Crotalaria magaliesbergensis, a new name for Crotalaria brachycarpa from South Africa (Leguminosae)

ANDRÉIA SILVA FLORES; RODRIGO SCHÜTZ RODRIGUES

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.33.1.5

Issue: Vol. 33 No. 1 (2011)

Type: Correspondence

Published: 2011-11-28

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.33.1.5

Page range: 59–59

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Crotalaria magaliesbergensis, a new name for Crotalaria brachycarpa from South Africa (Leguminosae)

ANDRÉIA SILVA FLORES⁺⁻
RODRIGO SCHÜTZ RODRIGUES⁺⁻

Museu Integrado de Roraima, Herbário MIRR, Av. Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes s.n., Parque Anauá, 69305-010 Boa Vista, RR, Brazil

Universidade Federal de Roraima, Centro de Estudos da Biodiversidade, Av. Cap. Ene Garcez 2413, 69304-000, Boa Vista, RR, Brazil

Eudicots Crotalaria brachycarpa new name South Africa

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Abstract

Crotalaria brachycarpa (Benth.) Burtt Davy ex Verdoorn (1928: 412) is endemic to South Africa, and belongs to C. sect. Crotalaria (Polhill 1982: 288). This combination was based on C. globifera E.Mey. var. brachycarpa Bentham (1843: 581). However, the specific epithet “brachycarpa” was already occupied by C. brachycarpa Bentham (1859: 29), which is included in C. sect. Chrysocalycinae (Benth.) Bak. f. (Flores 2004: 199). Crotalaria brachycarpa Benth. is a very rare species known only from the type and one other collection from Caatinga vegetation in Bahia State, Brazil (Flores & Tozzi 2008).