''Kalanchoe'' , also written ''Kalanchöe'' or ''Kalanchoë'', is a genus of about 125 species of tropical,
succulent plant
In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. The word ''succulent'' comes from the Latin word ''sucus'', meani ...
s in the stonecrop
family
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Crassulaceae
The Crassulaceae (from Latin ''crassus'', thick), also known as the stonecrop family or the orpine family, are a diverse family of dicotyledon flowering plants characterized by succulent leaves and a unique form of photosynthesis, known as Crass ...
, mainly
native
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to
Madagascar
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and tropical
Africa
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. A ''Kalanchoe'' species was one of the first
plants to be sent into space, sent on a resupply to the Soviet
Salyut 1
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space station in 1979. The majority of kalanchoes require around 6-8 hours of sunlight a day; a few cannot tolerate this, and survive with bright, indirect sunlight to bright shade.
Description
Most are
shrub
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s or
perennial
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herbaceous
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Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous"
The fourth edition of t ...
plants, but a few are
annual
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or
biennial
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. The largest, ''
Kalanchoe beharensis'' from Madagascar, can reach tall, but most species are less than tall.
Kalanchoes open their flowers by growing new cells on the inner surface of the
petal
Petals are modified Leaf, leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers. They are often advertising coloration, brightly colored or unusually shaped to attract pollinators. All of the petals of a flower are collectively known as the ''c ...
s to force them outwards, and on the outside of the petals to close them. Kalanchoe flowers are divided into 4 sections with 8 stamens. The petals are fused into a tube, in a similar way to some related genera such as ''
Cotyledon
A cotyledon (; ; ; , gen. (), ) is a significant part of the embryo within the seed of a plant, and is defined as "the embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, one or more of which are the first to appear from a germinating seed." The numb ...
''.
File:San Bartolomé - LZ-20 - Casa Museo del Campesino 03 ies.jpg, ''Kalanchoe luciae
''Kalanchoe luciae'', the paddle plant, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Kalanchoe'', native to northeast South Africa, Eswatini, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Refer ...
''
File:Kalanchoe delagoensis (Plantlets).jpg, '' Kalanchoe delagoensis''
File:Kalanchoe thrysiflora.jpg, ''Kalanchoe thyrsiflora
''Kalanchoe thyrsiflora'' (also known as paddle plant, flapjacks, desert cabbage, white lady, geelplakkie, meelplakkie, or plakkie ) is a species of flowering plant native to Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland.
Taxonomy
The name ''Kal ...
''
File:Kalanchoe marmorata.jpg, ''Kalanchoe marmorata
''Kalanchoe marmorata'', the penwiper, is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae, native to Central and West Africa, from Zaire to Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia. It is an erect or decumbent succulent perennial growing to tall and ...
''
File:Kalanchoe tomentosa (4508582330).jpg, ''Kalanchoe tomentosa
''Kalanchoe tomentosa'', also known as pussy ears or panda plant, is a succulent plant in the genus ''Kalanchoe''. A native of Madagascar, ''Kalanchoe tomentosa'' has many different cultivars such as 'Golden Girl', 'Chocolate Soldier', 'Black Ti ...
''
File:Kalanchoe beharensis 01.jpg, '' Kalanchoe beharensis''
File:Kalanchoe_tarantula_flowers.jpg, ''Kalanchoe 'Tarantula'
''Kalanchoe'' 'Tarantula', or ''Kalanchoe katapifa'' 'Tarantula', is a succulent cultivar in the kalanchoe genus that produces small bouquets of pink flowers.
Description
30cm in height and width, the plant features irregular, spidery leaves (h ...
''
File:不死鳥-草坪頭 Kalanchoe hybrida Desf. ex Steud. 20220126155514.jpg, '' Kalanchoe delagoensis'' × ''Kalanchoe daigremontiana
''Kalanchoe daigremontiana'', formerly known as ''Bryophyllum daigremontianum'' and commonly called mother of thousands, or Mexican hat plant, is a succulent plant native to Madagascar. Like other members of ''Bryophyllum'' (now included in th ...
''
Taxonomy
The genus ''Kalanchoe'' was first described by the French botanist
Michel Adanson
Michel Adanson (7 April 17273 August 1806) was an 18th-century French botanist and naturalist who traveled to Senegal to study flora and fauna. He proposed a "natural system" of taxonomy distinct from the binomial system forwarded by Linnaeus.
...
in 1763.
