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Bryophyllum delagoense

Chandelier Plant

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Chandelier Plant

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Madagascar - Sth.Africa

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; Land, lowlands, gardens

KEY FEATURES: Upright herb/shrub to 2m. Leaves in terminal cluster, narrow and cylindrical, to 10cm, tip toothed with plantlets. FLowers drooping, purple to orange.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
					P

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
			-

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Bryophyllum delagoense Ecklon & Zeyh
SYNONYMS: Kalanchoe tubiflora; Bryophyllum tubiflorum; Kalanchoe delagonensis; Kalanchoe verticillata

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ROSIDAE; Rosales; CRASSULACEAE

More Information

IDENTIFICATION: Upright herb/shrublet to 1m. LEAVES succulent, opposite or whorled, spotted violet-brown, cylindrical with upper groove, to 5x80mm, tip toothed with plantlets. FLOWERS pendent, red, tube 25mm, spreading lobes 12mm.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.377 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.622 Hortus 3rd
p.632 Royal Hort. Soc. Index of Garden Plants
p.372 Tropica

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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