Kalanchoe orgyalis Baker (1882: 110)

Smith, Gideon F., 2025, A review and analysis of the taxonomy and nomenclature of the Kalanchoe species (Crassulaceae subfam. Cotyledonoideae) of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, botanist John Gilbert Baker (1834 - 1920), all of which were published in the late- 19 century, Phytotaxa 698 (4), pp. 209-228 : 213-215

1. Kalanchoe orgyalis Baker (1882: 110) ( Fig. 1 ).

Type:— MADAGASCAR. Chiefly in Betsileo-land, on stony ground and about woods, 6–7 feet [~ 1.8–2.1 m] high, leaves opposite, spoonshaped, 3–5 in. [~ 76–127 mm] long, corolla yellow, 8 biseriate stamens, very short filaments, received [presumably at Herb. K] July 1880, [Reverend R.] Baron 105 [lectotype Herb. K barcode K000232872! (image of the specimen available for examination online at http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K000232872); isolectotype Herb. P, fide Boiteau & Allorge-Boiteau (1995: 140), not seen], lectotype designated by Boiteau & Allorge-Boiteau (1995: 140). [Reverend R.] Baron 249 [syntype Herb. K, not seen; isosyntype Herb. P barcode P00374219! (image of the specimen available for examination online at http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ p/p00374219)].

Nomenclatural notes:— Smith & Figueiredo (2022: 100) clarified the typification of the name K. orgyalis .

Taxonomic notes:—The name K. orgyalis is in use for an accepted species. Smith & Figueiredo (2023a: 100–102) treated K. orgyalis taxonomically. It is a horticulturally popular species of which material is grown widely, especially in mild-climate parts of the world. It is included in K. [subg. Calophygia] sect. Stellatopilosae ( Berger 1930: 404, as “§ 1”) Smith (2020: 234).

Figures

FIGURE 1. The upper surfaces of the spoon-shaped leaves of Kalanchoe orgyalis are covered in a very fine, golden-brown to coppercoloured tomentum, especially when the leaves are young. The lower surfaces are silvery white to dull green. Photograph: Gideon F. Smith.