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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Massonia dentata (Asparagaceae, Scilloideae), a new species from the Nuweveldberge, and typification of the Sneeuberg endemic M. calvata (southern Great Escarpment, South Africa)
Phytotaxa, Volume 175, No. 4, Year 2014
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Description
As part of a taxonomic revision of the genus Massonia Houtt., a new species, Massonia dentata Mart.-Azorín, V.R.Clark, M.Pinter, M.B.Crespo & Wetschnig, is here described from the Nuweveldberge on South Africa's southern Great Escarpment. This new species is, at first sight, related to M. calvata Baker and M. echinata L.f., but it differs in floral and vegetative characters, such as the dentate perigone segments and bracts, leaves with numerous emergences, each bearing a thickened trichome, as well as in its ecology and distribution. A complete description of the new species and data on its biology, habitat, and distribution are presented. The close relative Massonia calvata Baker, an overlooked endemic from the Sneeuberg Centre of Floristic Endemism in South Africa, is lectotypified. © 2014 Magnolia Press.
Authors & Co-Authors
Martínez-Azorín, Mario
Austria, Graz
Universität Graz
Spain, Alicante
Universitat D'alacant
Clark, Vincent Ralph
South Africa, Grahamstown
Rhodes University
Pinter, Michael
Austria, Graz
Universität Graz
Dold, Anthony P.
South Africa, Grahamstown
Rhodes University
Crespo, Manuel Benito
Spain, Alicante
Universitat D'alacant
Barker, Nigel Paul
South Africa, Grahamstown
Rhodes University
Pfosser, Martin F.
Austria, Linz
Biocenter Linz
Wetschnig, Wolfgang
Austria, Graz
Universität Graz
Statistics
Citations: 9
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.11646/phytotaxa.175.4.2
ISSN:
11793155
e-ISSN:
11793163
Study Locations
South Africa