''Kalanchoe suarezensis'' is a species of ''

Kalanchoe ''Kalanchoe'' ( ), (also called "kalanchöe" or "kalanchoë"), is a genus of about 125 species of tropical, succulent plants in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae, mainly native to Madagascar and tropical Africa. A ''Kalanchoe'' species was one ...

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Bryophyllum ''Bryophyllum'' (from the Greek ''bryon/bryein'' = sprout, ''phyllon'' = leaf) is a group of plant species of the family (biology), family Crassulaceae native to Madagascar. It is a Section (botany), section or subgenus within the genus ''Kalan ...

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. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant, but often misidentified as other species like ''K. gastonis-bonnieri'', ''K. mortagei'' and ''K. poincarei''. ''K. gastonis-bonnieri'' differs by more or less having brownish spots on leaves, while the leaves of ''K. suarezensis'' are spotless. ''K. mortagei'' differs by having auriculate to peltate leaves, while the leaf base of ''K. suarezensis'' is attenuate to truncate. ''K. poincarei'' is a sprawling species not known in cultivation, very different from all the species mentioned above. Another species that may be confused with ''K. suarezensis'' is ''K. laetivirens''. Both species have spotless leaves, but ''K. suarezensis'' have plantlets usually near the leaf tip, while ''K. laetivirens'' have plantlets all along the leaf margin.

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References

suarezensis suarezense Endemic flora of Madagascar Taxa named by Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie {{Crassulaceae-stub