A succulent herb or shrub, native mainly to tropical Africa and Madagascar; rather variable in appearance, but often with leaves blotched or marked with brown. In many species, the leaf-margins bear plantlets which drop off and grow into new plants. (Genus: Kalanchoe, 125 species. Family: Crassulaceae.)
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?Kalanchoe
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Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
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Plantae
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Division:
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Magnoliophyta
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Class:
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Magnoliopsida
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Order:
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Saxifragales
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Family:
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Crassulaceae
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Genus:
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Kalanchoe Adans.
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Species
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See text.
Selected species
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Kalanchoe arborescens Kalanchoe beauverdii Kalanchoe beharensis Kalanchoe bentii Kalanchoe blossfeldiana Kalanchoe crenata Kalanchoe
daigremontiana Kalanchoe delagonensis Kalanchoe eriophylla Kalanchoe farinacea Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi Kalanchoe flammea Kalanchoe
gastonis-bonnieri Kalanchoe glaucescens Kalanchoe gracilipes Kalanchoe grandidieri Kalanchoe grandiflora Kalanchoe hildebrantii Kalanchoe
jongmansii Kalanchoe laciniata Kalanchoe lateritia Kalanchoe laxiflora Kalanchoe longiflora
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Kalanchoe manginii Kalanchoe marmorata Kalanchoe millottii Kalanchoe miniata Kalanchoe nyikae Kalanchoe orgyalis Kalanchoe peltata
Kalanchoe petitiana Kalanchoe pinnata Kalanchoe porphyrocalyx Kalanchoe prolifera Kalanchoe pumila Kalanchoe quartiniana Kalanchoe
rhombopilosa Kalanchoe rosei Kalanchoe rotundifolia Kalanchoe schizophylla Kalanchoe synsepala Kalanchoe thyrsiflora Kalanchoe tomentosa
Kalanchoe tubiflora Kalanchoe uniflora Kalanchoe viguieri
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Cultivation and uses
These plants are cultivated as ornamental houseplants and rock or "cactus" garden plants.
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