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Bryophyllum delagoense (Ecklon & Zeyher) Schinz [family CRASSULACEAE]
Date Updated: 23 July 2012
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 8,
Names
Bryophyllum delagoense (Ecklon & Zeyher) Schinz [family CRASSULACEAE], Mém. Herb. Boissier, 10: 38. 1900 ,
Kalanchoë delagoensis Ecklon & Zeyher [family ], Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral., 305. 1837
Kalanchoë verticillata Scott-Elliot [family ]
Treatment Author(s)
Reid V. Moran
Information
Herbs, monocarpic, (sometimes suckering at base), pale green mottled with violet-brown, glaucous. Stems simple, terete, 5–20 dm × 0.5–1 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. Cymes mostly dense, corymbiform, 0.5–2 dm diam.; branches to 3 cm. Pedicels 5–30 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. 2n = 68.
Phenology
Flowering winter, spring
Altitude range
0 m
Distribution
Australia.USA Fla.USA Tex.USA Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar)USA Pacific Islands (at least Hawaii)
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).
Native/Introduced
introduced
introduced also in s Africa
Date Updated: 23 July 2012
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 8,
Names
Bryophyllum delagoense (Ecklon & Zeyher) Schinz [family CRASSULACEAE], Mém. Herb. Boissier, 10: 38. 1900 ,
Kalanchoë delagoensis Ecklon & Zeyher [family ], Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral., 305. 1837
Kalanchoë verticillata Scott-Elliot [family ]
Treatment Author(s)
Reid V. Moran
Information
Herbs, monocarpic, (sometimes suckering at base), pale green mottled with violet-brown, glaucous. Stems simple, terete, 5–20 dm × 0.5–1 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. Cymes mostly dense, corymbiform, 0.5–2 dm diam.; branches to 3 cm. Pedicels 5–30 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. 2n = 68.
Phenology
Flowering winter, spring
Altitude range
0 m
Distribution
Australia.USA Fla.USA Tex.USA Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar)USA Pacific Islands (at least Hawaii)
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).
Native/Introduced
introduced
introduced also in s Africa
Date Updated: 23 July 2012
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 8,
Names
Bryophyllum delagoense (Ecklon & Zeyher) Schinz [family CRASSULACEAE], Mém. Herb. Boissier, 10: 38. 1900 ,
Kalanchoë delagoensis Ecklon & Zeyher [family ], Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral., 305. 1837
Kalanchoë verticillata Scott-Elliot [family ]
Treatment Author(s)
Reid V. Moran
Information
Herbs, monocarpic, (sometimes suckering at base), pale green mottled with violet-brown, glaucous. Stems simple, terete, 5–20 dm × 0.5–1 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. Cymes mostly dense, corymbiform, 0.5–2 dm diam.; branches to 3 cm. Pedicels 5–30 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. 2n = 68.
Phenology
Flowering winter, spring
Altitude range
0 m
Distribution
Australia.USA Fla.USA Tex.USA Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar)USA Pacific Islands (at least Hawaii)
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).
Native/Introduced
introduced
introduced also in s Africa
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