Kalanchoe subg. Calophygia Desc. emend. Gideon F.Sm.

Smith, Gideon F., 2023, The ‘ woody clade’ in Kalanchoe: reinstatement and amendment of K. subg. Calophygia (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae) published by Bernard Marie Descoings in 2006, Phytotaxa 616 (2), pp. 113-127 : 120

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.616.2.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8399195
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AA6DF73C-0300-FFC8-66FC-41D5B43EFDD1
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Kalanchoe subg. Calophygia Desc. emend. Gideon F.Sm.
status

Treatment

Type:— K. arborescens Humbert (1933: 163) View in CoL .

1. K. [subg. Calophygia] sect. Stellatopilosae ( Berger 1930: 404, as “§ 1”) Smith (2020d: 234) Type:— Kalanchoe tomentosa Baker (1882: 110) View in CoL .

2. K. [subg. Calophygia] sect. Rhombopilosae Smith (2023d: 24) Type:— Kalanchoe rhombopilosa Mannoni & Boiteau (1947: 153) View in CoL .

3. K. [subg. Calophygia] sect. Trichanthae ( Berger 1930: 406, as “§ 4”) Smith (2023e) Type:— Kalanchoe trichantha Baker (1883: 140) View in CoL , which is currently accepted as a synonym of K. synsepala Baker (1882: 110) View in CoL .

Reinstatement here of K. subg. Calophygia provides the framework necessary for introducing further refinements to the infra-subgeneric classification of the group and is also a step towards yielding a polyphyletic K. subg. Kalanchoe monophyletic.