Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi

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Common Names

Description

Genus Kalanchoe

Herbs sometimes biennial, subshrubs , or shrubs . Roots usually fibrous . Leaves opposite, petiolate or sessile, usually amplexicaul ; leaf blade margin entire , dentate , crenate , or leaves pinnate. Inflorescences terminal , cymose , sometimes also with subterminal cymes and thus paniculate , many flowered; bracts small. Flowers bisexual , erect , 4-merous. Sepals free or basally subconnate, triangular to lanceolate, usually shorter than corolla tube . Corolla yellow (or white, red, pink, or orange), salverform ; tube subquadrangular or basally inflated and urn-shaped, base slightly narrowed; lobes longer than tube. Stamens 2 � as many as petals, inserted near middle of corolla tube; filaments unequal in length, usually very short. Nectar scales linear to suborbicular . Carpels erect. Styles short or long. Follicles many seeded. Seeds ellipsoid .

About 125 species: Africa, Asia; four species (two endemic) in China.Fu Kun-tsun, Michael G. Gilbert, Hideaki Ohba "Kalanchoe". in Flora of China Vol. 8 Page 204. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 18-24" apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Bryophyllum fedtschenkoi (Hamet and Perrier) hort.
2. Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi Hamet & Perrier

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Place of publication : Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille sér. 3, 3:75. 1915

Name verified on 23-Feb-2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 17-Mar-2008

Similar Species

Members of the genus Kalanchoe

There are approximately 600 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

K. flaurantia · K. houghtonii · K. lokarana · K. richaudii · K. 'African Queen' · K. 'African Yellow' · K. 'Alexandra' · K. 'Anatole' · K. 'Arjuno' · K. 'Cabulco' · K. 'Caroline' · K. 'Chillan' · K. 'Debbie' · K. 'Dorothy' · K. 'Elaine' · K. 'Elisa' · K. 'Gelai' · K. 'Golden African' · K. 'Golden Eye' · K. 'Happy Bells' · K. 'Juliana' · K. 'Julianatje' · K. 'Kalistos' · K. 'Katharos' · K. 'Klabat' · K. 'Lokon' · K. 'Lucky Bells' · K. 'Madeleine' · K. 'Mie' · K. 'Mirabella' · K. 'Molly' · K. 'Monique' · K. 'Orange African' · K. 'Orange Dorothy' · K. 'Pablo' · K. 'Pink Zinfandel' (Kalanchoe) · K. 'Red African' · K. 'Red Jaqueline' · K. 'Roxy' · K. 'Selene' · K. 'Semeru' · K. 'Simone' · K. 'Soft Nathalie' · K. 'Sophie' · K. 'Soul' · K. 'Stephanie' · K. 'Tencotta' · K. 'Tessa' · K. 'Theresa' · K. 'Tribute' · K. 'Victoria' · K. 'Wendy' · K. 'Zebedi' · K. 'Zephyros' · K. abrupta · K. acutiflora · K. adelae · K. adolphi-engleri · K. aegyptiaca · K. afzeliana · K. albiflora · K. aleurodes · K. aliciae · K. alternans · K. alternans var. lanceolata · K. alticola · K. ambolensis · K. ambrensis · K. amplexicaulis · K. angolensis · K. angustifolia · K. annamica · K. antanosiana · K. antennifera · K. arborescens · K. aromatica · K. aromatica var. brevicorolla · K. aubrevillei · K. ballyi · K. baumii · K. beauverdi · K. beauverdii (Beauverd's Widow's-Thrill) · K. beauverdii var. juelii · K. beharensis (Felt Bush) · K. beharensis 'Brown Dwarf' (Kalanchoe) · K. beharensis 'Chocolate Chip' (Kalanchoe) · K. beharensis 'Fang' (Kalanchoe) · K. beharensis 'Oakleaf' (Oakleaf Feltbush) · K. beharensis 'Roseleaf' · K. beharensis 'Rusty' · K. beharensis f. glabra · K. beniensis · K. bentii · K. bequaertii · K. bergeri · K. bhidei · K. bipartita · K. biternata · K. bitteri · K. blossfeldiana (Christmas Kalanchoe)

Bibliography

• Descoings, B. 2003. Illustrated handbook of succulent plants: Crassulaceae. (Ill Hdb Succ Pl Cras) 156.
• García, J. M. & L. L. Chávez. las Crasuláceas de México (Crass Mex)

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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 5, 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 26, 2008)
• USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México (IE-BAJÍO)
• National Herbarium of New South Wales: NSW herbarium collection
• USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2667686
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-503271
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 290675
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:274335-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 21031
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 503271
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 274335-1
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDCRA07040
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: BRFE7
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 23829

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