Kalanchoe nyikae
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Kalanchoe nyikae is a species of the genus Kalanchoe in the family of thick-leaf plants (Crassulaceae).
description
Vegetative characteristics
Kalanchoe nyikae is a perennial , completely bare, glaucoma plant that reaches heights of 60 to 200 centimeters. Their shoots are erect or basal. The flat, shield-shaped or hollowed leaves are petiolate. The petiole of the middle leaves is more or less round, slightly broadened towards the base and 3 to 10 centimeters long. The leaf blade is 7 to 8 inches long and 6 to 7 inches wide. Basal leaves are almost circular, wedge-shaped or slightly heart-shaped at the base and with entire margins on the leaf margin . The leaf blade of the upper leaves is lanceolate.
Generative characteristics
The inflorescence consists of paniculate cymes and is up to 35 centimeters long. The upright flowers are on 6 to 13 millimeter long peduncles . Your green calyx-tube is 1 to 2 millimeters long. The ovate to lanceolate, pointed calyx tips are 9 to 16 millimeters long and 3 to 5 millimeters wide. The greenish, almost cylindrical corolla tube is slightly enlarged in the lower half and 17 to 21 millimeters long. Their ovate-lanceolate, pointed corolla lobes have an attached tip. They are cream-colored on the outside, cream-colored, yellow or salmon pink on the inside. They have a length of 8 to 11 millimeters and are 3 to 5.5 millimeters wide. The stamens are attached to the upper part of the corolla tube. They do not protrude or protrude slightly from the top of the flower. The elongated anthers are 1.2 to 2 millimeters long. The linear-lanceolate, blunt nectar flakes are 2.5 to 5 millimeters long. The linear-lanceolate carpel has a length of 10 to 12 millimeters. The stylus is 6 to 9 millimeters long.
The elongated seeds reach a length of about 0.6 millimeters.
Systematics and distribution
Kalanchoe nyikae is common in Kenya and Tanzania .
The first description by Adolf Engler was published in 1895. The following subspecies are distinguished:
- Kalanchoe nyikae subsp. nyikae
- Kalanchoe nyikae subsp. auriculata Raadts
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literature
- Bernard Descoings: Kalanchoe nyikae . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Crassulaceae (thick leaf family) . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8001-3998-7 , pp. 173 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Adolf Engler (Ed.): Plant world of East Africa and the neighboring areas . Part C, 1895, p. 189 ( online ).
Web links
- Photo of a plant