Aspidoglossum albocoronatum (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae), a new species with a remarkable petaloid corona from the northern provinces of South Africa

STOFFEL P. BESTER; ASHLEY NICHOLAS

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.282.3.2

Issue: Vol. 282 No. 3: 28 October 2016

Type: Article

Published: 2016-10-28

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.282.3.2

Page range: 186–196

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Aspidoglossum albocoronatum (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae), a new species with a remarkable petaloid corona from the northern provinces of South Africa

STOFFEL P. BESTER⁺⁻
ASHLEY NICHOLAS⁺⁻

National Herbarium, South African National Botanical Institute, Private Bag X101, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa School of Environmental Sciences and Development, North-West University, Potchefstroom, 2520 South Africa School of Life Sciences , University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban, 4000 South Africa

School of Life Sciences , University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban, 4000 South Africa

endemic flora Sekhukhuneland centre of endemism sub-tribe Asclepiadeae taxonomy Eudicots South Africa

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Abstract

Aspidoglossum albocoronatum Bester & Nicholas is a unique species from Sekhukhuneland in Mpumalanga and southern Leolo Mountains in Limpopo, South Africa. In morphological character it belongs to the southern African Schizoglossum complex (which includes the genera Aspidoglossum, Schizoglossum s.s. and Miraglossum). A description, line drawings and a comparative table to its related genera are presented.