A new species of Lessertia (Galegeae, Leguminosae) from Gauteng Province, South Africa

Ben Erik Van Wyk; Tandiwe Nkonki; Teodor Van Wyk

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.286.2.8

A new species of Lessertia (Galegeae, Leguminosae) from Gauteng Province, South Africa

Ben Erik Van Wyk, Tandiwe Nkonki, Teodor Van Wyk

Botany and Plant Biotechnology

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Abstract

A new species of Lessertia, L. uniflora, is described. It is morphologically similar to L. mossii but differs in the decumbent habit, slender stems, longer leaves, shorter, thinner peduncles and especially in the almost invariably single-flowered inflorescences, the smaller flowers, glabrous style, larger winged fruits and more numerous seeds. It appears to be a rare species and is known from only one small population in the Marievale Bird Sanctuary southeast of Johannesburg in Gauteng Province, South Africa.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	123-126
Number of pages	4
Journal	Phytotaxa
Volume	286
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.286.2.8
Publication status	Published - 29 Nov 2016

Keywords

Lessertia mossii
Lessertia uniflora
Rare
Taxonomy
Turf soil

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Plant Science

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A new species of Lessertia (Galegeae, Leguminosae) from Gauteng Province, South Africa

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