Senegalia montis-salinarum, a new species of Fabaceae: Mimosoideae endemic to the Soutpansberg, South Africa

Norbert Hahn

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.244.2.5

Issue: Vol. 244 No. 2: 18 January 2016

Type: Article

Published: 2016-01-18

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.244.2.5

Page range: 174–180

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Senegalia montis-salinarum, a new species of Fabaceae: Mimosoideae endemic to the Soutpansberg, South Africa

Norbert Hahn⁺⁻

South African Research Chair on Biodiversity Value and Change in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Venda, Private Bag X5050, Thohoyandou 0950, South Africa,

South Africa Soutpansberg Centre of Endemism Senegalia new species Eudicots

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Abstract

Senegalia montis-salinarum is a proposed new species, related to S. burkei. This species was found to be a distinct edaphic entity, endemic to the Soutpansberg Centre of Endemism. This article also clarifies some taxonomic problems within the Senegalia burkei complex.