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Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Saxifragales Family: Crassulaceae Genus: Kalanchoe Adans.
Species
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Production of new individuals along a leaf margin of the air plant, Kalanchoe pinnata. The small plant in front is about 1 cm tall

Kalanchoe, commonly called Mother of Thousands, is a genus of about 125 species of tropical, succulent flowering plants in the Family Crassulaceae, mainly native to the Old World but with a few species in the New World. Kalanchoe blossfeldiana File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida- Dicots Liliopsida- Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class: this name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Magnoliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN). ... Families See text The Saxifragales are an order of dicotyledons, typically including the following families: Family Saxifragaceae (saxifrage family) Family Grossulariaceae (gooseberry family) Family Iteaceae Family Pterostemonaceae Family Haloragidaceae Family Gunneraceae (gunnera family) Family Penthoraceae Family Tetracarpaeaceae Family Aphanopetalaceae Family Crassulaceae (orpine family) Family Altingiaceae (sweet gum family) Family Paeoniaceae... Genera many, see text The Crassulaceae, or orpine family, is a family of dicotyledons. ... Hi I am Adanson. ... Download high resolution version (850x640, 143 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (850x640, 143 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The tropics are the geographic region of the Earth centered on the equator and limited in latitude by the two tropics: the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere. ... Classes Magnoliopsida- Dicots Liliopsida- Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Genera many, see text The Crassulaceae, or orpine family, is a family of dicotyledons. ... The Old World consists of those parts of Earth known to Europeans before the voyages of Christopher Columbus; it includes Europe, Asia, and Africa (collectively known as Africa-Eurasia), plus surrounding islands. ... Carte dAmérique, Guillaume Delisle, c. ...

Most are shrubs or perennial herbaceous plants, but a few are annual or biennial. The largest, K. beharensis from Madagascar, can reach 6 m tall, but most species are less than 1 m tall. A broom shrub in flower A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. ... A Red Valerian, a perennial plant. ... This article is about the plants used in cooking and medicine. ... An annual plant is a plant that usually germinates, flowers and dies in one year. ... A Biennial plant is a plant that takes between twelve and twenty-four months to complete its lifecycle. ...

The name is sometimes written "Kalanchoë" to indicate that the final 'e' is pronounced.

Selected species

Binomial name Kalanchoe arborescens Humbert Kalanchoe arborescens is a species of Kalanchoe, native to Madagascar. ... Binomial name Kalanchoe beharensis Drake Kalanchoe beharensis is a plant species of the succulent genus Kalanchoe, originating from and native to Madagascar. ... Kalanchoe daigremontiana is a succulent plant in the Crassulaceae family that is unusual in that it produces baby plants along the edges of its leaves which then drop to the soil below and take root. ... Binomial name Kalanchoe orgyalis Baker Kalanchoe orgyalis is a species of the succulent genus Kalanchoe, in the family Crassulaceae. ...

Cultivation and uses

These plants are cultivated as ornamental houseplants and rock or "cactus" garden plants. They are popular because of their ease of propagation, low water requirements, and wide variety of flower colors typically borne in clusters well above the vegetative growth. The "Air plant" Kalanchoe pinnata is a curiosity because new individuals develop vegetatively at indents along the leaf, usually after the leaf has broken off the plant and is lying on the ground, where the new plant can take root. Production of new individuals along a leaf margin of the air plant, Kalanchoë pinnata. ...

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