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23 May 2022 A review and update of the conservation status of Kalanchoe species (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae) in the Flora of Southern Africa region
Gideon F. Smith, Estrela Figueiredo, Kenneth Oberlander
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Abstract

An overview and update is provided of the conservation status of the twenty species of Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae) indigenous in southern Africa. Fourteen of the species grow abundantly in extensive natural geographical distribution ranges and from a conservation perspective are of Least Concern. One species, K. laciniata, has a very wide global distribution range but is restricted to Namibia in the southern African region. The other five Kalanchoe species that are of conservation concern are all southern African endemics, being additionally endemic to specific Regions or Centres of Endemism. These are: K. alticola (Barberton Centre of Endemism), K. crouchii (Wolkberg Centre of Endemism), K. crundallii (Soutpansberg Centre of Endmism), K. longiflora (Maputaland-Pondoland Region of Endemism) and K. winteri (Wolkberg Centre of Endemism).

Gideon F. Smith, Estrela Figueiredo, and Kenneth Oberlander "A review and update of the conservation status of Kalanchoe species (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae) in the Flora of Southern Africa region," Bradleya 2022(sp40), 181-193, (23 May 2022). https://doi.org/10.25223/brad.sp40.2022.a18
Published: 23 May 2022
KEYWORDS
conservation history
Endemism
grassland
herbarium records
restricted distribution range
savanna
south-tropical Africa
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