Kalanchoe [subg. Kalanchoe] sect. Raveta Raym.-Hamet ex Smith (2022: 210)

Smith, Gideon F., 2022, Date and place of publication and author attribution of the combination Kalanchoe sect. Raveta (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae), Phytotaxa 560 (1), pp. 131-134 : 131

Kalanchoe [subg. Kalanchoe] sect. Raveta Raym.-Hamet ex Smith (2022: 210) .

Type:— Kalanchoe thyrsiflora Harvey (1862: 380) , designated by Smith (2022: 210) ( Figs 1 & 2 ).

Homotypic synonyms:— Kalanchoe [unranked] Transvaalenses Berger (1930: 407, as “§ 8”), syn. nov. ( Turland et al. 2018: Art. 37.3).

Kalanchoe subg. Fernandesiae Smith (2020: 5) , syn. nov.

Designation not validly published:—“[ Kalanchoe / Cotyledon ] sect. Raveta ” Raymond-Hamet (1916: 83–84).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Kalanchoe thyrsiflora, the type of K. sect. Raveta, in the vegetative growing phase. The leaves are obovate to round and borne in pseudo-rosettes. Photograph: Gideon F. Smith.

FIGURE 2. Like most of the plant parts, the flowers of Kalanchoe thyrsiflora are covered in a white-waxy substance. Flowers are densely carried in club-shaped inflorescences. Photograph: Gideon F. Smith.