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Issue: Vol. 173 No. 3: 27 June 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-06-27
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.173.3.1
Page range: 181–195
Abstract views: 13
PDF downloaded: 1

Massonia saniensis (Asparagaceae, Scilloideae), a new species from Lesotho, southern Africa

Institute of Plant Sciences, NAWI Graz, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Holteigasse 6, A-8010, Graz, Austria
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Wolfgang Wetschnig

Institute of Botany
Institute of Plant Sciences, NAWI Graz, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Holteigasse 6, A-8010, Graz, Austria
Institute of Plant Sciences, NAWI Graz, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Holteigasse 6, A-8010, Graz, Austria
Institute of Plant Sciences, NAWI Graz, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Holteigasse 6, A-8010, Graz, Austria
Institute of Plant Sciences, NAWI Graz, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Holteigasse 6, A-8010, Graz, Austria
CIBIO (Instituto Universitario de la Biodiversidad), Universidad de Alicante, P. O. Box 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain
Selmar Schonland Herbarium, Department of Botany, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa.
Biocenter Linz, J.-W.-Klein-Str. 73, A-4040 Linz, Austria
Flora of Southern Africa Hyacinthaceae Massonieae Taxonomy

Abstract

As part of a taxonomic revision of the genus Massonia, a new species, M. saniensis is here described from Lesotho (southern Africa). This species is at first sight similar to both M. wittebergensis and M. jasminiflora, but it differs in vegetative, floral, and molecular characters as well as by its distribution. A complete morphological description of the new species and data on biology, habitat, and distribution are presented.