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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.5.1585" ID-PMC="PMC3174448" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1314-2003-5-31" ID-Pensoft-UUID="B46BFFA1B434FFAD9E39FFBEFFEDFF8C" ID-PubMed="22171191" ID-Zenodo-Dep="576081" ModsDocID="1314-2003-5-31" checkinTime="1451252103455" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Stirton, Charles H., Clark, V. Ralph, Barker, Nigel P. & Muasya, A. Muthama" docDate="2011" docId="274CC72ADED4515A980C6DF7CF449C04" docLanguage="en" docName="PhytoKeys 5: 31-38" docOrigin="PhytoKeys 5" docPubDate="2011-07-27" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.5.1585" docTitle="Psoralea margaretiflora C. H. Stirton & V. R. Clark 2011, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docVersion="5" id="B46BFFA1B434FFAD9E39FFBEFFEDFF8C" lastPageNumber="34" masterDocId="B46BFFA1B434FFAD9E39FFBEFFEDFF8C" masterDocTitle="Psoralea margaretiflora (Psoraleeae, Fabaceae): A new species from the Sneeuberg Centre of Floristic Endemism, Eastern Cape, South Africa" masterLastPageNumber="38" masterPageNumber="31" pageNumber="31" updateTime="1668141418520" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Psoralea margaretiflora (Psoraleeae, Fabaceae): A new species from the Sneeuberg Centre of Floristic Endemism, Eastern Cape, South Africa</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Stirton, Charles H.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Bolus Herbarium, Botany Department, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7700, South Africa</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Clark, V. Ralph</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Department of Botany, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Barker, Nigel P.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Department of Botany, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Muasya, A. Muthama</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Bolus Herbarium, Botany Department, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7700, South Africa</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:date>2011</mods:date>
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<mods:number>2011-07-27</mods:number>
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<mods:number>5</mods:number>
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<mods:start>31</mods:start>
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<mods:identifier type="Zenodo-Dep">576081</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="182229564" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:274CC72ADED4515A980C6DF7CF449C04" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/274CC72ADED4515A980C6DF7CF449C04" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="34" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">
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<taxonomicName LSID="274CC72A-DED4-515A-980C-6DF7CF449C04" authority="C. H. Stirton & V. R. Clark" authorityName="C. H. Stirton & V. R. Clark" authorityYear="2011" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Fabaceae" genus="Psoralea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Psoralea margaretiflora" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="31" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="margaretiflora" status="sp. nov.">Psoralea margaretiflora C.H. Stirton & V.R. Clark</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="31">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Psoralea margaretiflora C. H. Stirton & V. R. Clark A Standard petal - abaxial view (x 9) B wing and keel petals viewed abaxially showing androecial fenestration at the base (x 9) C keel petal (x 9) D standard petal: abaxial and side views in reflexed position, showing raised callosities at the base above the claw (x 9) E wing petal (x 11) F leaf from seasonal shoot (x 3.5) G paired stipules fused across their base (x 30) H flower viewed from the front (x 10) I trifid cupulum (x 14) J flower subtended by a filiform peduncle terminating in a trifid cupulum of fused bracts (x 14). Line drawing by Charles Stirton from voucher V. R. Clark, C. H. Stirton, & P. Weston 91 (GRA)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/9916" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Figs 1</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Distribution of Psoralea margaretiflora C. H. Stirton, & V. R. Clark." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/9917" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">2</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Plate 1" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Plate 1. Psoralea margaretiflora C. H. Stirton & V. R. Clark A Flowers B flower, face view C main stem wood D mature plant E coppicing plant in bare ground F typical mountain habitat (in this case Goewermentsberg, Kamdebooberge) G coppicing plant in mature vegetation. Photos A & F by Ralph Clark; B - E, & G by Charles Stirton." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/9918" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Plate 1</figureCitation>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="31" type="latin">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Latin.</paragraph>
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Psoralea oligophylla
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Eckl. & Zeyh. affinis, sed floribus parvis viridi-albis, cum macula nectarifera purpurea trifida, venis petalorum translucentibus; foliolis 5(-7)-pinnatis; brachyblastis floriferis vernalis brevibus erectis ramosis; habitu repullulanti caulibus nudis rigidis elatis multis, brachyblastis ad apicem acervulatis differt.</emphasis>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="31" type="type">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Type.</paragraph>
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South Africa: Eastern Cape: Graaff-Reinet Dist., Farm 360, Petersburg, Asante Sana Private Game Reserve, Suurkloof in the Sneeuberg mountains,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32" direction="south" minutes="16" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="20" value="-32.27222">32°16'20"S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="25" direction="east" minutes="00" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="05" value="25.001389">25°00'05"E</geoCoordinate>
