Bryophyllum delagoense (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Schinz, Crassulaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Threat only at high elevations?  no

Other Latin names:  Bryophyllum tubiflorum Harv., Bryophyllum verticillatum (Scott-Elliot) A. Berger, Kalanchoë delagoense Eckl. & Zeyh., Kalanchoë tubiflora (Harv.) Raym.-Hamet

Common name(s): [more details]

English: chandelier plant, friendly neighbor, mother of thousands

French: bichique

Habit:  succulent

Description:  "Glabrous and glaucous perennial herbs, stems 5-10 cm long, unbranched, reproducing vegetatively by adventitious shoots from the base.  Leaves simple, usually ternate, subcylindrical, 3-15 cm long, 0.3-0.6 cm wide, lower surface sulcate, often spotted with reddish brown, margins near apex with 3-9 conical teeth between which spoon-shaped bulbils are produced.  Flowers in corymbose cymes 10-20 cm wide, each one pendent on pedicels 0.5-2 cm long; sepals connate, the tube 0.3-0.6 cm long, the lobes triangular, 0.5-0.7 cm long; corolla orange to scarlet, 2.5-4 cm long, the lobes obovate, 0.5-1 cm long"  (Wagner et al., 1999; p. 568).

Habitat/ecology:  In Hawai‘i, "naturalized in low elevation, dry, disturbed sites" (Wagner et al., 1999; p. 568). In New Caledonia, "cultivé et naturalisé, mais moins souvent que l'espèce précédente" (MacKee, 1994; p. 42).

Propagation:  Vegetatively, from plantlets and bulbils.

Native range:  Madagascar

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US) Northern Mariana Islands	Tinian Island	introduced	Raulerson, L. (2006) (p. 32)
Cook Islands Southern Cook Islands	Rarotonga Island	cultivated	Sykes, Bill (year unknown)
Ecuador (Galápagos Islands) Isabela Group	Volcan Sierra Negra	introduced invasive cultivated	Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)
Ecuador (Galápagos Islands) Santa Cruz Group	Santa Cruz Island	introduced invasive cultivated	Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)
Fiji Fiji Islands	Fiji Islands	introduced cultivated	Smith, Albert C. (1985) (p. 36)
Guam Guam Island	Guam Island	introduced cultivated	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 291) Voucher cited: Stone 4385 (GUAM)
Guam Guam Island	Guam Island	introduced	Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 87)
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Hawai‘i (Big) Island	introduced invasive cultivated	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 568)
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Kaua‘i Island	introduced invasive cultivated	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 568)
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Lāna‘i Island	introduced invasive cultivated	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 568)
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Maui Island	introduced invasive cultivated	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 568)
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	O‘ahu Island	introduced invasive cultivated	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 568)
Kiribati Tungaru (Gilbert) Islands	Tarawa Atoll	introduced	Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 87) Probably cultivated; presence not verified.
Marshall Islands Ralik Chain	Kwajalein (Kuwajleen) Atoll	introduced cultivated	Whistler, W. A./Steele, O. (1999) (p. 100)
Marshall Islands Ratak Chain	Majuro (Mãjro) Atoll	introduced cultivated	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 87)
Nauru Nauru Island	Nauru Island	introduced cultivated	Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 120) Vouchers cited: Fosberg 58715 (US), Scully 52 (US)
New Caledonia New Caledonia Archipelago	Île Grande Terre	introduced invasive cultivated	MacKee, H. S. (1994) (p. 42) Vouchers cited: Baumann 8582, MacKee 14914, MacKee 20656, MacKee 28854
Samoa Western Samoa Islands	Savai‘i Island	introduced cultivated	Space, James C./Flynn, Tim (2002) (p. 12)
Samoa Western Samoa Islands	Upolu Island	introduced cultivated	Space, James C./Flynn, Tim (2002) (p. 12)
Tonga Tongatapu Group	Tongatapu Island	introduced cultivated	Flynn, Tim (year unknown) Tentatively identified as this species from a photo taken by Kik Velt at Haveluloto Cemetery (see photo).
United States (other Pacific offshore islands) Wake Islands	Wake Island		Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1994) (voucher ID: BISH 659964) Taxon name on voucher: Bryophyllum tubiflorum Harv.

