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Issue: Vol. 730 No. 2: 19 Nov. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-11-19
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.730.2.8
Page range: 208-216
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Kalanchoe ser. Mpivady, a new series in K. subg. Calophygia (Crassulaceae [subfam. Cotyledonoideae] tr. Kalanchoeae)

Ria Olivier Herbarium, Department of Botany, Nelson Mandela University, P.O. Box 77000, Gqeberha, 6031 South Africa
frutescent Kalanchoe sect. Stellatopilosae Madagascar nomenclature taxonomy woody clade Eudicots

Abstract

A new series, Kalanchoe ser. Mpivady (Crassulaceae [subfam. Cotyledonoideae] tr. Kalanchoeae), is described in K. subg. Calophygia for three frutescent species and one nothospecies from Madagascar. Plants are shrubby with near-woody to woody stems at vegetative maturity; and have silvery white to golden brown spathulate to elliptic leaves; urceolate, often chromatic, succulent flowers; and small, but nonetheless conspicuous sepals. The new series fits in K. sect. Stellatopilosae of K. subg. Calophygia.

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Smith, G.F. (2025) Kalanchoe ser. Mpivady, a new series in K. subg. Calophygia (Crassulaceae [subfam. Cotyledonoideae] tr. Kalanchoeae). Phytotaxa 730 (2): 208–216. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.730.2.8