| Kalanchoe fadeniorum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Crassulaceae |
| Genus: | Kalanchoe |
| Species: | K. fadeniorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Kalanchoe fadeniorum | |
Kalanchoe fadeniorum is a species of Kalanchoe in the family Crassulaceae.
Kalanchoe fadeniorum is an herbaceous perennial plant lacking hairs that reaches about 10 cm in height. The branched stems have a creeping growth habit. Erect stems are densely leafy. The fleshy leaves are almost sessile to shortly petiolate. The half amplexicaul petiole is up to 5 millimeters long. The green, almost circular, broadly ovate or inversely ovate laminae are 1.5 to 5 centimeters long and 1.3 to 4 centimeters wide. Their apices are blunt and their bases narrowed. The leaf margin is entire or serrate-crenate. [1]
The inflorescence is a compound cyme and attains a length of 6 to 7 centimeters with a similar width. The erect flowers sit atop 3 to 4 millimeters long pedicels. The corolla tube is approximately 0.5 millimeters long. The triangular sepals are 2 to 2.5 millimeters long and approximately 1 millimeter wide. The petals are pale reddish yellow-brown below and reddish above. The cylindrical, nearly square corolla tube is somewhat expanded in the lower half and 13 to 14 millimeters long. The elliptical petals are 9 to 10 millimeters long and 3.5 to 4 millimeters wide. The stamens are attached in the upper half of the corolla tube and are not exserted. The elongate anthers are approximately 0.7 millimeters long. The linear nectaries reach a length of 2 to 2.5 millimeters. The stalked, cylindric-lanceolate carpel is 10 to 11.5 millimeters. The stigma is approximately 2 millimeters long. [1]
The elongate, ovate seeds reach a length of about 0.6 millimeters. [1]
Kalanchoe fadeniorum is found in southwestern Kenya in half evergreen brush on sandy soil at 360 metres of elevation. [1]
The first description of the plant was published by Edith Marie Raadts in 1979. [2]
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