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(3225AC), Afro-montane shrubland on lower slopes, 1 400 m, March 2008,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">V.R. Clark & I. Crause</emphasis>
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4 (holotype: GRA!; isotypes: BOL! K! NBG! NSW! PRE! S!).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Erect resprouter</emphasis>
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, up to 2 m.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Stems</emphasis>
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1-30, bare except for seasonal shoots in the upper axils; greyish-brown, covered in white storied lenticels; young seasonal shoots bright green, glabrous, glandular; shoots produced seasonally on old stems, leafy along entire length.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Stipules</emphasis>
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2-3 (4) mm long, rigid, triangular, semi-patent; longer, green and arching on water shoots; rapidly senescent on flowering shoots.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Leaves</emphasis>
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7-foliolate at base of each seasonal shoot, 5-foliolate thereafter, glabrous. Leaf size variable, larger (48-55 mm long, 48-60 mm wide) on water shoots from the rootstock; petiole 2-3 (17) mm long.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Leaflets</emphasis>
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of variable length in a leaf; basal pair longest (25-33 mm long), mid-pair shortest (19-26 mm long), and terminal leaflet second longest (18-31 mm long); all 1.0-1.3 mm wide; glabrous, dark green; apex acuminate, base rounded.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Peduncles</emphasis>
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(10) 15-17 mm long, terminated by a tri-toothed cupulum; lower tooth longest, acuminate, upper two teeth fused for half their length; yellowish, rapidly senescent, 1.0-1.2 mm long; pedicels 1-2 mm long.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Flowers</emphasis>
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10-12 mm long, greenish white, borne 1-5 in leaf axils along flowering shoot.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Standard</emphasis>
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broadly elliptic, 10 mm long, 8 mm wide, claw 3 mm long; greenish-white, nectar flash purple, trifid
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<pageBreakToken pageId="1" pageNumber="32" start="start">above</pageBreakToken>
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the strongly developed auricles.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Calyx</emphasis>
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5-6 mm long, pale green, glabrous on outside, finely black-haired on inner face of teeth, tube glabrous; teeth and tube equal, teeth triangular, all 3 mm long, carinal tooth cucullate at apex; ribbed, glandular.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Wing petals</emphasis>
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9-10 mm long, 4 mm wide, claw 3 mm long; locked into keel but not fused; longer than the keel; petal sculpturing present, upper basal, comprising 7-8 transcostal parallel lamellae. Keel petals 6 mm long, 3 mm wide, claw 5 mm long, apex deep purple.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Androecium</emphasis>
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9 mm long; tenth stamen free; sheath split adaxially, fenestrate.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Pistil</emphasis>
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9 mm long; ovary 1.5 mm long, stipitate, glabrous; thickened at point of flexure, height of curvature 2 mm, erect, penicillate.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Fruits</emphasis>
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and seeds unknown.
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<caption httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/9916" pageId="1" pageNumber="32" start="Figure 1" startId="F1">
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="32">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Figure 1.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="C. H. Stirton & V. R. Clark" authorityYear="2011" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Fabaceae" genus="Psoralea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Fabales" pageId="1" pageNumber="32" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="margaretiflora">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Psoralea margaretiflora</emphasis>
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C.H. Stirton & V.R. Clark
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">A</emphasis>
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Standard petal - abaxial view (x9)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">B</emphasis>
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wing and keel petals viewed abaxially showing androecial fenestration at the base (x9)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">C</emphasis>
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keel petal (x9)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">D</emphasis>
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standard petal: abaxial and side views in reflexed position, showing raised callosities at the base above the claw (x9)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">E</emphasis>
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wing petal (x11)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">F</emphasis>
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leaf from seasonal shoot (x3.5)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">G</emphasis>
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paired stipules fused across their base (x30)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">H</emphasis>
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flower viewed from the front (x10)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">I</emphasis>
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trifid cupulum (x14)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">J</emphasis>
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flower subtended by a filiform peduncle terminating in a trifid cupulum of fused bracts (x14). Line drawing by Charles Stirton from voucher V.R. Clark, C.H. Stirton, & P. Weston 91 (GRA).
