Kalanchoe boranae

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Kalanchoe boranae
Systematics
Nuclear eudicotyledons
Order : Saxifragales (Saxifragales)
Family : Thick-leaf family (Crassulaceae)
Subfamily : Kalanchoideae
Genre : Kalanchoe
Type : Kalanchoe boranae
Scientific name
Kalanchoe boranae
Raadts

Kalanchoe boranae is a species of the genus Kalanchoe in the thick-leaf family(Crassulaceae).

description

Vegetative characteristics

Kalanchoe boranae is a perennial , bare small shrub that reaches heights of up to 200 centimeters. The stalked, green leaves are slightly frosted. The rotating, somewhat purple-colored petiole is furrowed on the upper side, widened at the base up to 7 centimeters long. The elongated egg-shaped to somewhat heart-shaped leaf blade is up to 30 centimeters long and 15 centimeters wide. Its tip is pointed, the base trimmed to somewhat heart-shaped. The leaf margin is notched or double notched.

Generative characteristics

The inflorescence is a panicley cyme . It reaches a length of up to 50 centimeters and a width of 30 centimeters. The upright flowers are on 9 to 15 millimeter long peduncles . Your calyx tube is 0.5 to 1 millimeter long. Their narrow lanceolate calyx tips are 7 to 13 millimeters long and 1.5 to 2.5 millimeters wide. The yellowish green corolla tube is 17 to 19 millimeters long. Their cream-colored or yellow corolla lobes are 9 to 10 millimeters long and 5 to 6.5 millimeters wide. The upper stamens protrude from the flower. The anthers are 1.3 to 1.5 millimeters long. The linear nectar flakes are 3 to 4 millimeters long. The carpel has a length of 10 to 12 millimeters. The stylus is 3 to 4 millimeters long.

Systematics and distribution

Kalanchoe boranae is common in northeastern Kenya on dry, rocky places at altitudes of 930 to 1450 meters.

The first description by Edith Marie Raadts was published in 1983.

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literature

  • Bernard Descoings: Kalanchoe boranae . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Crassulaceae (thick leaf family) . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8001-3998-7 , pp. 153 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Edith Raadts: Cytotaxonomic studies on Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae): 1. Kalanchoe marmorata Baker and 2 new Kalanchoe species from East Africa . In: Willdenowia. Messages from the Botanical Garden and Museum Berlin-Dahlem . Volume 13, Number 2, 1983, pp. 378-380.

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