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The Genus Bryophyllum

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Bryophyllum adelae (Hamet) A.Berger in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 18a: 412 (1930)
  Kalanchoe adelae Hamet in Bull. Herb. Boissier, Ser. 2, 8: 26 (1907)

Bryophyllum beauverdii (Hamet) A.Berger in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 18a: 412 (1930)
  Kalanchoe beauverdii Hamet in Bull. Herb. Boissier, Ser. 2, 7 (11): 887+ (1907)
  Kalanchoe beauverdii var. typica Boiteau & Mannoni in Cactus (Paris) 19: 13 (1949)
  Kalanchoe beauverdii var. jueli (Hamet & Perrier) Rauh & Hebding in Succulentes 18 (1): 15 (1995) comb. illegit. ICBN art. 33.2
  Kalanchoe beauverdii var. parviflorum Boiteau & Mannoni in Cactus (Paris) 19: 13 (1949)
  Kalanchoe costantini Hamet in Bull. Herb. Boissier, Ser. 2, 7 (11): 889 (1907)
  Bryophyllum costantini (Hamet) A.Berger in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 18a: 412 (1930)
  Kalanchoe jueli Hamet & Perrier in Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille (ser. 3) 2: 135 (1914)
  Bryophyllum jueli (Hamet & Perrier) A.Berger in Engler & Prantl in Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 18a: 411 (1930)
  Kalanchoe scandens Perrier in Arch. Bot. Caen Bull. Mens. 2 (2): 28 (1928)
  Bryophyllum scandens (Perrier) A.Berger in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 18a: 412 (1930)
Bryophyllum scandens is not an accepted name.

Bryophyllum calcicola (Perrier) V.V.Byalt in Novosti Sist. Vy-ssh. Rast., 32: 51 (2000)
  Kalanchoe pinnata var. calcicola. (H.Perrier)

Bryophyllum calycinum Salisbury in The Paradisus Londinensis 1: t.3(1 Jun. 1805)
  Bryophyllum calycinum is a synonym of Bryophyllum pinnatum (see ->)
This species is also called 'The Goethe Plant' since the famous writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was "passionately fond" of this plant. In a letter to a friend in 1830 he wrote:
"You recently received a small package which imposes upon you the pleasant duty of concerning yourself, in memory of an acquired friend, with the raising of plants. May these fertile leaves put down many roots and may they, in their abundant growth, perhaps also communicated by the friend herself to friends, revive and preserve the memory of the sender."

Bryophyllum crenatum Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. 20:139 (1883)
  Kalanchoe crenata Hamet in Bull. Herb. Boissier (ser. 2) 8 (1): 19 (1908) not (Andrews) Haworth (1812)
  Bryophyllum laxiflorum (Baker) R.Govaerts in World Checklist Seed Plants, 2(1–2): 13 (1996)
  Kalanchoe laxiflora Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 472 (1887)
  Kitchingia laxiflora Baker

Bryophyllum daigremontianum (Hamet & Perrier) A.Berger in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 18a: 412 (1930)
  Kalanchoe daigramontiana Hamet & Perrier in Annales du Musee Coloniale de Marseille ser. 3 (2): 128 (1914)

Bryophyllum delagoense (Ecklon & Zeyher) Schinz in Mem. Herb. Boissier 10: 38 (1900)
Bryophyllum delagoense Druce in Rep. Bot. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isles, 1916: 611 (1917)
  Kalanchoe delagoensis Ecklon & Zeyher in Enumeratio Plantarum Africae Australis Extratropicae: 305 (1837)
  Kalanchoe tubiflora (Harvey) Hamet in Bot. Zeit., Beibl. 29: 41 (1912)
  Bryophyllum tubiflorum Harvey in H.Harvey & O.W.Sonder Flora Capensis 2: 380 (1862)
  Kalanchoe verticillata Elliot in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. 29: 14-15, pl.3 (1891? 1893?)
  Bryophyllum verticillatum (Elliot) A.Berger in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 18a: 411 (1930)
  Geaya purpurea Costantin & Poisson in Compt. Rend. Hebd. Seances Acad. Sci. 147: 636 (1908)

Bryophyllum fedtschenkoi (Hamet & Perrier) Lauzac-Marchal in Compte Rendus Hebd. Seances Acad. Sci., Ser. D (Paris) 278(20): 2508 (1974)
  Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi Hamet & Perrier in Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille (ser. 3) 3: 75 (1915)

