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Issue: Vol. 286 No. 2: 29 November 2016
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2016-11-29
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.286.2.8
Page range: 123–126
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Lessertia (Galegeae, Leguminosae) from Gauteng Province, South Africa

Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa.
National Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X101, 0001, Pretoria, South Africa.
9 Chiselhurst Drive, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, P. O. Box 84, Auckland Park, 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Lessertia uniflora Lessertia mossii turf soil rare taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

A new species of Lessertia, L. uniflora, is described. It is morphologically similar to L. mossii but differs in the decumbent habit, slender stems, longer leaves, shorter, thinner peduncles and especially in the almost invariably single-flowered inflorescences, the smaller flowers, glabrous style, larger winged fruits and more numerous seeds. It appears to be a rare species and is known from only one small population in the Marievale Bird Sanctuary southeast of Johannesburg in Gauteng Province, South Africa.