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Taxon: Kalanchoe delagoensis Eckl. & Zeyh.

Genus: Kalanchoe section: Bryophyllum
Family: Crassulaceae subfamily: Sedoideae tribe: Kalanchoeae.
Nomen number: 21027
Place of publication: Enum. pl. afric. austral. 305. 1837
Name verified on: 29-Nov-2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 28-Dec-2006
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • chandelier-plant   (Source: Hortus 3 [as K. tubiflora]) – English
  • kandelaarplant   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 [as Bryophyllum delagoense]) – Afrikaans
  • röhrenblütiges Brutblatt   (Source: Zander ed17 [as Bryophyllum tubiflorum]) – German
  • smalt livsblad   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish

Economic importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental   (fide Hortus 3, as Kalanchoe tubiflora)
  • Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Econ Pl Aust, as Bryophyllum tubiflorum)
  • Weed   (fide Weeds SAfr 2001, as Bryophyllum delagoense)
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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar

      Naturalized:
  • naturalized elsewhere

      Cultivated:
  • also cultivated

References:

  • Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
  • Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963–. Flora of southern Africa. [= Bryophyllum delagoense (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Schinz].
  • Eggli, U., ed. 2003. Illustrated handbook of succulent plants: Crassulaceae. 153.
  • Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. [= Bryophyllum tubiflorum].
  • Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. [= Bryophyllum delagoense].
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. [= K. tubiflora].
  • Shaw, J. M. H. 2008. An investigation of the cultivated Kalanchoe daigremontiana group, with a checklist of Kalanchoe cultivars. Hanburyana 3:20–21.
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Check other web resources for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?21027 (22 May 2013)

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