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
New Zealand New Zealand	New Zealand (country)	introduced invasive cultivated	Webb, C. J./Sykes, W. R./Garnock-Jones, P. J. (1988) (p. 569) "On Rangitoto Island (Auckland): raw lava surrounding old habitation sites".

Indian Ocean
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Australia (Indian Ocean offshore islands) Christmas Island Group	Christmas Island	introduced invasive	Swarbrick, J. T. (1997) (p. 107) As Bryophyllum ?dagremontainum x tubiflorum
La Réunion (France) La Réunion Island	La Réunion Island	introduced invasive cultivated	Lavergne, Christophe (2006) "Cultivé/naturalisé"

Comments:  Also naturalized in Hawai‘i: B. daigremontianum (Raym.-Hamet & H. Perrier) A. Berger, B. pinnatum (Lam.) Oken, Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi Raym.-Hamet & H. Perrier (Lorence et al., 1995, cited in Wagner et al., 1999; p. 568).

Invasive in the Virgin Islands (Fred Kraus, pers. com.).

Additional information:  Additional online information about Bryophyllum delagoense is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Taxonomic information about Bryophyllum delagoense may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

References:

Bishop Museum (Honolulu). 1994. Voucher specimen #BISH 659964 (Herbst, D.R. 9673).

Charles Darwin Research Station. 2005. CDRS Herbarium records.

Flynn, Tim. 0. Tim Flynn, pers. com.

Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce. 1979. A geographical checklist of the Micronesian dicotyledonae. Micronesica 15:1-295.

Lavergne, Christophe. 2006. List des especes exotiques envahissantes a La Reunion. Unpublished manuscript (Excel file). .

Lorence, David H./Flynn, Timothy W./Wagner, Warren L. 1995. Contributions to the flora of Hawai‘i. III. New additions, range extensions, and rediscoveries of flowering plants. In: Evenhuis, Neal L. and Miller, Scott, E., eds. Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994. Part 1: Articles. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 41:19-58.

MacKee, H. S. 1994. Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 164 p.

Raulerson, L. 2006. Checklist of Plants of the Mariana Islands. University of Guam Herbarium Contribution 40:1-69. .

Smith, Albert C. 1985. Flora Vitiensis nova: a new flora of Fiji. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai, Kauai, Hawaii. Volume 3. 758 pp.

Space, James C./Flynn, Tim. 2002. Report to the Government of Samoa on invasive plant species of environmental concern. USDA Forest Service, Honolulu. 83 pp.

Stone, Benjamin C. 1970. The flora of Guam. Micronesica 6:1-659.

Swarbrick, J. T. 1997. Environmental weeds and exotic plants on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean: a report to Parks Australia. 101 pp. plus appendix.

Sykes, Bill. 0. Bill Sykes, pers. com.

Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. 1994. The flora of Nauru. Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Atoll Research Bulletin 392:1-223.

Vander Velde, Nancy. 2003. The vascular plants of Majuro Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands. Smithsonian Institution, Atoll Research Bulletin No. 503:1-141.

Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. 1999. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawaii. Revised edition. Bernice P. Bishop Museum special publication. University of Hawai‘i Press/Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu. 1919 pp. (two volumes).

Webb, C. J./Sykes, W. R./Garnock-Jones, P. J. 1988. Flora of New Zealand, Volume IV: Naturalised pteridophytes, gymnosperms, dicotyledons. Botany Division, DSIR, Christchurch. 1365 pp.

Whistler, W. A./Steele, O. 1999. Botanical survey of the United States of America Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) Islands. Prepared for Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education and the U. S. Army Environmental Center. 111 pp.