Bryophyllum gastonis-bonnieri (Hamet & Perrier) Lauzac-Marchal in Compt. R. Hebd. Seances Acad. Sci., Ser. D (Paris). 278(20): 2508 (1974)
  Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri Hamet & Perrier in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. IX. xvi. 364 (1912)
  Kalanchoe adolph-engleri Hamet in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, cii: 239 (1955)

Bryophyllum lauzac-marchaliae V.V.Byalt in Kaktus Klub 1999(3): 27 (1999)
  Kalanchoe serrata Mannoni & Boiteau, Notul. Syst. (ed. Humbert) 13: 152 (1947)
  Bryophyllum serratum (Mannoni & Boiteau) Lauzac-Marchal, Compte Rendus Acad. Sci. Paris (ser. D) 278: 2508 (1974) not Blanco (1845)
  Byrophyllum serratum Blanco in Fl. Filip. ed. II. 220. (1845) is a synonym of Kalanchoe spathulata (Poiret) De Candolle.

Bryophyllum serratum (Mannoni & Boiteau) Lauzac-Marchal (1974) is an invalid homonym of Byrophyllum serratum Blanco (1845) and has been renamed to Bryophyllum lauzac-marchaliae.
The combination Bryophyllum serratum cannot be used for this species because it was already previously used for a completely different plant.

Bryophyllum macrochlamys (Perrier) A.Berger in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 18a: 411 (1930)
  Kalanchoe macrochlamys Perrier in Arch. Bot. Caen Bull., Mens. 2: 27 (1928)

Bryophyllum manginii (Hamet & Perrier) Nothdurft in Gartenbauw. 27 (Neukomb. Gatt. Bryophyl.) 96 (1962)
  Kalanchoe manginii Hamet & Perrier in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. IX. xvi. 370 (1912)

Bryophyllum marnierianum (Jacobsen) R.Govaerts in World Checklist Seed Plants, 2(1–2): 13 (1996)
  Kalanchoe marnieriana Jacobsen in Handb. Sukkulent. Pfl. ii. 835 (1954)

Bryophyllum miniatum (Hilsenberg & Bojer) A.Berger in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 18a: 412 (1930)
  Kalanchoe miniata Hilsenberg & Bojer ex Tul. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. IV. viii. (1857) 149.
  Kitchingia miniata (Hilsenberg & Bojer) Baker
  Kalanchoe subeltata Baker

Bryophyllum mortagei (Hamet & Perrier) G.E.Wickens in Kew Bull., 36(4): 672 (1982)
  Kalanchoe mortagei Hamet & Perrier in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xcv. 120 (1948)

Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Oken in Allg. Naturgesch. iii. III. 1966 (1841)
  Kalanchoe pinnata Pers. in Synopsis Plantarum 1, 446: (1805)
  Bryophyllum calycinum (see ->)
  Cotyledon pinnata Lam. in Encyc. 2, 141: (1786)
  Sedum madagascaricum Clus.
  Bryophyllum germinans Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. II. 220.

Bryophyllum poincarei (Hamet & Perrier) R.Govaerts in World Checklist Seed Plants, 2(1–2): 13 (1996)
  Kalanchoe poincarei Hamet & Perrier in Bull. Geogr. Bot. 1913, xxiii. 149: (1913)

Bryophyllum porphyrocalyx (Baker) A.Berger in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 18a: 412 (1930)
  Kalanchoe porphyrocalyx Baillon
  Kitchingia porphyrocalyx Baker in Bull. Soc. Linn. Par. i., 469: (1885)
  Bryophyllum sulphureum (Baker) A.Berger in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 18a: 412 (1930)
  Kalanchoe sulphurea Baker in Jour n. Linn. Soc. xxii., 471: (1887)

Bryophyllum proliferum Bowie ex Hook. in Bot. Mag. 85 t. 5147. (1859)
  Kalanchoe prolifera (Bowie ex Hook.) Hamet in Bull. Herb. Boiss. Ser. II. viii. 19 (1907)
  Bryophyllum cochleatum Lem. in Illustr. Hortic. vi., Misc. 100, (1859)
  Kalanchoe cochleatum Lem. in Illustr. Hortic. vi., Misc. 100, (1859)

Bryophyllum pseudocampanulatum (Mannoni & Boiteau) R.Govaerts in World Checklist Seed Plants, 2(1–2): 13 (1996)
  Kalanchoe pseudocampanulatum Mannoni & Boiteau

