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Issue: Vol. 619 No. 3: 10 Oct. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-10-10
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.619.3.4
Page range: 241-249
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In search of enhanced material: Kalanchoe ×toelkenii (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae), a new South African nothospecies derived from Kalanchoe ×gunniae × K. sexangularis

Ria Olivier Herbarium; Department of Botany; Nelson Mandela University; P.O. Box 77000; Gqeberha; 6031 South Africa
Eudicots character inheritance horticulture

Abstract

Considerable investment in the breeding of enhanced material of Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae) has resulted in several new nothospecies introduced from South Africa, all of which provide additional horticultural possibilities, especially under irrigation-limited conditions. Kalanchoe ×toelkenii, derived from K. ×gunniae back-crossed with K. sexangularis, is described here as a further large-growing nothospecies with improved inflorescence spread and floral density.

 

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