scholarly journals Gymnosporia swazica (Celastraceae), a new species from southern Africa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 192 (4) ◽  
pp. 296
Author(s):  
Marie Jordaan ◽  
Abraham E. Van Wyk
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Restricted Range ◽  
Small Tree ◽  
African Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
A New Species

Gymnosporia swazica, a new restricted-range southern African species, is described and illustrated here. Known from only a few localities in Swaziland and bordering parts of South Africa (Mpumalanga and northeastern KwaZulu-Natal), G. swazica grows as an understorey shrub or small tree in forest, often among granite boulders. Diagnostic characters for G. swazica include chartaceous leaves, usually shorter than 25 mm, 3-valved capsules usually 6–7 mm long, which are smooth, green turning yellow, and a white aril partially covering the brownish seed. Its closest relative appears to be G. buxifolia (capsules rugose, mottled white-and-brown), one of the most widespread members of the genus in southern Africa, but it can also be confused with G. maranguensis (capsules red, 2-valved) and G. harveyana (capsules pink to red, 3-valved; aril orange, completely covering the seed).

scholarly journals Putterlickia neglecta (Celastraceae), a new species from southern Africa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 208 (3) ◽  
pp. 217
Author(s):  
MARIE JORDAAN ◽  
RICHARD G.C. BOON ◽  
ABRAHAM E. VAN WYK
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Small Tree ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
A New Species

Putterlickia neglecta, a new species here described and illustrated, is known from South Africa (Mpumalanga and north-eastern KwaZulu-Natal), Swaziland and southern Mozambique. It is considered a near-endemic to the Maputaland Centre of Endemism. Plants grow as a shrub or small tree in savanna and thicket, or in the understory of inland, coastal and dune forests. Vegetatively it superficially resembles P. verrucosa, the species with which it has hitherto most often been confused. Both species have stems with prominently raised lenticels, but P. neglecta differs from P. verrucosa in having sessile to subsessile leaves with mostly entire, revolute leaf margins, flowers borne on pedicels 8–15 mm long, with petals up to 6 mm long and spreading or slightly recurved. Putterlickia verrucosa has leaves with distinct petioles, spinulose-denticulate margins, much smaller flowers borne on pedicels up to 4 mm long, with petals up to 2 mm long and erect or slightly spreading. The relatively large flowers of P. neglecta resemble those of P. pyracantha, but the latter differs in having stems with obscure or sunken lenticels, leaf margins entire or spinulose-denticulate and inflorescence axes as well as pedicels usually reddish. A comparative table to distinguish among the five currently recognized species of Putterlickia is provided.

scholarly journals A new species of Euclea (Ebenaceae) from ultramafic soils in Sekhukhuneland, South Africa, with notes on its ecology

Bothalia ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Retief ◽  
S. J. Siebert ◽  
A. E. Van Wyk
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Heavy Metal ◽  
New Species ◽  
Habitat Preference ◽  
Growth Form ◽  
Restricted Range ◽  
Ultramafic Soils ◽  
Small Tree ◽  
Plant Endemism ◽  
A New Species

Euclea sekhukhuniensis Retief, Siebert A.E.van Wyk. a new species with a restricted range in Sekhukhuneland, South Africa, is described, illustrated and compared with other members of the genus. It is a gregarious geoxylic sufthitex forming large, much-branched colonies. The species is closely related to the small tree/shrub E. linearis Zeyh. ex Hiem from which it can be distinguished by its larger fruits, broader leaves and exclusively suffrutex growth form. Geographical range and habitat preference also differ between the two taxa. E. sekhukhuniensis is endemic to the Sekhukhuneland Centre of Plant Endemism, where it is confined to the calcareous, heavy-metal soils of the Steelpoort River Valley.

New species and new collection records of aquatic beetles in the genus Ochthebius Leach from southern Africa (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3093 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
PHILIP D. PERKINS
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Western Cape Province ◽  
African Species ◽  
North West ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Water Beetle ◽  
Kwazulu Natal

The southern African species of the water beetle genus Ochthebius Leach, 1815, are reviewed. Eight new species are described, and new collection records are given for eight previously described species, based on the examination and databasing of 8,919 specimens from 253 localities/events. Male genitalia of the new species are illustrated, and high resolution habitus images of the holotypes of new species are provided. Distribution maps are given for the 18 species of Ochthebius now known from southern Africa, including Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, the extreme southern part of Angola, and the southern part of Mozambique. New species of Ochthebius are: O. anchorus (South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal Province, Oribi Gorge); O. bicomicus (South Africa, Western Cape Province, 22 mi. N. Nelspoort); O. bupunctus (Namibia, Kaokoveld, Kunene River, Swartbooisdrift); O. endroedyi (South Africa, North West Province, Barberspan); O. granulinus (South Africa, Western Cape Province, Elandsdrift); O. involatus (South Africa, Western Cape Province, near Kommetje); O. sitiensis (Namibia, Okau Fountain, 12.5 km inland); and O. zulu (South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal Province, Nqutu).

