Kalanchoe, Adanson, 1763
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https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.674.2.2 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16052310 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8F098797-FFE9-FFE5-FF5F-8E27A5B7FEFE |
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Felipe |
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Kalanchoe |
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Identification key to the Kalanchoe View in CoL taxa variously naturalised in the Euro-Mediterranean region
1. Flowers borne erectly at anthesis .......................................................................................................................................................2
1’. Flowers pendent at anthesis................................................................................................................................................................3
2. Corolla lobes scarlet, uni-chromatic .......................................................................................................................... K. blossfeldiana
2’. Corolla lobes white, creamy, yellow, greenish, or orange-red ...........................................................................................................3
3. Leaf blade much reduced, cylindrical; corolla lobes orange-red ................................................................................. K. delagoensis
3’. Leaf blade usually large, flat or longitudinally upcurved, variously shaped; corolla lobes white, creamy, yellow, or greenish.......4
4. Corolla lobes white to creamy, flowers> 45 mm long ................................................................................................. K. marmorata
4’. Corolla lobes yellow or greenish, corolla tube and corolla lobes often different shades of same colour..........................................5
5. Leaf blade uniformly dark green to red-infused to crimson red, usually folded longitudinally ................................. K. sexangularis
5’. Leaf blade often with darker mottling, greenish to whitish to orange-infused, never crimson red, usually flat................................6
6. Plants usually turquoise-white to densely white-waxy ......................................................................................................................7
6’. Plants never whitish, lacking a dense waxy coating ..........................................................................................................................8
7. Leaves adorned with darker mottling, usually densely white-waxy, especially when young ............................. K. gastonis-bonnieri
7’. Leaves immaculate, turquoise-white, distinctly orange-infused throughout................................................................... K. longiflora
8. Leaf blade margins adorned with short, duct-like pedestals; plants constitutively phyllo-bulbiliferous...........................................9
8’. Leaf blade margins lacking short, duct-like pedestals; plants not constitutively phyllo-bulbiliferous............................................10
9. Petiole generally immaculate; leaf blade base distinctly peltate ........................................................................... K. daigremontiana
9’. Petiole generally brown-maculate; leaf blade base attenuate to cuneate to variously auriculate ............................... K. × houghtonii
10. Leaves simple at maturity.................................................................................................................................................................11
10’. Leaves compound at maturity...........................................................................................................................................................12
11. Leaf blade base cuneate............................................................................................................................................... K. fedtschenkoi
11’. Leaf blade base ± distinctly auriculate.............................................................................................................................. K. laxiflora
12. Flowers monochromatic yellow, erect at anthesis, <18 mm long .................................................................................... K. laciniata
12’. Flowers greenish red, red, or yellow, pendent at anthesis,> 18 mm long .......................................................................................13
13. Calyx tube 20–30 mm long; leaves simple at first, later 3- to 5-foliolate, then to 200 mm long overall; plants to 2 m tall................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................. K. pinnata
13’. Calyx tube 13–16 mm long; leaves rarely ± simple, usually multi-pinnate, then to 300 mm long overall; plants to 3 m tall ............ ........................................................................................................................................................................................... K. prolifera
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