Bryophyllum pubescens (Baker) R.Govaerts in World Checklist Seed Plants, 2(1–2): 13 (1996)
  Kalanchoe pubescens Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii., 470: (1887)
  Bryophyllum aliciae (Hamet) A.Berger in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 18a.: 411 (1930)
  Kalanchoe aliciae Hamet in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, lvii. 191 (1910); et in Ann. Mus. Col. Marseille, Ser. 2 (2): 182 (1914)

Bryophyllum rechingeri
  K.rechingeri Hamet ex W.Rauh & Hebding in Succulentes, 1995(1): 17 (1995)

Bryophyllum rolandi-bonapartei (Hamet & Perrier) R.Govaerts in World Checklist Seed Plants, 2(1–2): 13 (1996)
  Kalanchoe rolandi-bonapartei Hamet & Perrier in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. IX. xvi: 361 (1912)
  Bryophyllum tsaratananense (Perrier) A.Berger in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 18a: 411 (1930)
  Kalanchoe tsaratananensis H.Perrier in Arch. Bot. Caen Bull. 1928, ii. 24 (1928)

Bryophyllum rosei (Hamet & Perrier) A.Berger in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 18a: 411 (1930)
  Kalanchoe rosei Hamet & Perrier in Ann. Mus. Col. Marseille, 1914, Ser. III. ii: 132 (1914)

Bryophyllum rubellum Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv: 314 (1890)

Bryophyllum sanctulum
  Kalanchoe sanctula Desc. in J. Bot. Soc. Bot. France 4: 87 (1997)

Bryophyllum schizophyllum (Baker) A.Berger in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 18a: 411 (1930)
  Kalanchoe schizophylla Baillon
  Kitchingia schizophylla Baker in Bull. Soc. Linn. Par. i., 469: (1885)

Bryophyllum streptanthum (Baker) A.Berger in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 18a: 412 (1930)
  Kalanchoe streptantha Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii: 472 (1887)

Bryophyllum suarezense (Perrier) A.Berger in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 18a: 411 (1930)
  Kalanchoe suarezensis Perrier in Arch. Bot., Caen, Bull. 1928, ii. 21 (1928)

Bryophyllum triangulare Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. II. 221. (1845)
  Bryophyllum triangulare Blanco is a syn of Kalanchoe spathulata (Poiret) De Candolle. This species is not a Bryophyllum nor is the name B. triangulare an accepted name.

Bryophyllum uniflorum (Stapf) A.Berger in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 18a: 412 (1930)
  Kalanchoe uniflora Hamet in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, lvii. 52 (1910)
  Kitchingia uniflora Stapf
  Bryophyllum ambrense (Perrier) A.Berger in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 18a: 412 (1930)
  Kalanchoe ambrensis Perrier in Arch. Bot. Caen Bull. Mens. 2 (2): 23 (1928)

Bryophyllum waldheimii (Hamet & Perrier) Lauzac-Marchal in Compt. R. Hebd. Scances Acad. Sci., ser. D (Paris). 278(20): 2508 (1974)
  Kalanchoe waldheimii Hamet & Perrier in Ann. Mus. Col. Marseille, Ser. 3 (3): 71 (1915)


Hybrids:
Bryophyllum 'Crenatodaigremontianum
= B.crenatum X B.daigremontianum ; Kalanchoe laetivirens Descoings
Bryophyllum 'Houghton's Hybrid'
= B. daigremontianum X B.delagoense
Bryophyllum x serratifolium
= K. rosei ssp. serratifolium - B.delagoensis X B.rosei L
Bryophyllum x variifolium
= K. rosei var. variifolium - B.daigremontianum X B.rosei

Authors:
Baker: Baker, John Gilbert (1834-1920)
Hamet: Hamet, Raymond (1896-1972)
Perrier: Perrier de la Bathie, Henri (1873–1958)
Engler: Engler, Adolf (1844-1930)
Prantl: Prantl, Karl (1849-1893)
Lem.: Lemaire, (Antoine) Charles (1801-1871)
Mannoni: Mannoni, Octave (1899-1989)
Boiteau: Boiteau, Pierre L. (1911-1980)
Hook.: Hooker, Sir William Jackson (1785-1865)
Ecklon: Ecklon, Christian Friedrich (Frederik) (1795-1868)
Zeyher: Zeyher, Carl Ludwig Philip(p) (1799-1858)
Elliot: Elliot, George Francis Scott (1862-1934)
Desc.: Descoings, Bernard (*1931)

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