Short Communication

Syncolostemon aurulentus (Lamiaceae), a new species from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Mkhipheni A. Ngwenya
Bothalia | Vol 48, No 1 | a2292 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/abc.v48i1.2292 | © 2018 Mkhipheni A. Ngwenya | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 17 August 2017 | Published: 12 June 2018

About the author(s)

Mkhipheni A. Ngwenya, KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), South Africa

Abstract

A new species of Syncolostemon E.Mey. ex Benth. (Lamiaceae) from north-western KwaZulu-Natal (Utrecht), South Africa, is described. Syncolostemon aurulentus is notable in having conspicuous glittering golden glands on the leaves, bracts and calyces, which are absent in other species of the genus.

Keywords

Lamiaceae; new species; Syncolostemon; taxonomy

Metrics

Total abstract views: 4423
Total article views: 2107

 

Crossref Citations

1. The Greater Midlands—A Mid-Elevation Centre of Floristic Endemism in Summer-Rainfall Eastern South Africa
Clinton Carbutt
Diversity  vol: 15  issue: 11  first page: 1137  year: 2023  
doi: 10.3390/d15111137