3165.000 Bryophyllum Salisb.

Description of the genus

Succulent herbs, subshrubs or shrubs. Leaves opposite, whorled or alternate, ± succulent. Inflorescence terminal, usually corymb-like. Flowers 4-merous, usually pendulous, brightly coloured. Calyx shorter than the corolla; sepals 4, usually connate below. Corolla gamopetalous; lobes usually shorter than corolla tube, spreading or reflexed. Stamens 8. Carpels 4, ± connate below. A genus of cultivated, introduced species, occasionally escaping.

Zimbabwe: 4 taxa.

Bryophyllum tubiflorum

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
miniatum (Hilsenb. & Bojer ex Tul.) Tul. ex A. BergerC
pinnatum (Lam.) OkenE
proliferum Bowie ex Hook.C
tubiflorum Harv.W,C,E,SDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Bryophyllum:

Our websites:

Flora of Malawi: cultivated Bryophyllum
Flora of Mozambique: Bryophyllum
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Bryophyllum
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Bryophyllum

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Bryophyllum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Bryophyllum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Bryophyllum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Bryophyllum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Bryophyllum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Bryophyllum
JSTOR Plant Science: Bryophyllum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Bryophyllum
Plants of the World Online: Bryophyllum
Tropicos: Bryophyllum
Wikipedia: Bryophyllum

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Bryophyllum.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=643, retrieved 22 November 2024

Site software last modified: 25 February 2024 10:19am (GMT +2)
Terms of use