Bryophyllum delagoense |
Bryophyllum fedtschenkoi |
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chandelier plant, tingo tingo |
lavender scallops |
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Habit | Herbs, monocarpic, (sometimes suckering at base), pale green mottled with violet-brown, glaucous. | Herbs, polycarpic, gray-green to green or purple, glaucous or not. |
Stems | simple, terete, 5–20 dm × 0.5–1 cm. |
suberect or later decumbent and rooting, branched, terete, rough with leaf scars, to 8 dm × 1 cm. |
Leaves | mostly in 3s, opposite or whorled, evenly spaced, simple; petiole and blade indistinguishable, reddish green to gray-green with reddish brown spots, narrowly oblong, subcylindric, grooved adaxially, 3–15 cm × 3–6 mm, margins entire except for 3–9 conic teeth at apex, apex blunt, surfaces not glaucous; bulbils borne between teeth, spurs spoon-shaped. |
opposite, evenly spaced, simple; petiole terete, (often turned obliquely), 1–6 mm; blade lavender-gray, obovate, 2–10 × 1.5–8 cm, margins crenate throughout or apically, apex obtuse, surfaces glaucous; bulbils borne mostly in notches of leaf margins on damaged or fallen leaves. |
Pedicels | 5–30 mm. |
5–15 mm. |
Flowers | calyx pale green, not inflated, 8–16 mm, tube 3–6 mm, lobes triangular, 5–10 mm, longer than tube, apex acuminate; corolla orange to scarlet, 25–40 mm, not contracted basally, lobes obovate, 6–12 mm, apex rounded or apiculate. |
calyx violet-flecked, inflated, 10–18 mm, tube 6–11 mm, lobes deltate, 4–7 mm, shorter than tube, apex acute; corolla orange-red, 18–25 mm, contracted basally, lobes obovate, 5–8 mm, apex obtuse to rounded. |
Cymes | mostly dense, corymbiform, 0.5–2 dm diam.; branches to 3 cm. |
open, corymbiform, to 1.5 dm diam.; branches to 5 cm. |
2n | = 68. |
= 34. |
Bryophyllum delagoense |
Bryophyllum fedtschenkoi |
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Phenology | Flowering winter, spring. | Flowering winter–spring. |
Habitat | Cactus-mesquite thickets, shell mounds, waste places | Disturbed places |
Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) |
Distribution |
FL; TX; Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar) [Introduced in North America; introduced also in s Africa, Pacific Islands (at least Hawaii), Australia] |
FL; TX; Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar) [Introduced in North America] |
Discussion | The names Bryophyllum tubiflorum and Kalanchoë tubiflora are widely used in horticultural as well as botanical works, with K. delagoensis usually listed in synonymy as a nomen nudum. H. R. Toelken (1985) wrote that the three-word original diagnosis of K. delagoensis was enough to distinguish it from other species treated. R. W. Long and O. Lakela (1971) misidentified it as K. grandiflora A. Richards. The subcylindric part of the leaf seems to be the petiole, bearing a greatly reduced blade with one to four pairs of teeth (P. Boiteau and L. Allorge-Boiteau 1995). This prolific species is an aggressive weed, well established in southern Florida and coastal southern Texas. In Australia, where it is called “mother of millions,” it is a serious pest because it is highly poisonous to cattle (P. I. Forster 1996). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Apparently, Bryophyllum fedtschenkoi is established only locally in the flora area, in waste places in southwestern Florida (Sanibel Island) and on clay mounds among native shrubs in coastal southern Texas. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 160. | FNA vol. 8, p. 159. |
Parent taxa | Crassulaceae > Bryophyllum | Crassulaceae > Bryophyllum |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Kalanchoë delagoensis, Kalanchoë verticillata | Kalanchoë fedtschenkoi |
Name authority | (Ecklon & Zeyher) Schinz: Mém. Herb. Boissier 10: 38. 1900 , | (Raymond-Hamet & H. Perrier) Lauzac-Marchal: Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci., Sér. D 278: 2508. 1974 , |
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