Kitchingia Baker (1881: 268)

Smith, Gideon F., 2024, A review and analysis of the nomenclature and taxonomy of the genus-rank synonyms of Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae) published between 1763 and 1956, Phytotaxa 659 (3), pp. 236-254 : 244

5. Kitchingia Baker (1881: 268) , basionym of Kalanchoe subg. Kitchingia (Baker) Smith & Figueiredo (2018a: 169) .

Type [species] of the genus name Kitchingia :— Kitchingia gracilipes Baker (1881: 268) (lectotype), designated by Smith & Figueiredo (2018a: 169), currently accepted name Kalanchoe gracilipes (Baker) Baillon (1885: 469) .

Type specimen of the name Kitchingia gracilipes , basionym of Kalanchoe gracilipes :— MADAGASCAR. Betsileoland, southeast-central Madagascar, [comm.] May 1880 [given as “1879” by Boiteau &Allorge-Boiteau (1995: 42), apparently the date on the Herb. K specimen, which is not available for examination online], [Langley] Kitching s.n., (lectotype K; isolectotype P barcode P00374109!, specimen available at http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/ mnhn/p/p00374109), lectotype designated by Boiteau & Allorge-Boiteau (1995: 42). See Smith et al. (2021b: 74).

Taxonomic notes:— Kitchingia is currently recognised at the rank of subgenus under Kalanchoe , as K. subg. Kitchingia (Baker) Smith & Figueiredo (2018a: 169) (see also Smith et al. 2021b: 74).