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Issue: Vol. 460 No. 2: 23 September 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-09-23
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.460.2.3
Page range: 137–142
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 3

Turraea tugelensis, a new species of Turraea sect. Nurmonia (Meliaceae) from South Africa

Biodiversity Research, Assessment and Monitoring, South African National Biodiversity Institute, P.O. Box 52099, Berea Road 4007, South Africa. School of Chemistry & Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041, South Africa.
27A Regina Road, Umbilo, Durban 4075, South Africa.
Sapindales Eudicots

Abstract

A new Turraea species, Turraea tugelensis is described from along the margins of woodland in the lower Tugela River valley in eastern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. This vicariant species is in Turraea sect. Nurmonia, and allied to the herbaceous suffruticose species T. pulchella and T. streyi, from which it is separable on both vegetative and sexual characteristics.