The genus ''Bryophyllum'' was described by
Salisbury
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Salisbury is in the southeast of Wil ...
in 1806 and the genus ''Kitchingia'' was created by
Baker
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History
Ancient history
Since grains ha ...
in 1881. ''Kitchingia'' is now regarded as a synonym for ''Kalanchoe'', while ''Bryophyllum'' has also been treated as a separate genus,
[ since species of ''Bryophyllum'' appear to be nested within Kalanchoe on ]molecular phylogenetic
Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...
analysis, ''Bryophyllum'' is considered as a section of the former, dividing the genus into three sections, ''Kitchingia'', ''Bryophyllum'', and ''Eukalanchoe''. these were formalised as subgenera by Smith and Figueiredo (2018).
Etymology
Adanson cited Georg Joseph Kamel
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(Camellus) as his source for the name. The name came from the Cantonese
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name 伽藍菜 (Jyutping
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: gaa1 laam4 coi3).
''Kalanchoe ceratophylla'' and ''Kalanchoe laciniata'' are both called [Kalanchoe, Chinese Plant Names](_blank)
www.eFloras.org. (apparently "Buddhist monastery '' amghārāma' herb") in China. In Mandarin Chinese, it does not seem very close in pronunciation (''qiélán cài'', but possibly ''jiālán cài'' or ''gālán cài'' as the character has multiple pronunciations), but the Cantonese ''gālàahm choi'' is closer.
List of selected species
*''Kalanchoe adelae
''Kalanchoe adelae'' is a succulent plant that grows in the Comoros
The Comoros,, ' officially the Union of the Comoros,; ar, الاتحاد القمري ' is an independent country made up of three islands in southeastern Africa, locate ...
''
*'' Kalanchoe arborescens''
*'' Kalanchoe beauverdii''
*'' Kalanchoe beharensis'' – velvet leaf, felt plant, felt bush
*''Kalanchoe bentii
''Kalanchoe bentii'' is a subshrub that grows in Somalia and Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, ...
''
*''Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
''Kalanchoe blossfeldiana'' is a herbaceous and commonly cultivated house plant of the genus ''Kalanchoe'' native to Madagascar. It is known by the English common names flaming Katy, Christmas kalanchoe, florist kalanchoe and Madagascar widow's-t ...
'' – flaming katy, Christmas kalanchoe, florist kalanchoe, Madagascar widow's-thrill
*'' Kalanchoe bouvetii''
*'' Kalanchoe bracteata''
*''Kalanchoe brasiliensis
''Kalanchoe brasiliensis'', the , saião, folha-da-costa or coerama, is a plant species in the genus ''Kalanchoe
''Kalanchoe'' , also written ''Kalanchöe'' or ''Kalanchoë'', is a genus of about 125 species of tropical, succulent plants in t ...
''
*'' Kalanchoe ceratophylla''
*'' Kalanchoe crenata''
*''Kalanchoe crundallii
''Kalanchoe'' , also written ''Kalanchöe'' or ''Kalanchoë'', is a genus of about 125 species of tropical, succulent plants in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae, mainly native to Madagascar and tropical Africa. A ''Kalanchoe'' species was one ...
''
*''Kalanchoe daigremontiana
''Kalanchoe daigremontiana'', formerly known as ''Bryophyllum daigremontianum'' and commonly called mother of thousands, or Mexican hat plant, is a succulent plant native to Madagascar. Like other members of ''Bryophyllum'' (now included in th ...
'' – Devil's backbone, Mexican-hat plant, mother of thousands
*'' Kalanchoe delagoensis''
*'' Kalanchoe dinklagei''
*'' Kalanchoe eriophylla''
*''Kalanchoe fadeniorum
''Kalanchoe fadeniorum'' is a species of ''Kalanchoe'' in the family Crassulaceae.
Description
Vegetative characters
''Kalanchoe fadeniorum'' is an herbaceous perennial plant lacking hairs that reaches about 10 cm in height. The branch ...
''
*''Kalanchoe farinacea
''Kalanchoe farinacea'' is a species of plant in the family Crassulaceae. It is endemic to the Yemeni island of Socotra. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland at an altitude of 100-800m. While it is listed by International ...
''
*'' Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi''
*'' Kalanchoe figuereidoi''
*'' Kalanchoe flammea''
*'' Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri'' – donkey ears, life plant
*'' Kalanchoe glaucescens''
*''Kalanchoe garambiensis
''Kalanchoe garambiensis'' is a plant species in the succulent genus ''Kalanchoe'', and the family Crassulaceae. It is endemic to Taiwan.
