Kalanchoe luciae Hamet (1908a: 256)

Smith, Gideon F., 2022, Of paddles, soup plates, and clubs: the taxonomy of the southern and southtropical African Kalanchoe sect. Raveta (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae; Kalanchoe subg. Kalanchoe) and its constituent species, Phytotaxa 568 (1), pp. 8-26 : 20

2. Kalanchoe luciae Hamet (1908a: 256) ( Fig. 2 )

Type:— SOUTH AFRICA. Transvaal [Limpopo Province]—2329 (Pietersburg): Soutpansberg district , Spelonken , (– CD), 1904, H. Junod s.n. (holotype G G00418142 !) .

Homotypic synonym:— Kalanchoe luciae subsp. luciae (sensu Tölken 1978: 89).

Heterotypic synonym:— Kalanchoe albiflora Forbes (1941: 37) . Type :— ESWATINI [Swaziland]. Ubombo [UBombo] Mountains , Swaziland-[KwaZulu-] Natal , cultivated at the [KwaZulu-] Natal Herbarium, September 1935, [Jacob] Gerstner [s.n.] sub PRE 26434 (holotype PRE PRE0390335 -0!).

Treated in:— Smith et al. (2019b: 188–194), Smith & Figueiredo (2021c: 213), and Smith & Figueiredo (2023a).

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FIGURE 2. Kalanchoe luciae, plants of which are the largest-growing of the species included in K. sect. Raveta, has obovate to round, soup plate-sized leaves carried in a pseudo-rosette atop a short, often weak stem, so yielding variously leaning plants once anthesis is reached. Photograph: Gideon F. Smith.