Kalanchoe montana Compton (1967: 295)

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

3. Kalanchoe montana Compton (1967: 295) ( Fig. 3 )

Type:— ESWATINI [Swaziland]. Near Devil’s Bridge—2531 ( Komatipoort ): Pigg’s Peak district, Emlembe Mountains, altitude 5500’ [ca. 1676 m] above sea level, (–CC), 27 February 1967, Compton 29471 (lectotype NBG!, designated by Tölken 1978: 89; lectotype narrowed down to NBG0099565-0 in a second-step lectotypification by Smith et al. 2016: 70) .

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

Treated in:— Smith et al. (2016: 69) and Smith et al. (2019b: 195–200).

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FIGURE 3. The most commonly encountered form of Kalanchoe montana has finely pubescent leaves, as here. Photograph: Gideon F. Smith.