Distribution
The plant is found on limestone near coast of Taiwan Kaohsiung and Hengchun Peninsula.
Plan ...
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*'' Kalanchoe gracilipes''
*'' Kalanchoe grandidieri''
*'' Kalanchoe grandiflora''
*''Kalanchoe hildebrantii
''Kalanchoe'' , also written ''Kalanchöe'' or ''Kalanchoë'', is a genus of about 125 species of tropical, succulent plants in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae, mainly native to Madagascar and tropical Africa. A ''Kalanchoe'' species was one ...
'' – silver teaspoons
*''Kalanchoe humilis
''Kalanchoe'' , also written ''Kalanchöe'' or ''Kalanchoë'', is a genus of about 125 species of tropical, succulent plants in the stonecrop family (biology), family Crassulaceae, mainly native plant, native to Madagascar and tropical Africa. ...
''
*'' Kalanchoe jongmansii''
*'' Kalanchoe kewensis''
*''Kalanchoe laciniata
''Kalanchoe laciniata'', commonly known as the christmas tree plant or cathedral bells, is a small plant which is native to the Arabian Peninsula, Eritrea, and the Middle East but it also can be found in parts of India and Sri Lanka.
''Kalancho ...
''
*''kalanchoe laetivirens
''Kalanchoe'' , also written ''Kalanchöe'' or ''Kalanchoë'', is a genus of about 125 species of tropical, succulent plants in the stonecrop family (biology), family Crassulaceae, mainly native plant, native to Madagascar and tropical Africa. ...
''
*''Kalanchoe lateritia
''Kalanchoe'' , also written ''Kalanchöe'' or ''Kalanchoë'', is a genus of about 125 species of tropical, succulent plants in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae, mainly native to Madagascar and tropical Africa. A ''Kalanchoe'' species was one ...
''
*'' Kalanchoe laxiflora''
*'' Kalanchoe linearifolia''
*'' Kalanchoe longiflora'' – long-flower kalanchoe
*''Kalanchoe luciae
''Kalanchoe luciae'', the paddle plant, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Kalanchoe'', native to northeast South Africa, Eswatini, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Refer ...
'' – paddle plant
*'' Kalanchoe macrochlamys''
*'' Kalanchoe manginii'' – beach bells
*''Kalanchoe marmorata
''Kalanchoe marmorata'', the penwiper, is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae, native to Central and West Africa, from Zaire to Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia. It is an erect or decumbent succulent perennial growing to tall and ...
'' – penwiper
*'' Kalanchoe marnieriana''
*''Kalanchoe millotii
''Kalanchoe millotii'' is a succulent plant that is native south-central and southeastern Madagascar. It forms a shrub up to a foot high. The leaf is a hazy green and scalloped, with dense felt covering it.
This succulent, like most of its kind, ...
''
*'' Kalanchoe miniata''
*''Kalanchoe mortagei
''Kalanchoe mortagei'' is a species of ''Kalanchoe'' (section ''Bryophyllum'') native to northern Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: R ...
''
*''Kalanchoe nyikae
''Kalanchoe'' , also written ''Kalanchöe'' or ''Kalanchoë'', is a genus of about 125 species of tropical, succulent plants in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae, mainly native to Madagascar and tropical Africa. A ''Kalanchoe'' species was one ...
''
*'' Kalanchoe obtusa''
*''Kalanchoe orgyalis
''Kalanchoe orgyalis'' a species of flowering plant in the Crassulaceae
The Crassulaceae (from Latin ''crassus'', thick), also known as the stonecrop family or the orpine family, are a diverse family of dicotyledon flowering plants characteriz ...
''
*'' Kalanchoe petitiana''
* ''Kalanchoe pinnata
''Kalanchoe pinnata'', commonly known as cathedral bells, air plant, life plant, miracle leaf, and Goethe plant is a succulent plant native to Madagascar. It is a popular houseplant and has become naturalized in tropical and subtropical areas. Th ...
'' ( Lam.) Pers.
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Early life
Persoon was born in South Africa at the Cape of Good Hope, the third child of an imm ...
*'' Kalanchoe porphyrocalyx''
*'' Kalanchoe prasina''
*''Kalanchoe prolifera
''Kalanchoe'' , also written ''Kalanchöe'' or ''Kalanchoë'', is a genus of about 125 species of tropical, succulent plants in the stonecrop family (biology), family Crassulaceae, mainly native plant, native to Madagascar and tropical Africa. ...
