TABLE 1 in Kalanchoe deliae (K. [subg. Kalanchoe] sect. Raveta; Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae), a new species from the Barberton Centre of Endemism in northeastern southern Africa

TABLE 1. Characters on which Kalanchoe deliae can be distinguished from K. luciae, based on living material.
#CharacterKalanchoe deliaeKalanchoe luciaeA.Vegetative1.Plant height (m)0.75–1.00(–1.25)1.5–2.02.Leaf blade dimensions (mm)80–140 × 55–60(–70)60–160 × 30–1903.Leaf blade colourLight green, infused with rusty brown towards and along leaf margins onlyLight green to glaucous, lightly or intensely infused with bright red along leaf margins or throughoutB.Reproductive4.Sepal colourLight yellowish green to greyish green, rusty brown-infused towards apexLight green5.Sepal shape; dispositionNarrowly triangular-lanceolate; distinctly free and diverging from corolla tube aboveDeltoid-triangular; cat claw-like clasping the corolla tube6.Sepal length (maximum, in mm)Up to 11Up to 57.Corolla lobe orientationErecto-patent; rarely recurvedReflexed to completely flattened against corolla tube, sometimes suberect8.Corolla lobe colour (adaxial surface)Light green, light rusty brownish-infused towards tips, with margins usually palerUniformly white or cream to pale yellowish, with margins usually paler9.Corolla lobe shapeTriangularOblong10.Corolla lobe length (mm)(2.0–)2.54–6(–7)11.Corolla tube shapeNarrowly elongated-urceolateBroadly urceolate12.Anther colour (in bud, pre-anthesis)*BrownYellow13.Filament length (mm)3–55–614.Anther exposure (mm)Exserted for 0.5–1.0Exserted for ca. 215.Nectar scale shapeTransversely oblong± Square16.Stigma positionAt mouthSlightly exserted17.Pistil shapeElliptic, bulged in centreProlate
*Post-anthesis the colour of the anthers is often obscured by pollen release.