Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae) in Southern Africa Classification, Biology, and Cultivation

About this book

Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae) in Southern Africa provides a highly readable, comprehensively updated, illustrated account of the Kalanchoe species, a genus of about 125 species of tropical, succulent flowering plants. This book includes overviews of the family Crassulaceae and the genus Kalanchoe in global and subcontinental contexts, followed by information on the taxonomic history of the genus. The characters and ecology of the species are also discussed, including their distribution ranges, where they occur, their habitat preferences, and where the species were formally recorded for the first time which are often well beyond the boundaries of southern Africa. For each of the indigenous and naturalised species comprehensive taxonomic, descriptive, and other information of interest is provided, including maps of their distribution ranges in southern Africa and beyond, and reference to the type specimens of the species names.

This is the must-have resource on Kalanchoe for plant scientists, plant taxonomists, ethnobotanists, herbarium curators, ecologists, pharmacologists, invasions scientists, horticulturalists and landscape designers.

Contents

1. Preface
2. Crassulaceae of the world
3. Crassulaceae in southern Africa
4. The genus Kalanchoe
5. Kalanchoe in southern Africa
6. Geographical distribution and ecology
7. Characters and phenology
8. Physiology and anatomy
9. Biocultural significance and toxicity
10. Invasiveness
11. Gardening
12. Taxonomic treatment Indigenous species
      1. Kalanchoe alticola Compton
      2. Kalanchoe brachyloba Welw. ex Britten
      3. Kalanchoe crenata (Andrews) Haw
      4. Kalanchoe crundallii I.Verd
      5. Kalanchoe hirta Harv
      6. Kalanchoe laciniata (L.) DC
      7. Kalanchoe lanceolata (Forssk.) Pers
      8. Kalanchoe leblanciae Raym.-Hamet
      9. Kalanchoe longiflora Schltr. ex J.M.Wood
      10. Kalanchoe luciae Raym.-Hamet
      11. Kalanchoe montana Compton
      12. Kalanchoe neglecta Toelken
      13. Kalanchoe paniculata Harv
      14. Kalanchoe rotundifolia (Haw.) Haw
      15. Kalanchoe sexangularis N.E.Br
      16. Kalanchoe thyrsiflora Harv
      17. Kalanchoe winteri Gideon F.Sm., N.R.Crouch & Mich.Walters
      Naturalised species and garden escapes
      18. Kalanchoe beharensis Drake
      19. Kalanchoe daigremontiana Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier
      20. Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier
      21. Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier
      22. Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers
      23. Kalanchoe prolifera (Bowie ex Hook.) Raym.-Hamet
      24. Kalanchoe tubiflora (Harv.) Raym.-Hamet
      Exotic Kalanchoe species of horticultural importance
      25. Kalanchoe blossfeldiana Poelln
      26. Kalanchoe humilis Britten
      27. Kalanchoe porphyrocalyx (Baker) Baill
      28. Kalanchoe pumila Baker
      29. Kalanchoe tomentosa Baker
      30. Kalanchoe selection

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Biography

Gideon F. Smith is a leading researcher in succulent plants, with over 40 books to his name. He is a Research Associate in the Department of Botany, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa and the Centre for Functional Ecology, Departamento de Ciencias da Vida, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.

Estrela Figueiredo is a Research Associate in the Department of Botany, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa and the Centre for Functional Ecology, Departamento de Ciencias da Vida, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.

Abraham E.Van Wyk is a Professor Emeritus of the H.G.W.J. Schweickerdt Herbarium, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa and National Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.