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Discussion.</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="33" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="C. H. Stirton & V. R. Clark" authorityYear="2011" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Fabaceae" genus="Psoralea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Rosales" pageId="1" pageNumber="32" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="margaretiflora">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Psoralea margaretiflora</emphasis>
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is characterised by its small greenish white flowers with a small trifid purple nectar patch and translucent veins; 5(-7)- pinnate
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<pageBreakToken pageId="2" pageNumber="33" start="start">leaves</pageBreakToken>
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; erect multi-branching short seasonal flowering shoots and tall habit of many stiff bare stems with the seasonal shoots burst-branching from the apex. It is most similar to
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<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Fabaceae" genus="Psoralea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Rosales" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="oligophylla">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Psoralea oligophylla</emphasis>
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Eckl. & Zeyh., a widespread species found in the Eastern Cape.
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<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Fabaceae" genus="Psoralea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Rosales" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="oligophylla">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Psoralea oligophylla</emphasis>
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, a reseeder, differs in its lax virgate spreading habit with numerous long glaucous seasonal shoots; single stem; 1-3- foliolate glaucous leaves; more numerous white flowers; and standard petals with a purple ring surrounding bright yellow nectar patch.
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Two other species occur in the Eastern Cape that might be confused with
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<taxonomicName authorityName="C. H. Stirton & V. R. Clark" authorityYear="2011" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Fabaceae" genus="Psoralea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Rosales" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="margaretiflora">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Psoralea margaretiflora</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Fabaceae" genus="Psoralea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Rosales" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="glabra">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Psoralea glabra</emphasis>
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Harv. and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Psoralea latifolia</emphasis>
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(Harv.) C.H.Stirt. The four species can be distinguished as follows:
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<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" rowspan="1">1a</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" rowspan="1">Flowers white or greenish white; standard petal without large white V-shaped nectar patch, veins either translucent or pale violet; wing petals white; calyx glabrous, glaucous or pale green; stipules triangular, flat, erect to semi-patent, not prominent or persistent on old shoots; shrubs up to 3 m tall with many rigid branchless stems bearing clusters of seasonal flowering shoots radiating either terminally from stems or along older shoots giving a broom-like appearance</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" rowspan="1">2</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" rowspan="1">1b</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" rowspan="1">Flowers mauve or purple; standard petal with large white V-shaped nectar patch, veins purple; wing petals mauve or purple; calyx variously hairy, dark green or purplish; stipules subulate, swollen, recurved, woody and persistent on old shoots; shrubs or small trees from 3-3.5 m tall with erect leafy stems and short seasonal shoots, not broom-like in appearance</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" rowspan="1">3</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" rowspan="1">2a</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" rowspan="1">Robust woody shrubs up to 2 m tall with stiff erect habit; young seasonal shoots erect, upcurving, bright green; 7-foliolate at the base of seasonal shoot, 5-foliolate thereafter; flowers 2-3 per axil; nectar guide of trifid violet flashes above the strongly developed auricles, veins translucent</td>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="C. H. Stirton & V. R. Clark" authorityYear="2011" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Fabaceae" genus="Psoralea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Rosales" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="margaretiflora">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Psoralea margaretiflora</emphasis>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" rowspan="1">2b</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" rowspan="1">Slender woody shrubs to 3m tall with lax virgate untidy spreading habit; young seasonal shoots arching, glaucous; 3-foliolate at the base of seasonal shoot, 1(3)-foliolate thereafter; flowers 1 (2) per axil; nectar guide bright yellow with very small white V-shaped apex surrounded by violet flashes, veins violet</td>
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<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Fabaceae" genus="Psoralea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Rosales" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="oligophylla">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Psoralea oligophylla</emphasis>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" rowspan="1">3a</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" rowspan="1">Reseeder; flowers as long as or shorter than the subtending leaflets; leaflets dark green, flattish, 1.5-4.5 mm wide; calyx hairy</td>
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<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Fabaceae" genus="Psoralea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Rosales" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="latifolia">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Psoralea latifolia</emphasis>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr pageId="2" pageNumber="33">
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<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" rowspan="1">3b</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" rowspan="1">Resprouter; flowers longer than the subtending leaflets; leaflets yellowish green, somewhat canaliculate, less than 1 mm wide; calyx sparsely hairy</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" rowspan="1">
