Kalanchoe pubescensBaker

WFO wfo-0001299813 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 3 separate observations

Kalanchoe pubescens, photographed by Romer N. Rabarijaona
fig. a Romer N. Rabarijaona, CC0 1.0 / 2011-09-07 / obs. 1101911
Kalanchoe pubescens, photographed by Andrew Hankey
fig. b Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 18162598
Kalanchoe pubescens, photographed by Rafael Medina
fig. c Rafael Medina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 2061769

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Native range 1 botanical country

Regions where Kalanchoe pubescens is native: Madagascar Madagascar
Native distribution of Kalanchoe pubescens, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Madagascar MDG AFRICA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 15 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Bryophyllum aliciae (Raym.-Hamet) A.Berger
  • Bryophyllum pubescens (Baker) Govaerts
  • Kalanchoe aliciae Raym.-Hamet
  • Kalanchoe miniata var. anjirensis H.Perrier
  • Kalanchoe miniata var. glandulosa H.Perrier
  • Kalanchoe miniata var. pubescens H.Perrier
  • Kalanchoe miniata var. tsinjoarivensis H.Perrier
  • Kalanchoe pubescens f. anjirensis (H.Perrier) L.Allorge
  • Kalanchoe pubescens var. alexiana Boiteau & Mannoni
  • Kalanchoe pubescens var. brevicalyx Boiteau & Mannoni
  • Kalanchoe pubescens var. decolorata Boiteau & Mannoni
  • Kalanchoe pubescens var. grandiflora Boiteau & Mannoni
  • Kalanchoe pubescens var. pubescens
  • Kalanchoe pubescens var. subglabra Boiteau & Mannoni
  • Kalanchoe pubescens var. subsessilis Boiteau & Mannoni

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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