Kalanchoe prasina Brown (1904a: 211)

Smith, Gideon F., 2023, A nomenclatural and taxonomic review of the names and new combination published between 1886 and 1931 in Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae) by British botanist Nicholas Edward Brown (1849 - 1934), Phytotaxa 630 (4), pp. 266-280 : 271

5. Kalanchoe prasina Brown (1904a: 211) .

Type:—[Nyasaland] MALAWI, cultivated in Kew Gardens, 6 February 1904, N.E. Brown s.n. (lectotype, K barcode K000232903! [specimen not accessible at the online catalogue of Herb. K]; holotype, according to Fernandes (1983: 57) and Smith (2020a: 273), here corrected to lectotype.

Taxonomic notes:— Kalanchoe prasina is an accepted species (see Smith 2020a: 273) ( Fig. 1F ).

Nomenclatural notes:— Brown (1904a: 211) did not cite any specimens in the protologue of the name K. prasina , and there is no indication that Brown (1904a: 211) used only N.E. Brown s.n., barcode K000232903, when publishing the name (Turland et al. 2028: Art. 9.1(b )). The name therefore does not have a holotype, despite Fernandes (1983: 57) and Smith (2020a: 273) regarding the Herb. K-held specimen, N.E. Brown s.n., with barcode K000232903, as the holotype. This is in fact a lectotype. The correction is made here.

The material was sent to Herb. K by Mr J. McClunie [possibly McCl o unie] on an unknown date (see K. dyeri , the next entry).

Figures

FIGURE 1. A–B. Two Kew botanists appointed in the 1860s and 1870s, in sequence: A. John Gilbert Baker (1834–1920) and B. Nicholas Edward Brown (1849–1934). C–G. A selection of species described in Kalanchoe by N.E. Brown. Where necessary, the nomenclature reflects the currently accepted names of the taxa. C. Kalanchoe ×kewensis N.E.Br., non K. ×kewensis W.Watson, an illegitimate homonym (see text for a discussion). D. Kalanchoe lateritia is the accepted name of K. kirkii. E. Kalanchoe lanceolata is the accepted name of both K. diversa and K. ellacombei. F. Kalanchoe prasina is an accepted species. G. Kalanchoe sexangularis is an accepted species. H. Elise [Eliza] Keller (1869–1944), the wife of the botanist Alwin Berger (1871–1931), is commemorated in K. elizae, the currently accepted name of K. insignis. Kalanchoe elizae was the first name published in Kalanchoe to honour a woman. The name was published in January 1903 by Berger, four months before he and Keller got married. The photograph reproduced here was taken in 1935 while Elise was visiting her son, Fritz, in Pasadena, U.S.A. Photograph credits: A. Photographer unknown. Public Domain. http://www.plantillustrations. org/illustration.php?id_illustration=176522. B. Photographer unknown. Public Domain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._E._Brown#/ media/File:NEBrown04.jpg. C–G. All photographs taken by Gideon F. Smith. H. Photographer unknown; © of and reproduced with the permission, through Lutz Schmalfuss, of the Alwin-Berger-Archivs, Bürgerverein Möschlitz e.V., Germany.