Kalanchoe mortagei is a species of Kalanchoe (section Bryophyllum) native to northern Madagascar.[1][2] It is very similar to K. suarezensis, and both of them used to be mistakenly treated as varieties of a totally different species K. poincarei.[3] K. mortagei differs by having auriculate to peltate leaves,[1] while the leaf base of K. suarezensis is attenuate to truncate.[4]

Kalanchoe mortagei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Kalanchoe
Species:
K. mortagei
Binomial name
Kalanchoe mortagei
Synonyms[2]
  • Bryophyllum mortagei (Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier) Wickens
  • Bryophyllum poincarei (Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier) V.V.Byalt
  • Kalanchoe poincarei var. mortagei (Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier) Boiteau

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Hamet-Raymond (1948). "Sur un nouveau Kalanchoe malgache: le Kalanchoe Mortagei". Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France. 95 (3–4): 118–120. doi:10.1080/00378941.1948.10834672. ISSN 0037-8941.
  2. ^ a b "Kalanchoe mortagei". International Crassulaceae Network. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  3. ^ "Kalanchoe × poincarei". International Crassulaceae Network. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  4. ^ Eggli, U. (2003). Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Crassulaceae. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-55874-0. OCLC 840292095.