Polystoma vernonin. sp. (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) from the sharp nosed grass frogPtychadena oxyrhynchus(Smith, 1849) in South Africa

2010 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 294-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.H. du Preez
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Urinary Bladder ◽  
West Africa ◽  
African Species ◽  
Mean Intensity ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Unique Shape ◽  
A New Species

AbstractPolystoma vernoni(Polystomatidae) is a new species in the urinary bladder ofPtychadena oxyrhynchusin KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.Ptychadenais a true African species and the 49 currently known species in Africa harbour 11 polystome parasites.Ptychadena oxyrhynchushas an extensive distribution through Africa and harboursPolystoma prudhoeiin West Africa. This new parasite differs significantly fromP. prudhoei. The new species is distinguished by its long body relative to its haptor length, its unique shape and its ratio of marginal hooklets. In a sample of 13 frogs, 53.8% were infected with up to 18 parasites per host (mean intensity 4.86).

A new species and new distributional records of Haroldius Boucomont, 1914 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from southern Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5072 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-42
Author(s):  
GIMO M. DANIEL ◽  
WERNER P. STRÜMPHER ◽  
STANISLAV SNÄLL
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Haroldius lyleae Daniel, Strümpher & Snäll, new species, is described and illustrated from South Africa. The new species can be easily distinguished from other species of the genus by its notable triangular clypeus lacking the distinctive mid-anterior indentation and denticles present in other Haroldius Boucomont, 1914 species. Monomorium albopilosum Emery, 1895 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) is recorded as a possible ant host of the new species. Haroldius modestus (Janssens, 1953) is recorded from Zimbabwe for the first time, and Haroldius convexus (Philips & Scholtz, 2000) is now recorded from the North West and KwaZulu-Natal Provinces of South Africa as well.  

A new species of Zygophylax (Quelch, 1885) (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from South Africa, with taxonomic notes on the southern African species of the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4779 (4) ◽  
pp. 535-552
Author(s):  
FELIPE FERREIRA CAMPOS ◽  
CARLOS DANIEL PÉREZ ◽  
STEFANIA PUCE ◽  
ANTONIO CARLOS MARQUES
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
African Species ◽  
Additional Material ◽  
Type Series ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
A New Species

The genus Zygophylax is a genus of leptothecate hydroids considerably rich in the number of species in the deep sea. In this study we review five species, Z. africana, Z. crozetensis, Z. infundibulum, Z. millardae and Z. geminocarpa, from southern Africa based on available material from several collections, describing and illustrating materials from type series or additional material. Additionally, we describe Zygophylax naomiae sp. nov. collected in South Africa at a depth of 287 m, distinguished from its congeners by the strong pattern of annulations of the pedicels of the hydrotheca and the nematotheca. 

scholarly journals Maerua sebrabergensis (Capparaceae), a new species from Namibia

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 207 (1) ◽  
pp. 123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wessel Swanepoel
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Restricted Range ◽  
Small Tree ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
A New Species

Maerua sebrabergensis, here described as a new species, has a restricted range and is only known from the Zebra Mountains within the Kaokoveld Centre of Endemism, northwestern Namibia. Diagnostic characters for M. sebrabergensis include a geoxylic suffrutescent habit (rarely a small tree), simple, alternate leaves, petaliferous flowers with the disc not or only slightly produced and smooth, cylindrical, slightly torulose fruit. A comparison of some of the more prominent morphological features to differentiate between M. sebrabergensis and its possible nearest relative, M. parvifolia, are provided.

Kalanchoe benbothae (K. subg. Fernandesiae; Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae), a new southern African species endemic to KwaZulu-Natal in the Maputaland-Pondoland Region of Endemism

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 521 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-112
Author(s):  
GIDEON F. SMITH ◽  
NEIL R. CROUCH
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Corolla Lobe ◽  
Filament Length ◽  
African Species ◽  
Size And Shape ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Shape And Size

Since 2016 the number of species of Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae) known from southern Africa has increased by more than 50%, from 13 to 20. We here describe the 21st species known from the subcontinent. As far as could be determined, this new species, K. benbothae, is endemic to northeastern KwaZulu-Natal, the eastern-most province of South Africa, with the entire natural geographical distribution range of the species falling within the Maputaland-Pondoland Region of Endemism. Kalanchoe benbothae fits in K. subg. Fernandesiae, a cluster of species with large, paddle- to soup plate-sized leaves, and dense, elongated, often club-shaped inflorescences. The closest relative of K. benbothae is K. luciae, which was described just over 110 years ago, and was the second representative of K. subg. Fernandesiae to have been described. Kalanchoe benbothae differs from K. luciae mostly in its reproductive morphology (corolla lobe colour and orientation, anther colour and presentation, filament length, pistil shape, and size and shape of the nectar scales).

Studies in the liverwort genus Fossombronia (Metzgeriales) from southern Africa. 9. A new species from Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, with notes on other species

Bothalia ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Perold
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
African Species ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Fossombronia,  F. renateae, from Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal in southern Africa is described. It is distinguished by its reflexed, undulating leaves and often stipitate pseudoperianth with a highly convoluted mouth, as well as by completely or incompletely reticulate spores and usually by short, blunt elaters with two spirals which often form rings or coils. Notes are provided on two unnamed species from Mpumalanga which cannot be fully described as yet, since ripe spores are not available for study. Brief references are made to some tropical African species.

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