Biology:Kalanchoe thyrsiflora
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Crassulaceae |
| Genus: | Kalanchoe |
| Species: | K. thyrsiflora
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Kalanchoe thyrsiflora (also known as paddle plant, flapjacks, desert cabbage, white lady, geelplakkie, meelplakkie, or plakkie [citation needed]) is a species of flowering plant native to Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa and Eswatini. This plant is rare in cultivation, and those plants labelled as "Kalanchoe thyrsiflora" in horticulture are mostly another similar species, Kalanchoe luciae.[1][2]
Taxonomy
The name Kalanchoe thyrsiflora was first validly published for this southern African species by William Henry Harvey in 1862.[3] Based on an error introduced in The Plant List in 2012, the name K. thyrsiflora has been treated by some as a synonym of K. tetraphylla.[4] However, these two names apply to two distinct species.[5][6][7][8] The name K. tetraphylla dates from 1923 and applies to a different species confined to Madagascar.
Description
It is a succulent plant producing a stalk about 1m tall, which dies back after flowering. It forms a basal rosette of large, rounded, fleshy, stalkless leaves, which are grayish-green with red margins, covered with a white powdery bloom. The inflorescence is terminal and erect with densely clustered thyrse-like panicles of greenish waxy flowers with yellow recurved lobes, narrowly urn-shaped. The plant flowers from autumn to spring, and is common in grassveld amongst rocks.
Gallery
Flowering plant
Flowers and buds
Inflorescence
Bunch of flowers
Flower close up
References
- ↑ "Flapjacks, Kalanchoe spp." (in en-US). https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/flapjacks-kalanchoe-spp/.
- ↑ Hankey, Andrew; Werner Voigt, Werner (2019). "Kalanchoe thyrsiflora". https://pza.sanbi.org/kalanchoe-thyrsiflora-0.
- ↑ "Kalanchoe thyrsiflora". International Plant Names Index. http://beta.ipni.org/n/274500-1.
- ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". http://www.theplantlist.org/.
- ↑ Boiteau, P.; Allorge-Boiteau, L. (1995). Kalanchoe (Crassulacées) de Madagascar. Systématique, Écophysiologie et Phytochimie. Paris: Éditions Karthala. ISBN 2-86537-595-1.
- ↑ Descoings, B. (2003). "Crassulaceae". in Eggli, U.. Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants. Berlin: Springer Verlag. pp. 143–181. ISBN 978-3-642-62629-6.
- ↑ "Kalanchoe thyrsiflora". Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:274500-1.
- ↑ "Kalanchoe tetraphylla". Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:274499-1.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q138187 entry
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