Kalanchoe fernandesii R.-Hamet [family CRASSULACEAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 7, Part 1, page 3, (1983) Author: R. Fernandes
Names
Kalanchoe fernandesii R.-Hamet [family CRASSULACEAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot., Sér. 2, 2± 112, t. 3 (1950); tom. cit.: 98-99 et 107-112 (1950). — Jacobs., Das Sukk. Lexikon: 252 (1970). — Raadts in Willdenowia, 8; 134 (1977) in adnot. Type: Mozambique, Nampula, Rio Monapo, Torre 907 (COI, holotype; LISC).
Information
Very similar to K. lateritia differing by the leaves which are similar throughout the stem, the lower ones not so condensed, the uppermost not so scattered, usually indistinctly petiolate or sessile and with not such thick laminas; by the internodes not longer than 7·5 cm.; by the longer pedicels (2·5-5 mm. long rather than 1-3·5 mm. long); by the usually longer calyx-tube (1·4-2 mm. long rather than only up to 1(2) mm. long); by the longer and broader sepals which are ovate or ovate lanceolate and very attenuate.
Habitat
In xerophytic forest near the river or in open places in forests.
Range
Only the type known
Distribution
Mozambique N Nampula, Rio Monapo, 2.viii.1936, Torre 907 (COI; LISC).
Notes
This taxon is perhaps a variety or subspecies of K. lateritia, although it approaches K. lanceolata (No. 1) in several features: in the leaves which are sessile to indistinctly petiolate of relatively thin texture and little differentiated from base to apex of stem, and in the longer calyx tube and broader sepals. The possibility that K. fernandesii is a hybrid between K. lateritia and L. lanceolata must also be considered. However, the material is too scanty to allow any firm conclusion.
Kalanchoe fernandesii R.-Hamet [family CRASSULACEAE]
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