- Title
- Psoralea margaretiflora (Psoraleeae, Fabaceae): a new species from the Sneeuberg Centre of Floristic Endemism, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Creator
- Stirton, Charles H, Clark, Vincent Ralph, Barker, Nigel P, Muasya, A Muthama
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- Article
- Identifier
- vital:6543
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005999
- Description
- A new species of Psoralea is described. Psoralea margaretiflora C.H. Stirton & V.R. Clark is endemic to the Sneeuberg Centre of Floristic Endemism, Eastern Cape, South Africa. This resprouter is characterised by its small greenish-white flowers with a small trifid purple nectar patch and translucent veins; 5(–7)-pinnate leaflets; multi-branching erect short seasonal flowering shoots; and tall habit of many stiff bare stems with the seasonal shoots massed at the apex. It is most similar to P. oligophylla Eckl. & Zeyh., a widespread species found in the Eastern Cape. The reseeder P. oligophylla differs in its lax virgate spreading habit with numerous long glaucous seasonal shoots; single stem, 1(–3)- glaucous leaflets; more numerous white flowers; and standard petals with a purple ring surrounding a bright yellow nectar patch.
- Format
- 8 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Stirton, C.H. and Clark, Vincent Ralph and Barker, N.P. and Muasya, A.M. (2011) Psoralea margaretiflora (Psoraleeae, Fabaceae): A new species from the Sneeuberg Centre of Floristic Endemism, Eastern Cape, South Africa. PhytoKeys, 5 . pp. 31-38. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.5.1585
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