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Issue: Vol. 423 No. 4: 11 November 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-11-11
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.423.4.1
Page range: 215–237
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 3

Six new Thesium (Santalaceae) species endemic to the Greater Cape Floristic Region, South Africa, and one new name

Bolus Herbarium, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rhodes Gift 7707, Cape Town, South Africa Botany Programme, Department of Biological Sciences, Gombe State University, PMB 127, Tudun Wada, Gombe, Gombe State, Nigeria
Bolus Herbarium, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rhodes Gift 7707, Cape Town, South Africa
Bolus Herbarium, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rhodes Gift 7707, Cape Town, South Africa
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE, United Kingdom
Bolus Herbarium, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rhodes Gift 7707, Cape Town, South Africa
Eudicots Morphology new species systematics taxonomy Thesiaceae

Abstract

Six new species of Thesium endemic to the Greater Cape Floristic Region (GCFR) of South Africa are described and illustrated. These are Thesium aspermontanum, T. dmmagiae, T. neoprostratum, T. nigroperianthum, T. rhizomatum, and T. stirtonii. In addition, Thesium assimile var. pallidum is elevated to species rank as T. sawae. Morphological and ecological differences of each species, along with their putative affinities, preliminary conservation status, phenology, etymology, and distributional maps are presented.