Kalanchoe grandiflora Wight. & Arn., Crassulaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Threat only at high elevations?  no

Habit:  herb

Description:  "Stem erect; leaves sessile, obovate, flat, 4-6 cm long, 3-3.5 cm wide, crenate-dentate, glabrous, blue-violet, with easily removed waxy coating; flowers yellow, in beautiful cymes, tube 12-14 mm long.  Rarely flowers" (Jacobsen, 1960; p. 649).

Habitat/ecology:  (no habitat/ecology info known by PIER)

Propagation:  (no propagation information known by PIER)

Native range:  E. Africa, E. India (Jacobsen, 1960; p. 649).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Ecuador (Galápagos Islands) Santa Cruz Group	Santa Cruz Island	introduced cultivated	Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)

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	Webb, C. J./Sykes, W. R./Garnock-Jones, P. J. (1988) (p. 585) "On boulders and steep banks on valley floor near river".

Comments:  Reported as possibly an invasive plant in the Galápagos Islands per Charles Darwin Research Station.

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

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

References:

Charles Darwin Research Station. 2005. CDRS Herbarium records.

Jacobsen, Hermann. 1960. A handbook of succulent plants: descriptions, synonyms and cultural details for succulents other than Cactaceae. Blandford Press, London.

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.