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<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Fabaceae" genus="Psoralea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Rosales" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="glabra">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Psoralea glabra</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="2" pageNumber="33" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Distribution and ecology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="33">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="C. H. Stirton & V. R. Clark" authorityYear="2011" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Fabaceae" genus="Psoralea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Rosales" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="margaretiflora">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Psoralea margaretiflora</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is abundant on the lower and mid-Escarpment slopes (1 200-1 800 m) of the Sneeuberg, Graaff-Reinet District, being concentrated on the Kamdebooberge, Koudeveldberge and Toorberg in the west, and from the Nardousberg to
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Aasvoëlkrans">Aasvoelkrans</normalizedToken>
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(behind Pearston) in the east.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="C. H. Stirton & V. R. Clark" authorityYear="2011" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Fabaceae" genus="Psoralea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Rosales" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="margaretiflora">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Psoralea margaretiflora</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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can form dense stands, and is a typical component of riparian thicket/bush vegetation along streams, but is not restricted to such habitats. The vegetation types of which this species inhabits are difficult to classify. It occurs variously in Karoo Escarpment Grassland / "Afromontane Grassland" verging into Mountain Fynbos, and also occurs in closed
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<taxonomicName authorityName="C. H. Stirton" authorityYear="1986" baseAuthorityName="Harv." class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Otholobium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Fabales" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" phylum="Magnoliophyta" rank="species" species="macradenium">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Otholobium macradenium</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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shrubland. The plant grows primarily on rich turf soils and colluvium associated with dolerite. On the Boschberg - the eastern, wetter end of the Sneeuberg -
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<taxonomicName authorityName="C. H. Stirton & V. R. Clark" authorityYear="2011" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Fabaceae" genus="Psoralea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Rosales" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="margaretiflora">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Psoralea margaretiflora</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is replaced by
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<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Fabaceae" genus="Psoralea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Rosales" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="glabra">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Psoralea glabra</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Flowering takes place between October and January but can occur as late as April.</paragraph>
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<caption httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/9917" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="33">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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Distribution of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="C. H. Stirton & V. R. Clark" authorityYear="2011" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Fabaceae" genus="Psoralea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Fabales" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="margaretiflora">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Psoralea margaretiflora</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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C.H. Stirton, & V.R. Clark.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<caption httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/9918" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" start="Plate 1" startId="F3">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="33">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Plate 1.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="C. H. Stirton & V. R. Clark" authorityYear="2011" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Fabaceae" genus="Psoralea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Fabales" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="margaretiflora">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Psoralea margaretiflora</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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C.H. Stirton & V.R. Clark
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">A</emphasis>
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Flowers
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">B</emphasis>
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flower, face view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">C</emphasis>
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main stem wood
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">D</emphasis>
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mature plant
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">E</emphasis>
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coppicing plant in bare ground
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">F</emphasis>
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typical mountain habitat (in this case Goewermentsberg, Kamdebooberge)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">G</emphasis>
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coppicing plant in mature vegetation. Photos A & F by Ralph Clark; B - E, & G by Charles Stirton.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="2" pageNumber="33" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="33">
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The plant name alludes to the appearance of its pearl white flowers as seen in early morning mountain mist and is derived from
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">margaritaceus</emphasis>
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(L) = pearl-like.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="34" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" type="other specimens examined">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Other specimens examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="33">South Africa: Eastern Cape: Graaff-Reinet Dist.:</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="33">
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Petersburg, Asante Sana Private Game Reserve, Suurkloof in the Sneeuberg, ca.
