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Issue: Vol. 728 No. 2: 12 Nov. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-11-12
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.728.2.7
Page range: 175-184
Abstract views: 137
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Haemanthus snijmaniae (Amaryllidaceae), a new species from the arid regions in northwestern South Africa

Depto. de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales (dCARN), Universidad de Alicante, P. O. Box 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain; Department of Botany, Rhodes University, Makhanda 6140, South Africa
Institute of Biology, NAWI Graz, Division Plant Sciences, Karl-Franzens University Graz, Holteigasse 6, 8010 Graz, Austria
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
Depto. de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales (dCARN), Universidad de Alicante, P. O. Box 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain
13 Frans Kleynhans rd, Groenvlei, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture (LfL), Institute for Plant Protection, Lange Point 10, 85354 Freising, Germany
Distribution ecology Haemanthus Namaqualand taxonomy Monocots

Abstract

Field exploration in the arid regions of northwestern South Africa during March 2011 and August 2022 revealed an undescribed species of Haemanthus supported by distinct morphological characters, habitat, and biogeography. It agrees in morphology and distribution with an incompletely known taxon mentioned in the latest revision of the genus by D. Snijman, from some inselbergs in northern Bushmanland. Accordingly, Haemanthus snijmaniae, is here described as a new species. These plants show spreading to prostrate, plane, thin textured, immaculate, glabrous leaves; bracts thin textured and mostly not overlapping from base; short scape; few flowered inflorescences; short pedicels; and perigone tube only slightly widening upwards, not gibbose at tepal base. A complete morphological description of the new species is provided, as well as data on ecology, distribution, and differences with morphologically related species.

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How to Cite

Martínez-Azorín, M., Pinter, M., Crespo, M.B., Alonso-Vargas, M. Ángeles, Villar, J.L., Human, D.J. & Kleeberger, B. (2025) Haemanthus snijmaniae (Amaryllidaceae), a new species from the arid regions in northwestern South Africa. Phytotaxa 728 (2): 175–184. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.728.2.7