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Issue: Vol. 609 No. 4: 29 Aug. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-08-29
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.609.4.3
Page range: 273-281
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Kalanchoe sect. Streptanthae (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae), a new two-species section in K. subg. Bryophyllum

Ria Olivier Herbarium; Department of Botany; Nelson Mandela University; P.O. Box 77000; Gqeberha; 6031 South Africa
Eudicots classification Kalanchoe bogneri Kalanchoe streptantha Madagascar nomenclature subsection unranked

Abstract

A new section, Kalanchoe sect. Streptanthae, with two Malagasy species, K. streptantha and K. bogneri, the only ones included in it, is described in K. subg. Bryophyllum (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae).

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