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kalanchoe

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 blossfeldiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Kalanchoe Adans.
Species

See text.

Selected species
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 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

Cultivation and uses

These plants are cultivated as ornamental houseplants and rock or "cactus" garden plants.

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