Kalanchoe × laetivirens

Kalanchoe laetivirens is a species of Kalanchoe (section Bryophyllum). It is most likely a hybrid between K. daigremontiana and K. laxiflora (syn. Bryophyllum crenatum), and therefore a group of invalid names for such a hybrid, including Kalanchoe crenodaigremontiana, Kalanchoe crenato-daigremontiana, Bryophyllum crenodaigremontianum and Bryophyllum crenato-daigremontianum, are just synonyms of K. laetivirens.[1]

Kalanchoe × laetivirens
Plantlets on leaves
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Kalanchoe
Species:
K. × laetivirens
Binomial name
Kalanchoe × laetivirens
Synonyms
  • Bryophyllum laetivirens (Desc.) V.V.Byalt

It is often misidentified as one of its parents, K. daigremontiana, which has bands or spots on the back of leaves, while the leaves of K. laetivirens are completely green, as indicated by its epithet laetivirens which means "lushly green".[2]

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