Two new species of Indigofera L. (Leguminosae) from the Sneeuberg Centre of Floristic Endemism, Great Escarpment (Eastern and Western Cape, South Africa)

Two recently discovered species of Lachenalia from South Africa, Lachenalia barbarae from the Overberg district of the Western Cape and Lachenalia adamii from the Bokkeveld escarpment of the Northern Cape, are described. In addition, details of the rediscovery of two species previously thought to be possibly extinct in the wild, Lachenalia martleyi from the Overberg district in the Western Cape and Lachenalia macgregoriorum from the Bokkeveld plateau in the Northern Cape, are provided, as well as a range extension for the critically endangered Lachenalia moniliformis from the Breede River Valley in the Western Cape.

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Two new species of Erica (Ericaceae) from the Langeberg, Western Cape, South Africa

Bothalia ◽

10.4102/abc.v36i1.329 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 36 (1) ◽

pp. 33-37 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

R. C. Turner ◽

E. G. H. Oliver

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

New Species ◽

Nature Reserve ◽

Type Locality ◽

Western Cape ◽

Mountain Slope ◽

The North ◽

Two New Species

Two new species of the genus Erica L. from the north-facing slopes of the Langeberg are described— E turneri, known only from the type locality on Zuurbraak Mountain and E. euryphylla, occurring on the same mountain slope, as well as on the middle north-facing slopes of Hermitage Peak near Misty Point in the Marloth Nature Reserve above Swellendam.

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Two new species of Gladiolus (Iridaceae: Ixioideae) from South Africa and notes on long-proboscid fly pollination in the genus

Bothalia ◽

10.4102/abc.v29i2.591 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 217-223 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

J. C. Manning ◽

P. Goldblatt ◽

P. J. D. Winter

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

New Species ◽

Flower Colour ◽

Northern Province ◽

Western Cape ◽

Single Population ◽

Two New Species ◽

Fly Pollination ◽

Flower Form ◽

A New Species

Gladiolus rhodanthus is a new species known from a single population on the summit of the Stettynsberg near Villiersdorp in Western Cape. South Africa The species most closely resembles G. hirsutus and G caryophyllaceus but differs from both in flower shape and markings and in its ecology and reproductive biology. It forms part of a guild of long- tubed, pink-flowered species including Erica praecox, Pelargonium radiatum and Watsonia paucifolia which are pollinated by an undescribed long-proboscid fly. Moegistorhynchus sp nov. (Diptera : Nemestrinidae). Gladiolus sekukuniensis is a new species known from three populations south of the Strydpoortberge in Northern Province It closely resembles G. permeahilis subsp edulis in vegetative features and in flower form, but differs from it in flower colour and in the elongate perianth tube. These floral features are apparently adaptations to pollination by long-proboscid flies.

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Two new species of Spiloxene (Hypoxidaceae) from the northwestern Cape, South Africa

Bothalia ◽

10.4102/abc.v36i2.351 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 133-138 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

D. A. Snijman

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

New Species ◽

Western Cape ◽

Western Cape Province ◽

Green Leaves ◽

Two New Species ◽

Northern Cape ◽

Pale Green

Newly described are two new species of Spiloxene Salisb.: S. nana Snijman from the Bokkeveld Escarpment, Northern Cape Province, is a shade-loving plant with narrow, pale green leaves and small, white or rarely cream-coloured flowers; S. pusilla Snijman from the Matsikamma, Gifberg and Pakhuis Mountains. Western Cape Province, resembles S. nana in habit but the yellow- or white-tepalled flowers which are tetramerous or hexamerous have darkly coloured stamens and style and an ovary with a short, solid, narrow prolongation at the apex. Inhabiting rock overhangs formed by quartzitic sandstone sheets, both species are close allies of S. scullyi (Baker) Garside from Namaqualand.

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New phytoptids (Eriophyoidea, Phytoptidae) from southern African endemic dicotyledons: description of two new species of Solenocristus n. g. and updated key to world genera of the tribe Sierraphytoptini

Systematic and Applied Acarology ◽

10.11158/saa.23.7.7 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (7) ◽

pp. 1290 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Philipp Chetverikov ◽

Charnie Craemer ◽

Stefan Neser ◽

Sarah Zukoff

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

South Africa ◽

Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽

New Species ◽

Western Cape ◽

The World ◽

Two New Species ◽

Temperature Scanning ◽

Scanning Electron ◽

Conventional Light Microscopy

A new phytoptid genus and two new species, Solenocristus karooensis n. g. & n. sp. and S. searsius n. sp. (Phytoptidae, Sierraphytoptinae, Sierraphytoptini), were collected in the Eastern and Western Cape provinces of South Africa, from southern African endemic dicotyledonous trees Schotia afra (Fabaceae) and Searsia lucida (Anacardiaceae) respectively. They are described and illustrated with the aid of conventional light microscopy and low temperature scanning electron microscopy. Females of both new species possess a distinct pregenital plate divided into two parts by a subcuticular medial ridge. Additionally, in S. karooensis n. sp. the movable digit of the male chelicerae varies in length: among six observed males, three males had a movable digit (md) twice shorter than the fixed digit (fd), in one male it was slightly shorter than fd and in the remaining two males md and fd were of the same length. An updated key to the world genera of the tribe Sierraphytoptini is given. The key incorporates data on seven sierraphytoptine genera including three genera (Neoprothrix Reis & Navia, Solenoplatilobus Chetverikov & Craemer and Solenocristus n. g.) which were described since the last generic key of Eriophyoidea by Amrine et al. (2003) was published.

