Kalanchoe scapigera Welwitsch ex Britten, 1871

Smith, Gideon F. & Figueiredo, Estrela, 2020, Typification of the name Kalanchoe scapigera (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae), Phytotaxa 435 (2), pp. 203-207 : 205

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scientific name	Kalanchoe scapigera Welwitsch ex Britten
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Kalanchoe scapigera Welwitsch ex Britten View in CoL in Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 397 (1871).

Lecotype (here designated):— ANGOLA. District Mossamedes, “ad rupes in summis de Serra de Montes negros agri Mossamedensis, ad 200–400 ped. Kalanchoe . K. scapigera Welw. cat. mspt. Flores intense flavi, carnosuli et fragiles. c. fl. & fr. Aug. 1859 ”, Dr [F.M.J.] Welwitsch 2483 (LISU LISU0218887).

Other specimens examined:

ANGOLA. NAMIBE PROVINCE.— Moçâmedes district: Miramar, a 25 km de Moçâmedes [Miramar, 25 km from Moçâmedes], 23 March 1956, J. B. [Brito] Teixeira s.n. ( LISC 028137 About LISC !) ; Moçâmedes district: a 35 km de Moçâmedes para o Caraculo, terrenos pedregosos da zona xerofítica, a 5 km da desvio da Lucira para o Caraculo [35 km from Moçâmedes to Caraculo, rocky terrain in a xerophytic zone, 5 km from the detour from Lucira to Caraculo], 18 January 1961, R. Santos & C. Henriques 398 ( LISC 028136 About LISC !) ; Moçâmedes district: 10 km a sul da Moçâmedes, no plató [10 km south of Moçâmedes, on the plateau], alt. c. 50 m [above sea level], 11 March 1969, J. Brito Teixeira et al. 12926 ( LISC 028135 About LISC !) .