Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Persoon (1805: 446)

Smith, Gideon F. & Figueiredo, Estrela, 2023, Names validly published in Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae) by Louis-René ‘ Edmond’ Tulasne in 1857, with reference to names proposed in sched. by Hilsenberg and Bojer for two Malagasy species, and with notes on the type of the name K. tubiflora, Phytotaxa 584 (4), pp. 275-284 : 280

3.4 Kalanchoe pinnata

The taxonomy and nomenclature of K. pinnata was comprehensively discussed by Smith & Figueiredo (2018a: 220– 223) and Smith et al. (2019: 263–267), and resolve as follows:

Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Persoon (1805: 446) ( Fig. 1 ).

Type:—[ MAURITIUS]. s.l., s.d., M. [P.] Sonnerat s.n. (holotype P P00297646 , https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/p/item/p00297646). See Wickens (1987: 27) and Smith & Figueiredo (2018a: 222) .

Basionym:— Cotyledon pinnata Lamarck (1786: 141) .

Homotypic synonyms:— Vere [i] a pinnata (Lam.) Sprengel (1825: 260) . Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Oken (1841: 1966) . Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Kurz (1871: 52) [later isonym under Turland et al. (2018: Note 2 under Art. 6.3)].

Taxonomic status of K. pinnata :— Kalanchoe pinnata is an accepted species.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Kalanchoe pinnata. In Tulasne (1857: 148) K. pinnata was included under the name Bryophyllum calycinum (see main text for a discussion). A. Leaf with plantlets developing along the margin. B. Inflorescence. Photographs: Gideon F. Smith.