Kalanchoe pinnata

Family	Crassulaceae
Subfamily	Sedoideae
Tribe	Kalanchoeae
Scientific name	Kalanchoe pinnata (Lamarck) Persoon
Synonyms	Bryophyllum calycinum Salisbury; Bryophyllum germinans Naves & Fernandez-Villar; Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lamarck) Oken; Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lamarck) Oken var. simplicifolium Kuntze; Cotyledon calycina (Salisbury) Roth; Cotyledon pinnata Lamarck; Cotyledon rhizophylla Roxburgh; Crassuvia floripendia Commerson ex Hiern; Crassula pinnata L. f.; Kalanchoe pinnata (Lamarck) Persoon var. calcicola H. Perrier; Kalanchoe pinnata (Lamarck) Persoon var. floripendula Persoon; Sedum madagascaricum Clusius ex Fröderström; Vereia pinnata (Lamarck) Sprengel
Common name	(Japanese common name) seiron-benkei (セイロンベンケイ, セイロン弁慶 [meaning: Ceylon Benkei weed (Benkei = a famous priest in medieval era of Japan)]), tourou-sou (トウロウソウ, 灯籠草 [meaning: candle weed])
	(English common name) cathedral bells, air plant, life plant, floppers, Mexican love plant, curtain plant, mother-in-law, good luck leaf, miracle leaf, sprouting leaf
Distribution	(Japan) Ogasawara Islands, Southeastern Islands, Okinawa
	(Other nations) [native] Madagascar
Chromosomal number	2n=34, 36, 38, 40
Description	Plants 30cm-2m tall. Leaves 3-5 leaflets, each 5-20cm long. Flowers pale green 2-3.5cm long, flowering in January to April. Perennial plants.
Reference	Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers.
	Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.)Pers.
	Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Oken
	Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers.
	Extracts from Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) mechanism plants and uses thereof (WIPO Patent WO/2002/005830)
	Physiokigically-actice composition based on collagen (WIPO Patent WO/2006/010606)
Note	Naturalized plants [introduced as a garden plant].

February 2008 at Kyoto Botanical Garden	February 2008 at Kyoto Botanical Garden	February 2008 at Kyoto Botanical Garden

February 2008 at Kyoto Botanical Garden