Email this article 
Hide
Show all
Nomenclatural Change
Lectotypification of Kniphofia pauciflora Baker (Asphodelaceae: Asphodeloideae)
Bothalia | Vol 44, No 1 | a151 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/abc.v44i1.151
| © 2014 Himansu Baijnath, Syd Ramdhani
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 30 April 2014 | Published: 12 November 2014
Submitted: 30 April 2014 | Published: 12 November 2014
About the author(s)
Himansu Baijnath, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, South AfricaSyd Ramdhani, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, South Africa
Abstract
Background: Problems amongst the syntypes and duplicates were noted for the critically endangered Kniphofia pauciflora Baker.
Objective: To resolve the typification of K. pauciflora.
Method: Literature and specimens (including type material) were examined from relevant herbaria.
Results: Lectotypification was necessary in this case. The lectotype designated was Wood 1096 (K) from ‘Natal, Claremont flat’ [KwaZulu-Natal, Clairmont flat]. This was undertaken to specify a single type specimen and to clarify the status of the duplicates. Also included is an account of the last remaining population of K. pauciflora at the Clairwood Racecourse, Durban, South Africa.
Conclusion: The lectotype was designated as Wood 1096 (K).
Keywords
No related keywords in the metadata.
Metrics
Total abstract views: 2509Total article views: 5435