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 – subgenera Kalanchoe laciniata (Christmastree plant) – type species; Kalanchoe crenata (flame kalanchoe), Kalanchoe daigremontiana (devil's backbone), Kalanchoe pinnata (air plant (US), cathedral bells, life plant, miracle leaf, Goethe plant, mother of thousands, never dead, parvu, wonder-of-the-world (Trinidad)) – selected other 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