [scandent], branching, succulent. Leaves 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. Inflorescences terminal [lateral] cymes, often paniculate. Pedicels present. Flowers 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. Fruits erect. Seeds ellipsoid, ribbed, finely cross-ribbed. x = 18.

Some species of Kalanchoe are grown as houseplants or as greenhouse plants, or in warm climates as rock-garden plants. Bryophyllum, often included, is treated here as a separate genus.

Species within inventory project: Arizona Flora
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
Media resource of Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
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Kalanchoe delagoensis
Media resource of Kalanchoe delagoensis
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Kalanchoe pinnata
Media resource of Kalanchoe pinnata
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Kalanchoe tetraphylla
Media resource of Kalanchoe tetraphylla
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Kalanchoe × houghtonii
Media resource of Kalanchoe × houghtonii
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