Re-circumscription of the mimosoid genus Entada including new combinations for all species of the phylogenetically nested Elephantorrhiza (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, mimosoid clade) Author O'Donnell, Shawn A. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0731-7425 Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE 1 8 ST, UK shawn.odonnell@cantab.net Author Ringelberg, Jens J. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0567-5210 Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland Author Lewis, Gwilym P. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2599-4577 Accelerated Taxonomy Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, TW 9 3 AE, UK text PhytoKeys 2022 2022-08-22 205 99 145 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.205.76790 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.205.76790 1314-2003-205-99 4024A478048757B197E5CF8734331A9E Elephantorrhiza woodii var. pubescens (E. Phillips) S.A. O'Donnell & G.P. Lewis comb. nov. Type . SOUTH AFRICA . Natal , Estcourt District , near Little Tugela , 1219 m alt., J. Medley-Wood 2867 ( holotype : NH [NH0002867-0]) . Basionym. Elephantorrhiza woodii E. Phillips var. pubescens E. Phillips, Bothalia 1: 193. 1923. Description. Stems, petiole, leaf rachis, pinna rachis and inflorescence peduncle and rachis pubescent. Distribution. South Africa (Natal), Lesotho. Habitat and ecology. In grassland. Note. Grobler (2012 , p. 151) viewed stem pubescence in E. woodii as an unreliable basis for distinguishing these two varieties.