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Issue: Vol. 620 No. 2: 13 Oct. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-10-13
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.620.2.4
Page range: 167-174
Abstract views: 137
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Trimelopter cordifolium (Hyacinthaceae subfam. Ornithogaloideae), a new species from South Africa

Depto. de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales (dCARN); Universidad de Alicante; P. O. Box 99; E-03080 Alicante; Spain.
Via Luca Bati 12; I-00124 Roma; Italy.
Vlietweg 26; 2323 LC Leiden; The Netherlands.
Depto. de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales (dCARN); Universidad de Alicante; P. O. Box 99; E-03080 Alicante; Spain.
Depto. de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales (dCARN); Universidad de Alicante; P. O. Box 99; E-03080 Alicante; Spain.
Distribution ecology Asparagaceae taxonomy Northern Cape flora Scilloideae Monocots

Abstract

The study of wild and cultivated material of Trimelopter from the Northern Cape province of South Africa revealed an undescribed species that shows a unique syndrome of morphological characters. We here describe Trimelopter cordifolium based on plants approaching T. psammophorum but differing in its small, cordate, psammophorous leaf, shorter inflorescence and pedicels, smaller flowers and bracts, and more prominently sculptured ovary. We provide a complete morphological description as well as data on ecology and distribution. We also report new data and illustrations of T. psammophorum, which complement its scarce description in the protologue.

 

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