''
*'' Kalanchoe pubescens''
*''Kalanchoe pumila
''Kalanchoe pumila'', the flower dust plant, is a species of flowering plant in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae, native to Madagascar. Growing to tall and wide, it is a spreading, dwarf succulent subshrub with arching stems of frosted leaves ...
''
*'' Kalanchoe quartiniana''
*'' Kalanchoe rhombopilosa'' – pies from heaven
*'' Kalanchoe robusta''
*''Kalanchoe rolandi-bonapartei
''Kalanchoe'' , also written ''Kalanchöe'' or ''Kalanchoë'', is a genus of about 125 species of tropical, succulent plants in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae, mainly native to Madagascar and tropical Africa. A ''Kalanchoe'' species was one ...
''
*''Kalanchoe rosei
''Kalanchoe'' , also written ''Kalanchöe'' or ''Kalanchoë'', is a genus of about 125 species of tropical, succulent plants in the stonecrop family (biology), family Crassulaceae, mainly native plant, native to Madagascar and tropical Africa. ...
''
*'' Kalanchoe rotundifolia''
*''Kalanchoe schizophylla
''Kalanchoe'' , also written ''Kalanchöe'' or ''Kalanchoë'', is a genus of about 125 species of tropical, succulent plants in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae, mainly native to Madagascar and tropical Africa. A ''Kalanchoe'' species was one ...
''
*'' Kalanchoe serrata''
*'' Kalanchoe sexangularis''
*'' Kalanchoe streptantha''
*''Kalanchoe suarezensis
''Kalanchoe suarezensis'' is a species of ''Kalanchoe'' (section ''Bryophyllum'') native to northern Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: ...
''
*''Kalanchoe synsepala
''Kalanchoe'' , also written ''Kalanchöe'' or ''Kalanchoë'', is a genus of about 125 species of tropical, succulent plants in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae, mainly native to Madagascar and tropical Africa. A ''Kalanchoe'' species was one ...
'' – cup kalanchoe, walking kalanchoe
*''Kalanchoe thyrsiflora
''Kalanchoe thyrsiflora'' (also known as paddle plant, flapjacks, desert cabbage, white lady, geelplakkie, meelplakkie, or plakkie ) is a species of flowering plant native to Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland.
Taxonomy
The name ''Kal ...
'' – flapjacks, desert cabbage, white lady, geelplakkie, meelplakkie, plakkie
*''Kalanchoe tomentosa
''Kalanchoe tomentosa'', also known as pussy ears or panda plant, is a succulent plant in the genus ''Kalanchoe''. A native of Madagascar, ''Kalanchoe tomentosa'' has many different cultivars such as 'Golden Girl', 'Chocolate Soldier', 'Black Ti ...
'' – panda plant
*'' Kalanchoe uniflora''
*'' Kalanchoe producta''
*''Kalanchoe viguieri
''Kalanchoe'' , also written ''Kalanchöe'' or ''Kalanchoë'', is a genus of about 125 species of tropical, succulent plants in the stonecrop family (biology), family Crassulaceae, mainly native plant, native to Madagascar and tropical Africa. ...
''
List of hybrids
Several hybrids within ''Kalanchoe'' are known:
* ''K. houghtonii'' = ''K. daigremontiana'' × ''K. delagoensis''
* ''K. lokarana''
* ''K. poincarei''
* ''K. rechingeri''
* ''K. richaudii'' = ''K. delagoensis'' × ''K. rosei''
Distribution and ecology
The genus is predominantly native to the Old World
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. Only one species originates from the Americas. 56 are from southern and eastern Africa and 60 species on the island of Madagascar
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. It is also found in south-eastern Asia and China
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.
These plants are food plants for caterpillars of the Red Pierrot
''Talicada nyseus'', the red Pierrot, is a small but striking butterfly found in the Indian subcontinent and South-East Asia belonging to the lycaenids, or blues family. The red Pierrots, often found perching on its larva host plant, ''Kalancho ...
butterfly. The butterfly lays its eggs on phylloclade
Phylloclades and cladodes are flattened, photosynthetic shoots, which are usually considered to be modified branches. The two terms are used either differently or interchangeably by different authors. ''Phyllocladus'', a genus of conifer, is name ...
s, and after hatching, caterpillars burrow into the phylloclades and eat their inside cells.
Cultivation and uses
These plants are cultivated as ornamental houseplants
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and rock or succulent 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 phylloclades. The section
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''Bryophyllum
''Bryophyllum'' (from the Greek ''bryon/bryein'' = sprout, ''phyllon'' = leaf) is a group of plant species of the family Crassulaceae native to Madagascar.
