Kalanchoe ellacombei Brown (1912: 329)

Smith, Gideon F., 2023, A nomenclatural and taxonomic review of the names and new combination published between 1886 and 1931 in Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae) by British botanist Nicholas Edward Brown (1849 - 1934), Phytotaxa 630 (4), pp. 266-280 : 273

10. Kalanchoe ellacombei Brown (1912: 329) .

Type:—[[Northern] Rhodesia] ZAMBIA, “Livingston[e] [Maramba] and by the River Zambesi 5 miles [~ 8 km] above Victoria Falls”, Ellacombe s.n. (holotype, K barcode K000232733 [available at http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/ K000232733]!).

Taxonomic notes:—At present the name K. ellacombei is treated as a synonym of K. lanceolata ( Forsskål 1775: CXI & 89) Persoon (1805: 446).

Nomenclatural notes:—When describing K. ellacombei, Brown (1912: 329) stated: “TROPICAL AFRICA. Rhodesia: Livingston[e] [Maramba] and by the River Zambesi 5 miles [~ 8 km] above Victoria Falls, Ellacombe.” “ Ellacombe ” is a reference to an Herb. K-held specimen, with barcode K000232733. It is the only specimen cited by Brown (1912: 329) and in the absence of evidence that duplicates of it exist, nor that he had additional material available when he published the name K. ellacombei . It is therefore the holotype of the name K. ellacombei (see also Fernandes 1983: 43).