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Issue: Vol. 665 No. 1: 17 Sept. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-09-17
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.665.1.8
Page range: 69-74
Abstract views: 113
PDF downloaded: 13

A new species of Aspalathus (Fabaceae, Crotalarieae) from the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa

Bolus Herbarium, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7700, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
Bolus Herbarium, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7700, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
PO Box 22652, Scarborough 7975, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
Bolus Herbarium, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7700, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
conservation Leguminosae Sandveld taxonomy Western Cape Eudicots

Abstract

A new species from the Western Cape, South Africa is described: Aspalathus praetermissa—a highly localized and critically endangered endemic, occurring between Elandsbaai, Redelinghuys, and Paleisheuwel. This species is morphologically similar to A. quinquefolia subsp. virgata, but differs in having small, 5.5–6.0 mm long, pale yellow flowers (versus flowers 7–10 mm long, bright yellow); more extensive pubescence on wing petals as well as keel petals, blade not flaring apically (versus wing petals partially pubescent to glabrous, flaring apically). A composite plate and map for A. praetermissa are presented, and a taxonomic key to the A. quinquefolia complex.

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