Endemism;
Legumes;
Leguminosae;
New species;
South Africa;
Taxonomy;
LEGUMINOSAE;
D O I:
10.1016/j.sajb.2023.06.039
中图分类号:
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号:
071001 ;
摘要:
New and poorly known Indigofera species from the Pondoland Centre of Endemism and associated surrounding areas in the Eastern Cape and southern KwaZulu-Natal provinces, South Africa are described and clarified. Four new species (one with two infraspecific taxa) are recognized: Indigofera huntleyi var. huntleyi Schrire and K.W.Grieve and I. huntleyi var. angustifolia Schrire and K.W.Grieve, I. pondoensis Baker f. ex Schrire and K. W.Grieve, I. hydra Schrire and K.W.Grieve and I. vanwykii Schrire and K.W.Grieve. A description is provided for the poorly known I. grata E.Mey. and a new name, I. sylvicola Schrire and K.W.Grieve published for the illegitimately named I. micrantha E.Mey.