Kalanchoe

See also: kalanchoe

Translingual

Kalanchoe laciniata

Etymology

From New Latin Kalanchauhuy as recorded by Georg Joseph Kamel, from a Sinitic source akin to Cantonese 伽藍菜／伽蓝菜 (gaa¹ laam⁴ coi³, literally “temple plant”).

Proper noun

Kalanchoe f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Crassulaceae – tropical succulent flowering plants native principally to Madagascar, south and east Africa, and southeast Asia, some of which are used as ornamentals.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots – clades; Saxifragales – order; Crassulaceae – family; Sempervivoideae – subfamily; Kalanchoeae – tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Kalanchoe subg. Bryophyllum, Kalanchoe subg. Calophygia, Kalanchoe subg. Kalanchoe
  • Kalanchoe laciniata – type species; Kalanchoe daigremontiana – selected species; for other species see Kalanchoe at The Plant List

Descendants

• → English: kalanchoe
• → Malayalam: കലാൻചോ (kalāṉcō)
• → Russian: каланхо́е (kalanxóje), каланхо́э (kalanxóe)

References

• Kalanchoe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Kalanchoe on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Kalanchoe on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Kalanchoe at USDA Plants database
• Kalanchoe at Tropicos
• Kalanchoe at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Kalanchoe at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Kalanchoe at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Kalanchoe at The Plant List