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Kalanchoe alternans

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Name

Identification
Kalanchoe alternans [family CRASSULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Vereia alternans
  • Kalanchoe thyrsiflora
  • Kalanchoe rosulata
  • Cotyledon orbiculata
  • Cotyledon alternans
  • Kalanchoe alternans

Flora

Entry for KALANCHOE thyrsiflora Harv. [family CRASSULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 327, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
KALANCHOE thyrsiflora Harv. [family CRASSULACEAE]
KALANCHOE alternans E. & Z. [family CRASSULACEAE], ! 1953, (not of Pers.?)
Information
glabrous; stem robust, leafy; leaves oblongo-spathulate, obtuse, tapering at base, sessile, very entire; cymes short-stalked, combined into a compact, oblong panicle or thyrsus; bracts minute; pedicels equalling or exceeding the corolla; sepals ovate or ovato-lanceolate; lobes of the corolla ovate, obtuse. Stem 2 1/2–4 feet high, simple, leafy throughout, the upper leaves equalling or exceeding the internodes. Leaves pale green, 4–6 inches long or perhaps longer, the cuneate base half-amplexicaul. Thyrsus 9–12 inches long, cylindrical, densely many flowered. Corolla orange. Quite distinct in inflorescence and the obtuse corolla-lobes from other S. African species. E. & Z. refer it to K. alternans, Pers., but it hardly agrees with the character given of that species.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Near the sources of the Kat River, E. & Z.! Rhinoster Kopf and Vaal River, Zey.! 670. Districts of Cradock and Queenstown, on rocky hill sides, Mrs. F. W. Barber, 221! (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.)

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