单词 | kalanchoe |
释义 | kalanchoen. A sub-shrub of the genus so called, belonging to the family Crassulaceæ, native to Africa and southern Asia, and distinguished by succulent leaves and red, pink, yellow, or white flowers borne in terminal panicles; often cultivated as a house or greenhouse plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > tropical > other tropical shrubs bur-bark1756 kalanchoe1830 Pernettya1835 paper flower1892 1830 J. C. Loudon Hortus Britannicus 160 Kalanchoe Adan. Kalanchoe. (Chinese name). 1864 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 90 5460 (caption) Large-flowered Kalanchoe. 1915 Standard Cycl. Hort. III. 1732/2 Any number of kalanchoës may appear in the collections of fanciers. 1942 E. Afr. Ann. 1941–2 44/1 Kalanchoes, with their large heads of four-petalled flowers are very showy. 1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) III. 1098/1 Kalanchoes require a good, well-drained soil. 1970 M. Allan Tom's Weeds xix. 150 There were plenty of interesting plants..[including] the pretty little kalanchoe which Rochford's are now popularizing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1830 |
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