Kalanchoe laciniata ( Linnaeus 1753: 430 ) Candolle (1802

Gallo, Lorenzo & Smith, Gideon F., 2024, A review of the genus Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae subfam. Cotyledonoideae) in the Euro-Mediterranean area, with an annotated catalogue and identification key, Phytotaxa 674 (2), pp. 171-198 : 181

6. Kalanchoe laciniata ( Linnaeus 1753: 430) Candolle (1802 : t. 100) ( Fig. 6 ).

Type:—“ Cotyledon afra, folio crasso, lato laciniato, flosculo aureo laciniata”, a cultivated plant from Africa, Hortus cliffortianus 175 (lectotype BM barcode BM000628567!), designated as type by Fernandes (1980: 376), corrected to “ lectotype ” by Jarvis (2007: 451).

Iconography:— Wight (1846: No. 1158), Thonner (1915: t. 59), Smith et al. (2019: 165–169), Smith & Figueiredo (2024: 112).

Secondary distribution:— Egypt = (cultivated) ( Wickens 1994). Morocco = cited by Fennane (2018) as: “Elements pour un livre rouge de la flore vasculaire du Maroc” [as K. faustii Font Quer (1935: 149) ]. Rankou et al. (2013) treated K. laciniata subsp. faustii (Font Quer) Maire (1977: 258) as possibly endemic to Morocco, but also noted that it could perhaps have been introduced. Maire (1977: 258) and El Alaoui Faris & Ibn Tattou (1999) also treated this taxon, as K. laciniata subsp. faustii , as endemic, but other authors, such as Descoings (2003: 160), regarded it as having been introduced and subsequently having become naturalised.

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Notes:— Jarvis (2007: 451) cited Fernandes (1980: 376) as the author of the typification because Cufodontis (1965), while discussing the species at some length, did not typify the name. Wickens (1982) followed the typification of Fernandes (1980: 376).

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FIGURE 6. The popularity of Kalanchoe laciniata in cultivation is partly attributable to its rapid growth rate, and plants can easily flower within one or, more typically, two years of vegetative growth. Seed production is copious. (Photograph: Gideon F. Smith).