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