Kalanchoe miniata

Kalanchoe miniata
	Kalanchoe miniata
Systematics
	Nuclear eudicotyledons
Order :	Saxifragales (Saxifragales)
Family :	Thick-leaf family (Crassulaceae)
Subfamily :	Kalanchoideae
Genre :	Kalanchoe
Type :	Kalanchoe miniata
Scientific name
	Kalanchoe miniata
	Hils. & Bojer ex Tul.

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

description

The perennial, completely bare shrubs with initially prostrate, creeping branches that are later upright, reach heights of growth of 30 to 80 centimeters. The stalked, stalk-encompassing, toothed leaves are rounded, triangular and 2.5 to 8 centimeters long. The upper side of the leaf is spotted red. The inflorescence has a few pendulous, bell-shaped flowers that are up to 2.5 centimeters long.

Systematics, number of chromosomes and distribution

Kalanchoe miniata is common in central Madagascar .

The first description was in 1857 by Carl Theodor Hilsenberg and Wenceslas Bojer . The numerous varieties are now regarded as synonyms of the species.

The chromosome number is . ${\ displaystyle 2n = 34}$

proof

literature

Bernard Descoings: Kalanchoe miniata . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Crassulaceae (thick leaf family) . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8001-3998-7 , pp. 172 .
Hermann Jacobsen : The succulent dictionary . 3. Edition. Fischer, Jena 1983, p. 274.

Individual evidence

↑ Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique. Series 4, Volume 8. Paris 1857, p. 149.
^ F. Friedmann: Sur de nouveaux nombres chromosomiques dans le genre Kalanchoë (Crassulacées) à Madagascar. In: Candollea. Volume 26, No. 1, 1971, pp. 103-107 ( PDF ; 217 kB).

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[1] Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique. Series 4, Volume 8. Paris 1857, p. 149.

[2] F. Friedmann: Sur de nouveaux nombres chromosomiques dans le genre Kalanchoë (Crassulacées) à Madagascar. In: Candollea. Volume 26, No. 1, 1971, pp. 103-107 ( PDF ; 217 kB).