FABACEAE

Bothalia ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Germishuizen
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Northern Cape ◽  
A New Species

CAESALPINIA BRACTEATA, A NEW SPECIES FROM THE ONSEEPKANS AREA OF THE NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE

Clivia mirabilis (Amaryllidaceae: Haemantheae) a new species from Northern Cape, South Africa

Bothalia ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. P. Rourke
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Vegetative Growth ◽  
Mediterranean Climate ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Late Summer ◽  
Distribution Area ◽  
Early Autumn ◽  
Northern Cape ◽  
A New Species

Clivia mirabilis Rourke is a new pendulous tubular-flowered species from Oorlogskloof Nature Reserve in Northern Cape. Its distribution area is some 800 km outside the previously accepted range of the genus Clivia. This sun-tolerant species is adapted to an arid Mediterranean climate, producing vegetative growth in winter and maturing its seeds rapidly in late summer/early autumn to synchronize with the arrival of winter rains.

scholarly journals Description of a new species of Rhinocoeta Burmeister, 1842 (Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) from the South African Northern Cape

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 848 ◽  
pp. 41-56
Author(s):  
Renzo Perissinotto
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
Reproductive Organs ◽  
Semiarid Region ◽  
Separate Species ◽  
Rainfall Events ◽  
Close Analysis ◽  
Northern Cape ◽  
A New Species

Rhinocoetanamaquasp. nov. is recognised as a separate species from its closest relative, R.cornuta (Fabricius, 1781) after a review and close analysis of specimens recently collected in the semiarid region of the Northern Cape Province, South Africa. The new species can be readily separated from R.cornuta by the drastically reduced tubercle and associated depression on its anterior pronotal margin, particularly in the male. In addition, the general body shape of R.namaqua is more globose than that of R.cornuta, its average total length is larger, and its elytral costae are generally reduced and poorly visible, particularly at the level of the umbones. These characteristics make it practically impossible to separate the two sexes of R.namaqua, without inspection of the internal reproductive organs, as their external morphologies are virtually identical, unlike in R.cornuta. Finally, the aedeagal parameres of R.namaqua exhibit a narrower apex than those of R.cornuta and, in particular, lack the subapical hook-shaped lateral expansions that are so typical of all the other Rhinocoeta s. str. species. The new species appears to be restricted to specific bioregions of the Succulent and Nama Karoo biomes of the Northern Cape, and like all other species of the genus is generally found on or under mammal herbivore dung. Adult activity is limited to short periods immediately after rainfall events, during which individuals fly around and mate, but do not feed on either fruits or flowers.

scholarly journals A new species of Berkheya (Asteraceae, Arctotideae) from the Northern Cape, South Africa

Bothalia ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola G. Bergh ◽  
Nick A. Helme
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Small Population ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
International Union ◽  
Northern Cape ◽  
Tall Shrub ◽  
A New Species ◽  
African Genus

Background: Berkheya is a large, mainly southern African genus of approximately 75 species, several of which are poorly known and under-collected. Since revision in 1959, only a few new species have been described. Publication of new taxa facilitates conservation objectives and contributes to a better understanding of the southern African flora.Objectives: The objectives of this study were to describe a new species of Berkheya, consider its taxonomic position within the genus and assess its conservation status.Methods: Macromorphology and micromorphology of the new species were compared with known species.Results: Berkheya dumicola N.G.Bergh Helme was described from two subpopulations from the northern Bokkeveld escarpment, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. The species is a tall shrub with radiate flowerheads, toothed receptacle alveole margins, a uniseriate pappus of small, rounded scales and very short twin-hairs on the cypsela.Conclusion: Berkheya dumicola is a new species with a unique combination of features. Based on morphological characteristics, its closest relative within the genus is likely to be the recently describedBerkheya chrysanthemoides J.C.Manning Goldblatt. The limited geographic extent and small population size of B. dumicola warrant an International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) status of ‘Endangered’.

OXALIDACEAE

Bothalia ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Manning ◽  
P. Goldblatt
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Northern Cape ◽  
A New Species

A NEW SPECIES OF OXALIS FROM THE HANTAM-ROGGEVELD PLATEAU, NORTHERN CAPE. SOUTH AFRICA

scholarly journals Parabuthus Kalaharicus, a new species of scorpion from the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park in the republic of South Africa (buthidae, scorpionida)

Koedoe ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno H. Lamoraal
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Northern Cape ◽  
The Republic ◽  
A New Species

A new species of scorpion Parabuthus kalaharicus, family Buthidae, is described from the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, in the northern Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa. P. kalaharicus is most closely related to P. granulatus (H. & E., 1828) and a key separating the two species is provided

Nemesia arenifera (Scrophulariaceae), a new species from the Sandveld, Northern Cape Province, South Africa, and the  ectotypification of N. viscosa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
STOFFEL P. BESTER ◽  
HESTER M. STEYN
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Coastal Zone ◽  
Sandy Soils ◽  
Fruit Shape ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Northern Cape ◽  
A New Species

Nemesia arenifera is described as a new species that has been overlooked since 1904. The name Nemesia viscosa was misapplied to specimens from the Namaqualand coast that was considered a coastal form of N. viscosa. Nemesia arenifera is a common and widespread plant on sandy soils in the coastal zone of Namaqualand, Northern Cape, while N. viscosa is only known from the original two gatherings made from one location in the Richtersveld, Northern Cape. The new species differs from N. viscosa and N. rupicola in habit, leaf and fruit shape, and by the orientation of the spur, which is similar to that of N. rupicola. A comparative table with diagnostic morphological features of N. arenifera, N. viscosa and N. rupicola is provided and a lectotype for N. viscosa is selected. Diagnostic characters of N. arenifera include the erect, sparsely branched habit, small yellow flowers, the orientation of the spur, and the densely viscid, glandular-pilose indumentum.

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