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32" direction="south" minutes="16" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-32.266666">32°16'S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="25" direction="east" minutes="00" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="25.0">25°00'E</geoCoordinate>
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(3225AC), thicket-shrubland on lower slopes, 1 300 m, December 2005,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">V.R. Clark & G. Coombs 101</emphasis>
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(GRA! PRE!).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="33">
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Farm Stockdale 387, Sneeuberg, in upper reaches of Naudeshoekspruit valley,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32" direction="south" minutes="26" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="19" value="-32.438614">32°26'19"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="25" direction="east" minutes="14" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="56" value="25.24889">25°14'56"E</geoCoordinate>
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(3225AD), montane riparian shrubland, 1 461 m, October 2006,
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">V.R. Clark & S. Ramdhani</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">197</emphasis>
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(GRA!).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="33">
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Farm Onbedacht 294, eastern slopes of Koudeveldberge (Sneeuberg),
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32" direction="south" minutes="10" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="14" value="-32.170555">32°10'14"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="24" direction="east" minutes="03" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="06" value="24.051666">24°03'06"E</geoCoordinate>
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(3224AA), Afro-montane grassland-shrubland, 1 600-1 800 m, November 2006,
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">
|
|
V.R. Clark & T. Te Water
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Naudé">Naude</normalizedToken>
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140
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</emphasis>
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|
(GRA!).
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</paragraph>
|
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="33">
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Farm Buffelshoek 25, Sneeuberg, lower slopes west of
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Aasvoëlkrans">Aasvoelkrans</normalizedToken>
|
|
,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32" direction="south" minutes="26" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="6" value="-32.435">32°26'6"S</geoCoordinate>
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|
,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="25" direction="east" minutes="12" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="3" value="25.200834">25°12'3"E</geoCoordinate>
|
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(3225AC), along watercourse in kloof in
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Olea europaea</emphasis>
|
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riparian thicket, 1 204 m, November 2007,
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">V.R. Clark & M.C. Rose</emphasis>
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">20</emphasis>
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(GRA!).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="33">
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Farm Onbedacht 294, Koudeveldberge (Sneeuberg),
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32" direction="south" minutes="11" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-32.183334">32°11'S</geoCoordinate>
|
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, 24°03"E (3224AA), afro-montane shrubland along stream, 1 600 m, December 2007,
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">V.R. Clark & C. Pienaar</emphasis>
|
|
369 (GRA!).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="34">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="3" pageNumber="34" start="start">Farm</pageBreakToken>
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Oaklands 104, mid- and lower slopes of Goewermentsberg, Kamdebooberge,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32" direction="south" minutes="21" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="15" value="-32.354164">32°21'15"S</geoCoordinate>
|
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="23" direction="east" minutes="53" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="27" value="23.890833">23°53'27"E</geoCoordinate>
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(3223BD), Afro-montane grassland-fynbos-shrubland, 1 421 m, April 2008,
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">V.R. Clark & I. Crause</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">140</emphasis>
|
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(BOL! GRA! PRE!).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="34">
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Farm Oaklands 104, lower slopes of Goewermentsberg, Kamdebooberge,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32" direction="south" minutes="20" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="58" value="-32.34944">32°20'58"S</geoCoordinate>
|
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="23" direction="east" minutes="54" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="31" value="23.908611">23°54'31"E</geoCoordinate>
|
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(3223BD), Afro-montane grassland-fynbos-shrubland, 1 283 m, December 2008,
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">V.R. Clark & C. Cloete</emphasis>
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">1</emphasis>
|
|
(BOL! GRA! K! NSW! PRE!).
|
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</paragraph>
|
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="34">
|
|
Plaas 96, Kamdebooberge,
|
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32" direction="south" minutes="23" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="35" value="-32.39306">32°23'35"S</geoCoordinate>
|
|
,
|
|
<geoCoordinate degrees="23" direction="east" minutes="50" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="35" value="23.843056">23°50'35"E</geoCoordinate>
|
|
(3223BD), upper slopes of mountain in shrubland, January 2011,
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">V.R. Clark, C.H. Stirton & P. Weston</emphasis>
|
|
2 (BOL! GRA! K! NSW! PRE!).
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="34">
|
|
Farm Oaklands 104, mid-slopes of Goewermentsberg, Kamdebooberge,
|
|
<geoCoordinate degrees="32" direction="south" minutes="21" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="15" value="-32.354164">32°21'15"S</geoCoordinate>
|
|
,
|
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<geoCoordinate degrees="23" direction="east" minutes="53" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="27" value="23.890833">23°53'27"E</geoCoordinate>
|
|
(3223BD), Afro-montane grassland-fynbos-shrubland, 1 421 m, January 2011,
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">V.R. Clark, C.H. Stirton & P. Weston</emphasis>
|
|
91 (BOL! GRA! K! NSW! PRE!).
|
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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