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New data on oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) of South Africa, with description of two new species of the family Oppiidae

Systematic and Applied Acarology ◽

10.11158/saa.24.2.11 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 287 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sergey G. Ermilov ◽

Elizabeth Hugo-Coetzee

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

New Species ◽

Body Size ◽

Oribatid Mite ◽

Oribatid Mites ◽

Western Cape ◽

The Family ◽

Two New Species ◽

Interlamellar Region ◽

First Time

The present study is based on oribatid mite material (Acari, Oribatida) collected from soil of Kaaimansgat estuary, Wilderness, Western Cape, South Africa in 2018. A list of identified taxa, including 41 species from 34 genera and 23 families, is presented; of these, nine species, three genera and one family are recorded in South Africa for the first time. Two new species belonging to the family Oppiidae are described: Kokoppia kaaimansensis sp. nov. differs from Kokoppia dudichi (Balogh, 1982) by the larger body size, the medium sized lamellar and interlamellar setae, the presence of muscle sigillae in the interlamellar region and the distinctly semi-oval epimeral borders IV and the absence of notogastral setae c; Paroppia neethlingi sp. nov. differs from other species of the genus by the localization of adanal lyrifissures in a direct apoanal position and the absence of epimeral borders IV. Revised generic diagnoses and identification keys to the known species of Kokoppia and Paroppia are presented.

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New Notophthiracarus species (Acarina, Oribatida, Phthiracaridae) and overview of the distribution of the genus in South Africa

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4647.1.16 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4647 (1) ◽

pp. 231-240 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

WOJCIECH NIEDBAŁA ◽

ELIZABETH A. HUGO-COETZEE ◽

SERGEY G. ERMILOV

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

New Species ◽

South African ◽

Oribatid Mites ◽

Woody Vegetation ◽

Western Cape ◽

Coastal Forest ◽

Two New Species ◽

Large Genus

Notophthiracarus (Oribatida, Phthiracaridae) is a large genus of ptyctimous oribatid mites with species in Australasian, Ethiopian, Neotropical, Oriental and Subantarctic regions, mostly in tropical and subtropical areas. Herein, we describe two new species from the Western Cape of South Africa: Notophthiracarus sidorchukae Niedbała sp. nov. and Notophthiracarus spathulatus Niedbała sp. nov. Each is represented by adult specimens collected from soil in a coastal forest in the Kaaimansgat estuary, the only documented locality. These two bring the known South African fauna of Notophthiracarus to 31 species, all of which are either indigenous or endemic. A review of distributional data shows that within South Africa most species have been recorded from southern, eastern and northeastern parts, and are most prevalent near the coast, where woody vegetation dominates.

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A revision of Ledebouria(Hyacinthaceae) in South Africa. 2. Two new species, L. crispa and L. parvifolia, and L. macowanii re-instated

Bothalia ◽

10.4102/abc.v28i2.635 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 179-182 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

S. Venter ◽

T. J. Edwards

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

New Species ◽

Western Cape ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

Leaf Surfaces ◽

Two New Species ◽

Single Locality

Two endemic Ledebouria Roth species are described with notes, diagnostic characters, distributions and alliances. L. crispa appears to be allied to L. socialis (Baker) Jessop with which it shares densely gregarious, epigeal bulbs and L. undulata (Jacq.) Jessop of the Northern and Western Cape which shares crispate leaf margins. L parvifolia is endemic to Mpumalanga (eastern Transvaal) and was recorded from a single locality near Graskop; it differs from L. cooperi (Hook.f.)Jessop in having hairy upper leaf surfaces. L macowanii (Baker) S.Venter is re instated; it is distinguished from L. cooperi by its tightly clasping bulb scales and single cataphyll.

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Two new species of Asteraceae from Northern and Western Cape, South Africa and a new synonym

Bothalia ◽

10.4102/abc.v35i1.369 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 35 (1) ◽

pp. 55-61 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

J. C. Manning ◽

P. Goldblatt

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

New Species ◽

Leaf Morphology ◽

Western Cape ◽

Winter Rainfall ◽

The Past ◽

New Synonym ◽

Two New Species

We recognize two new species of Asteraceae from the winter rainfall belt of South Africa and reduce a third to synonomy. Senecio speciosissimus sp. nov. has been confused with S. coleophyllus Turcz. in the past but is distinguished by its taller stature, larger and more finely serrated leaves, and congested synflorescences containing (6-)l 5-40 flowerheads. The two species are also geographically separated: S. speciosissimus occurs in the Hottentots Holland and Franschhoek Mountains of the southwestern Cape, whereas S. coleophyllus is endemic to the Riviersonderend Mountains. Chrysocoma hantamensis sp. nov. is a distinctive new species endemic to the Bokkeveld and Roggeveld Plateaus. It is distinguished by its resprouting habit. 3-5-fid leaves and large capitula, 12-15 mm in diameter, with lanceolate. 3-veined involucral bracts, the largest 9 - 1 0 x 2 mm. Investigation of the variation in leaf morphology of the two radiate species of Oncosiphon, O. africanum (PJ.Bergius) Kallersjo and O. glabratum (Thunb.) Kallersjo. reveals that only one species can be maintained, and O. glabratum is accordingly reduced to synonomy in O. africanum.

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