scholarly journals Three New Species of Brachystelma (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae, Ceropegieae) from South Tropical and Southern Africa

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. V. Bruyns
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Three New Species

Studies in the genus Riccia (Marchantiales) from southern Africa. 18. New species in section Pilifer from the NW Cape: R. furfuracea, R. vitrea and R. namaquensis

Bothalia ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-183
Author(s):  
S. M. Perold
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Free Standing ◽  
Spore Ornamentation ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Almost All

Another three new species of Riccia in section  Pilifer Volk are described from Namaqualand, namely  R. furfuracea, R vitrea and R. namaquensis. There are certainly more undescribed species present in that region, but species from there are often very difficult to distinguish: almost all have hyaline scales, the free-standing dorsal cell pillars need to be examined in living plants and the spore ornamentation is quite variable.

New species and notes on Hesperantha (Iridaceae) in southern Africa

Bothalia ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Goldblatt ◽  
J. C. Manning
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Separate Species ◽  
Dwarf Plant ◽  
Perianth Tube ◽  
Local Endemic ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Three New Species

Field studies of the sub-Saharan African and largely southern African Hesperantha conducted since 2003 have resulted in the discovery of three new species in this genus, bringing the total to 82. Hesperantha longistyla J.C.Manning Goldblatt. known from one collection from the mountains of SW Namibia, is a dwarf plant with moderately long-tubed, purple flowers and unusually long style branches, possibly allied to the Kamiesberg species,  H. latifolia. A second species,  H. helmei Goldblatt J.C.Manning, also known from a single collection from the interior mountains of Eastern Cape near Graaff- Reinet, has terete leaves and small flowers with tepals ± 8 x 2.5 mm, about as long as the perianth tube. It is apparently most closely allied to the Roggeveld species, H. cliolata. A third novelty, H. lithicola J.C.Manning Goldblatt. restricted to the Swartruggens range in the eastern Cold Bokkeveld, has bell-shaped corms with toothed margins, leaves 1-2 mm wide, and white flowers with a tube 10-12 mm long, and appears most closely allied to the widespread H. falcata. A new collection of H karooica from northeast of the Hantamsberg represents a small but significant range extension for this local endemic previously known from just two collections near Calvinia, south of these mountains. The flower size, especially dimensions of the tepals, confirms its status as a separate species allied to H. vaginata. Lastly, new collections o f the relatively uncommon, yellow-flowered variant of H. acuta show that this plant, confined to the eastem portion of the range of the species, differs consistently from the white-flowered form in several floral features, and it is raised to subspecies rank as H. acuta subsp.  tugwelliae.

A review of the Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) of southern Africa, based on type specimens deposited in the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (TMSA), with descriptions of three new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4623 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-89
Author(s):  
KYU-TEK PARK ◽  
WILLY DE PRINS
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Male Genital

The Lecithoceridae of southern Africa are reviewed, based on material preserved in the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa. A total of 22 species are recognized including three new species: Idiopteryx jansei sp. nov., Lecithocera minyodes sp. nov. and Protolychnis natalensis sp. nov. Isotypa Janse, 1954 syn. nov. is synonymized with Idiopteryx Walsingham, 1891 and Homaloxestis lophophora Janse, 1954 stat. rev. is raised to species rank, separating it from H. cholopis Meyrick, 1906. In addition, Lecithocera ochrometra Meyrick, 1933 is transferred to Torodora Meyrick, 1894 as T. ochrometra (Meyrick, 1933) comb. nov., Lecithocera officialis Meyrick, 1911 is excluded from Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer, 1853, and Dragmatucha proaula (Meyrick, 1908) is newly reported from Kenya. It is revealed that the male genital figure for Homaloxestis cholopis (Meyrick, 1906) by Janse (1954) was erroneously illustrated, based on a different species which is probably undescribed. Another miss-placed figure of the genitalia by Janse (1954) was also found for Lecithocera aenicta Janse, 1954. Diagnosis, descriptions (only for the new species), depositories of types, and distribution data of all the known species are provided. Images of adults, male and/or female genitalia, and the venation of a few species are illustrated. 

Three new species of the genus Ranops (Araneae: Zodariidae) from southern Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4899 (1) ◽  
pp. 186-200
Author(s):  
RUDY JOCQUÉ ◽  
ARNAUD HENRARD
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Three New Species

The genus Ranops Jocqué, 1991 was only known from three species so far. Three new species of the genus are described here: R. robinae sp. nov. (♂♀) from South Africa, R. tharinae sp. nov. (♂♀) from Botswana, and R. wandae sp. nov. (♂♀) from Namibia. Its distribution is discussed and a distribution map for all the Ranops species is provided. Ranops expers (O.P. Cambridge, 1876) does not belong to Ranops and is transferred back to Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826. 

scholarly journals Studies in the Ericoideae (Ericaceae). VIII. New species in Erica, section Pseuderemia, from southern Africa

Bothalia ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. G. H. Oliver ◽  
Inge M. Oliver
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
South Coast ◽  
High Mountains ◽  
The South ◽  
Three New Species

Three new species are described in the genus Erica L.:  E abbottii E.G.H Oliver, endemic to the South Coast of Natal and neighbouring Transkei.  E. swaziensis E.G.H Oliver, a Swaziland endemic, and  E. ingeana E.G.H Oliver which is confined to the high mountains in the eastern Little Karoo of the Cape Province.

Studies in the liverwort genus Fossombronia (Metzgeriales) from southern Africa, 1. Three new species from Northern Province, Gauteng and Mpu­malanga

Bothalia ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Perold
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Northern Province ◽  
Spore Ornamentation ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Frequent Presence

Three new species of Fossombronia from Northern Province, Gauteng and Mpumalanga (formerly Transvaal) are described: F.  gemmifera, F. glenii and F. straussiana. F. gemmifera is distinguished by a highly convoluted pseudoperianth, the frequent presence of gemmae produced dorsally on the stem, lamellate spores and mostly rather short elaters; F. glenii can be recognized by a smallish, deeply lobed pseudoperianth, perigonial bracts with finger-like projections shielding the antheridia and by spinous spores; F. straussiana is distinct by its hyaline or brownish rhizoids, by its dense, frilly leaves, its pseudoperianth with lamellate lateral outgrowths, by spore ornamentation that usually has inclusions in the incomplete areolae and by the elaters which are finely papillose.

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