Selected Species
The three most commonly cultivated species are:
- Kalanchoe daigremontiana (Syn. Bryophyllum daigremontianum): Devil's Backbone or mother-of-thousands. Native of Madagascar; introduced and naturalized in many parts of tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia (Indian Ocean islands), North America (Florida) and South Africa; cultivated in Pakistan.
- Kalanchoe pinnata (Syn. Bryophyllum calycinum, Bryophyllum pinnatum): Air Plant. Native of Tropical Africa, cultivated or naturalized on many Pacific Islands (Tonga, Hawaii). It is also called the "Goethe Plant" since the famous writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — who also was an amateur naturalist of some repute — was "passionately fond" of this plant and liked to give the baby plantlets as gifts to friends who visited his home. He also discussed his air plant at length in the essay that was titled Geschichte meiner botanischen Studien ("History of my botanical studies").
- Kalanchoe delagoensis (Syn. Bryophyllum delagoense, Bryophyllum tubiflorum, Bryophyllum verticillatum)
Some other species in this section are:
- Kalanchoe adelae (Syn. Bryophyllum adelae)
- Kalanchoe beauverdii (Syn. Bryophyllum beauverdii, Bryophyllum costantinii, Bryophyllum juelii, Bryophyllum scandens)
- Kalanchoe bouvetii (Syn. Bryophyllum bouvetii)
- Kalanchoe campanulata
- Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi
- Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri (Syn. Bryophyllum gastonis-bonnieri)
- Kalanchoe laxiflora (Syn. Bryophyllum crenatum)
- Kalanchoe macrochlamys (Syn. Bryophyllum macrochlamys)
- Kalanchoe manginii (Syn. Bryophyllum manginii)
- Kalanchoe marnieriana (Syn. Bryophyllum marnierianum)
- Kalanchoe miniata (Syn. Bryophyllum miniatum)
- Kalanchoe prolifera (Syn. Bryophyllum proliferum)
- Kalanchoe pubescens (Syn. Bryophyllum aliciae, Bryophyllum pubescens)
- Kalanchoe rolandi-bonapartei (Syn. Bryophyllum rolandi-bonapartei, Bryophyllum tsaratananense)
- Kalanchoe rosei (Syn. Bryophyllum rosei)
- Kalanchoe schizophylla (Syn. Bryophyllum schizophyllum )
- Kalanchoe serrata (Syn. Bryophyllum lauzac-marchaliae)
- Kalanchoe streptantha (Syn. Bryophyllum streptanthum)
- Kalanchoe suarezensis (Syn. Bryophyllum suarezense)
- Kalanchoe uniflora
Read more about this topic: Kalanchoe Sect. Bryophyllum
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