It is a section or subgenus within the genus ''Kalanchoe'', and was formerly placed at ...
''—formerly an independent genus—contains species such as the "air-plant" ''Kalanchoe pinnata
''Kalanchoe pinnata'', commonly known as cathedral bells, air plant, life plant, miracle leaf, and Goethe plant is a succulent plant native to Madagascar. It is a popular houseplant and has become naturalized in tropical and subtropical areas. Th ...
''. In these plants, new individuals develop vegetatively
Vegetative reproduction (also known as vegetative propagation, vegetative multiplication or cloning) is any form of asexual reproduction occurring in plants in which a new plant grows from a fragment or cutting of the parent plant or spec ...
as plantlets, also known as bulbils or gemmae, at indentations in phylloclade margins. These young plants eventually drop off and take root. No males have been found of one species of this genus which does flower and produce seeds, and it is commonly called the mother of thousands: ''Kalanchoe daigremontiana
''Kalanchoe daigremontiana'', formerly known as ''Bryophyllum daigremontianum'' and commonly called mother of thousands, or Mexican hat plant, is a succulent plant native to Madagascar. Like other members of ''Bryophyllum'' (now included in th ...
'' is thus an example of asexual reproduction
Asexual reproduction is a type of reproduction that does not involve the fusion of gametes or change in the number of chromosomes. The offspring that arise by asexual reproduction from either unicellular or multicellular organisms inherit the fu ...
.
The cultivars ‘Tessa’ and ‘Wendy’ have gained the Royal Horticultural Society
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity.
The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr (Nort ...
’s Award of Garden Merit
The Award of Garden Merit (AGM) is a long-established annual award for plants by the British Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). It is based on assessment of the plants' performance under UK growing conditions.
History
The Award of Garden Merit ...
.
Diseases
Traditional medicine
In traditional medicine, ''Kalanchoe'' species have been used to treat ailments such as infections, rheumatism and inflammation. ''Kalanchoe'' extracts also have immunosuppressive
Immunosuppression is a reduction of the activation or efficacy of the immune system. Some portions of the immune system itself have immunosuppressive effects on other parts of the immune system, and immunosuppression may occur as an adverse reacti ...
effects. ''Kalanchoe pinnata
''Kalanchoe pinnata'', commonly known as cathedral bells, air plant, life plant, miracle leaf, and Goethe plant is a succulent plant native to Madagascar. It is a popular houseplant and has become naturalized in tropical and subtropical areas. Th ...
'' has been recorded in Trinidad and Tobago as being used as a traditional treatment for hypertension.
A variety of bufadienolide compounds have been isolated from various ''Kalanchoe'' species. Five different bufadienolides have been isolated from ''Kalanchoe daigremontiana
''Kalanchoe daigremontiana'', formerly known as ''Bryophyllum daigremontianum'' and commonly called mother of thousands, or Mexican hat plant, is a succulent plant native to Madagascar. Like other members of ''Bryophyllum'' (now included in th ...
''. Two of these, daigremontianin
Daigremontianin is a bufadienolide. Bufadienolides are steroids and cardiac glycoside aglycones (meaning that they bind with carbohydrates to form cardiac glycosides) that are similar to cardenolides, differing only in the structure of the C-17 ...
and bersaldegenin 1,3,5-orthoacetate, have been shown to have a pronounced sedative
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effect. They also have the strong positive inotropic
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The term ''inotro ...
effect associated with cardiac glycosides, and with greater doses an increasing effect on the central nervous system
The central nervous system (CNS) is the part of the nervous system consisting primarily of the brain and spinal cord. The CNS is so named because the brain integrates the received information and coordinates and influences the activity of all par ...
.
Bufadienolide compounds isolated from ''Kalanchoe pinnata
''Kalanchoe pinnata'', commonly known as cathedral bells, air plant, life plant, miracle leaf, and Goethe plant is a succulent plant native to Madagascar. It is a popular houseplant and has become naturalized in tropical and subtropical areas. Th ...
'' include bryophillin A which showed strong anti-tumor promoting activity, and bersaldegenin-3-acetate and bryophillin C which were less active. Bryophillin C also showed insecticidal properties.[
]
In Popular Culture
Kalanchoe play a major role in the Japanese
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anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...
and manga
Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...
series The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting.
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Flora of Southern Africa
Medicinal plants of Africa
Space-flown life
Taxa named by Michel Adanson
Crassulaceae genera