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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Kalanchoë
|accepted_authority=Adanson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fam. Pl.
|place=2: 248. 1763,
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Crassulaceae;Kalanchoë
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Crassulaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Kalanchoë]]</div></div>
|etymology=Apparently from Chinese name for one of the species
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 149, 158
|treatment_page=page 157
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism some measurement;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs </b>[shrubs], perennial, not viviparous, 0.3–6 dm, glabrous or pubescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture;stem texture"><b>Stems </b>erect [scandent], branching, succulent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf duration;cauline leaf arrangement;cauline leaf architecture;base architecture"><b>Leaves </b>persistent, cauline, opposite [alternate], petiolate [sessile], base (or petiole) often subclasping;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="petiole some measurement">petiole to 20 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade position;blade some measurement;blade texture;base architecture or shape;margin architecture or shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape">blade elliptic, ovate, obovate, or oblong-spatulate, laminar, 3–20 cm, fleshy, base not spurred, margins entire, crenate-dentate, or lobed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="vein prominence">veins not conspicuous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence arrangement"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal [lateral] cymes, often paniculate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="pedicel presence"><b>Pedicels </b>present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower orientation;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>erect, 4-merous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="sepal fusion;sepal variability">sepals connate basally, all alike;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="petal orientation;petal orientation;petal fusion;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;tube shape;tube shape">petals erect or spreading, connate into 4-gonal, flask-shaped tube, yellow, orange, or red;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="calyx dehiscence;corolla dehiscence">calyx and corolla not circumscissile in fruit;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="nectary shape">nectaries subquadrate to linear;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens [4] usually 8;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="filament fusion">filaments adnate near top of corolla-tube;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="pistil orientation">pistils (connivent), erect, (nearly distinct);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="ovary base shape">ovary base tapered;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="style size or quantity">styles mostly 2+ times shorter than ovary.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="fruit orientation"><b>Fruits </b>erect.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>ellipsoid, ribbed, finely cross-ribbed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="seed shape;seed architecture or shape;seed architecture or shape;x chromosome quantity">x = 18.</span><!--

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|distribution=Fla.;South America (Brazil);s Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar)
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 75 (3 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Some species of Kalanchoë 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.</p>
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Inflorescences glandular-pubescent.
|[[Kalanchoe integra|Kalanchoe integra]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Inflorescences glabrous or pubescent, not glandular
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Corollas yellow or yellowish orange, tube 20 mm, lobes 25 mm.
|[[Kalanchoe laciniata|Kalanchoe laciniata]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Corollas scarlet, tube 8 mm, lobes 4 mm.
|[[Kalanchoe blossfeldiana|Kalanchoe blossfeldiana]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Kalanchoë
|author=Reid V. Moran
|authority=Adanson
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Crassulaceae
|distribution=Fla.;South America (Brazil);s Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar)
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Fam. Pl.
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V8/V8_315.xml
|genus=Kalanchoë
|base architecture=subclasping
|base architecture or shape=not spurred
|blade position=laminar
|blade shape=oblong-spatulate;obovate;oblong-spatulate;obovate;ovate;elliptic
|blade some measurement=3cm;20cm
|blade texture=fleshy
|calyx dehiscence=not circumscissile
|cauline leaf architecture=petiolate
|cauline leaf arrangement=opposite
|corolla dehiscence=not circumscissile
|filament fusion=adnate
|flower architecture=4-merous
|flower orientation=erect
|fruit orientation=erect
|inflorescence arrangement=paniculate
|leaf duration=persistent
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|margin shape=lobed;crenate-dentate;lobed;crenate-dentate
|nectary shape=subquadrate;linear
|ovary base shape=tapered
|pedicel presence=absent
|petal coloration=red;orange;red;orange;yellow
|petal fusion=connate
|petal orientation=spreading;erect
|petiole some measurement=0cm;20cm
|pistil orientation=erect
|seed architecture or shape=cross-ribbed;ribbed
|seed shape=ellipsoid
|sepal fusion=connate
|sepal variability=alike
|stamen quantity=8
|stem architecture=branching
|stem orientation=erect
|stem texture=succulent
|style size or quantity=2+ times shorter than ovary
|tube shape=flask--shaped;4-gonal
|vein prominence=not conspicuous
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|whole_organism pubescence=pubescent;glabrous
|whole_organism reproduction=not viviparous
|whole_organism some measurement=0.3dm;6dm
|x chromosome quantity=18
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