Kalanchoe thyrsiflora Harvey (1862: 380)

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

1. Kalanchoe thyrsiflora Harvey (1862: 380) ( Fig. 1 )

Type:— SOUTH AFRICA. Likely Eastern Cape Province, Katrivier near Philipstown, Ecklon & Zeyher 1953 (lectotype S S-G-10758!; isolectotype SAM SAM0036022 -0! pro parte) designated by Tölken (1985: 69) .

Treated in:— Smith et al. (2019b: 233–238) and Smith & Figueiredo (2021c: 218).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Kalanchoe thyrsiflora most often has obovate, rather than round leaves and remains smaller growing than K. luciae. Photograph: Gideon F. Smith.