Kalanchoe

BEHARENSIS 'Nana'

UNESTABLISHED NAME.

 

The origin of the name 'Nana' is unknown. It may have been a nursery name which Rauh adopted. However, he was probably the earliest author to provide it with a description in his Succulent and xerophytic plants of Madagascar 2: 300-301. (Jun) 1998. Nevertheless, the name is not established there because the name 'Nana' is a Latin adjective which contravenes Art. 21.11 of the Cultivar Code, being entirely in Latin form.

 

 

Kalanchoe beharensis 'Nana'  Rauh, Succulent and xerophytic plants of Madagascar, vol. 2, 1998, p.300 fig. 1106. Selected here as the nomenclatural standard.

 

"Kalanche beharensis 'Nana' is a very small, monstrose form with tortuous, glabrous to golden-bronze or white pubescent leaves" (p. 301).

Photo Noelene Tomlinson

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