Kalanchoe
See also: kalanchoe
Translingual
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
- 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 Plants of the World Online.
Descendants
- → English: kalanchoe
- → Malayalam: കലാൻചോ (kalāṉcō)
- → Russian: каланхо́е (kalanxóje), каланхо́э (kalanxóe)
References
- Kalanchoe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Kalanchoe on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category: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 Plants of the World Online
- Kalanchoe at The Plant List