Class
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Bryophyllum Salisb., Parad. Lond. t. 3 (1805)
Description
Perennial herbs, subshrubs or shrubs. Lvs alternate, opposite or verticillate, free, simple and entire, toothed, or pinnatifid to pinnate, often with pseudobulbs or plantlets on margins, not crowded into dense terminal rosettes but borne along stems. Infl. of cymes usually arranged in thyrses, sometimes corymbose, generally with many fls, usually terminal. Fls 4-merous, ± pendulous. Calyx usually divided to much < 1/2 way, sometimes divided to c. ⅚; lobes equal. Petals united to form a tube > lobes, somewhat fleshy, greenish or purplish red; tube broadly cylindric to urceolate, 4-angled; lobes spreading or reflexed. Stamens 8, in 2 equal or unequal whorls, epipetalous, ± exserted. Scales free, linear to quadrate or semiannular. Carpels 4, ± connate at base. Seeds numerous.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 3 |
| Exotic: Casual | 2 |
| Total | 5 |
Bibliography
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Mabberley, D.J. 2017: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 4. Cambridge University Press.
Salisbury, R.A. 1805-1808: Paradisus Londinensis: or Coloured Figures of Plants Cultivated in the vicinity of the Metropolis. London.
