CRASSULACEAE
Morphological description
Herbs, sometimes woody at base, exstipulate. Usually, succulent.
Leaves
Leaves opposite. Leaves bearing bulbils (some species of Kalanchoe).
Flowers
Flower actinomorphic, usually bisexual, 4- or 5-merous, carpels nearly free, superior.
Different from: Saxifragaceae, usually woody, not succulent, ovary usually inferior.
Distribution: The family is best represented in the northern hemisphere. In Malesia only Sedum and Kalanchoe*.
Notes: Kalanchoe species, have become completely naturalized in places, some species are cultivated as ornamentals.
Literature: C.A. Backer, Fl. Males. I, 4 (1951) 197- 202; H. Ohba, Fl. Males. I, 9 (1982) 558-560.
Spot characters (Van Balgooy): Kalanchoe 13.
Illustrations: Fig. 60. Kalanchoe integra O. Kuntze (Crassulaceae). Reproduced from Flora Malesiana I, 4 (1951) 201, fig. 2.
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