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Issue: Vol. 672 No. 3: 21 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-21
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.672.3.6
Page range: 285-292
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The nomenclature associated with the name Kalanchoe arborescens (Crassulaceae subfam. Cotyledonoideae), the type of which is the type of K. subg. Calophygia

Ria Olivier Herbarium, Department of Botany, Nelson Mandela University, P.O. Box 77000, Gqeberha, 6031 South Africa
arborescent kalanchoes endemic lectotype Madagascar Eudicots

Abstract

Although the vast majority of kalanchoes are low-growing herbs or medium-sized shrubs, in terms of growth form a small group of four Malagasy kalanchoes (Crassulaceae subfam. Cotyledonoideae) attain arborescent dimensions. These are Kalanchoe arborescens, K. beharensis, K. dinklagei, and K. grandidieri. All four species are endemic to southern Madagascar. The type of the name of one of these, the aptly named K. arborescens, is the type of the recently reinstated K. subg. Calophygia. The nomenclature of K. arborescens is revisited and corrected. The second-step lectotype of the name K. arborescens designated here is illustrated.

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