Accession Data

Kalanchoe delagoensis

Common Name: Chandelier Plant, Mother of Millions

Family: Crassulaceae

Synonym(s): Bryophyllum delagoense (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Druce

Country of Origin: southern Madagascar

Description: Chandelier Plant produces small plantlets at the tips of its succulent, cylindrical (terete) leaves. This plant has become a noxious weed in many areas due to this very effective reproductive strategy.

Native to Madagascar, this plant is naturalized throughout tropical east Africa and elsewhere.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 10-12

Accession #: 200300289

Accession Date: 2003-09-04 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2201

Quantity: 2

Source: Volunteer in collection (old accession)

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: core eudicots

Order: Saxifragales

Family: Crassulaceae

SubFamily: Sempervivoideae

Tribe: Kalanchoeae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 03, 2017.
  2. Kalanchoe delagoensis at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 03, 2017.
  3. Bryophyllum delagoense at African Plants Database. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 03, 2017.
  4. Bryophyllum delagoense at East African Network for Taxonomy. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 03, 2017.

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Kalanchoe delagoensis