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Nomenclatural Change
Moraea orthrosantha (Iridaceae: Irideae), a new species from Namaqualand, South Africa
Bothalia | Vol 44, No 1 | a132 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/abc.v44i1.132
| © 2014 Peter Goldblatt, John C. Manning
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 26 March 2014 | Published: 04 July 2014
Submitted: 26 March 2014 | Published: 04 July 2014
About the author(s)
Peter Goldblatt, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, United States of America and Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaJohn C. Manning, Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Compton Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa
Abstract
Background: Recent fieldwork in Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province, South Africa,indicated the existence of an undescribed member of Moraea subgenus (subg.) Umbellatae Goldblatt & J.C.Manning, a small, early branching clade of the genus.
Objectives: To describe the new species of Moraea subg. Umbellatae.
Method: Recent collections were compared with existing material and published literature.
Results: Moraea orthrosantha is described as a new species, differing from Moraea margaretae inthe well-developed nodes between the cauline leaves. Two earlier collections of the species weremisidentified as M. margaretae.
Conclusion: The new species increases our understanding of the diversity of Moraea in southernAfrica and assists in conservation assessments of both M. margaretae and M. orthrosantha.
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