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1 
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sp. nov.
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Diagnosis: Differs from 
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tall in 
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endocarpal closing bodies are missing and the placentas form broad open hoods (only small closing bodies present in 
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, with some prostrate branches and with erect flowering branches, basal part very woody, to 
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diam, internodes 
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, black or grey. Leaves opposite, trigonous, with rounded keel, tips pointed, dark, dirty green, spreading, fused into a sheath to 
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long, sheath without a line, 12-25 (-36) mm long, 
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broad and thick, old, blackened leaves drying up and persisting on plant for several years. Flowers solitary, 
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diam., pedicels short, 
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long, bracts at base of pedicel, to 4 X ± 
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long, subequal, slightly succulent, without membranous margins; petaloid staminodes magenta, 2-3-seriate, ± same length, 
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, lanceolate to obtuse, filamentous staminodes few, collected in the center and about the same length as the stamens, 4.5-5.0 X 
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long, in 4-5 rows, papillate at base, pollen white; stigmas 5, short, 
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long, yellowish, top of ovary raised in the center to ± 
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; nectary forming green, crenulated ring. Capsule 5-locular, 
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diam., top raised to 
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deep and top-shaped, covering membranes firm, with inconspicuous ridge below, keels slender, widely separated at their bases, slightly lacerated in upper parts, long so that valves open into a horizontal position, closing bodies absent, placenta forming broad open hood detached at the top and from which funicles arise, valve wings absent. Seeds ochre, finely colliculate to almost smooth, 
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Fig. 9. 
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. A. Habit. B. Flowers. C. Side view of open (l) and top view of open fruit (r). D. Seeds.
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The species is known from the Montagu and Ladismith districts (
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), on sandstones of the Witteberg-Series, either on lower slopes or on flat rocky areas, typically in the transitional area from sandstones to shales. These spots, at altitudes from 
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a.s.l, are rich in other succulent species. Flowering occurs from November to December.
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<subSubSection id="9CB820B405664711FFF3F9222F63FBEC" pageId="8" pageNumber="152" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="D41D733F05664711FFF3F9222E17F951" blockId="8.[100,771,1691,1990]" box="[100,550,1691,1711]" pageId="8" pageNumber="152">3.1.20. Distinguishing features and relationships</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="13A208BC05664711FF13F90E2D13F935" authorityName="Klak" authorityYear="2023" box="[132,290,1719,1739]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Aizoaceae" genus="Ruschia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="8" pageNumber="152" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="rupestris">Ruschia rupestris</taxonomicName>
is closely allied to 
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. The two species differ in their habit: 
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forms cushions with some prostrate branches and with erect flowering branches to 
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tall (
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), whereas older plants of 
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form dense, spreading mats (
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), where the flowering branches are less than 
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tall. 
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occurs at higher altitudes, from ± 
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a. s.l., on rocky sandstone outcrops within fynbos, where few other succulents are found. 
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, which is known from Matjiesfontein, near Laingsburg, may be a further close relative. The latter species has an erect habit, but shares the highly fused leaves, solitary flowers and broad open hoods, instead of closing bodies.
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<subSubSection id="9CB820B405664711FCA5FB8C2FBDFB7F" pageId="8" pageNumber="152" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="D41D733F05664711FCA5FB8C2FEDFBB7" blockId="8.[818,1487,1077,1154]" box="[818,988,1077,1097]" pageId="8" pageNumber="152">3.1.21. Etymology</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D41D733F05664711FCC6FBEB2FBDFB7F" blockId="8.[818,1487,1077,1154]" pageId="8" pageNumber="152">The epithet refers to the rocky habitats to which the species is confined.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="9CB820B405664711FCA5FB1C2907FAF3" pageId="8" pageNumber="152" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="D41D733F05664711FCA5FB1C2801FB47" blockId="8.[818,1487,1189,1293]" box="[818,1072,1189,1209]" pageId="8" pageNumber="152">3.1.22. Conservation status</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D41D733F05664711FCC6FB7B2907FAF3" blockId="8.[818,1487,1189,1293]" pageId="8" pageNumber="152">Due to its preference for rocky habitats which are not arable, the absence of any mining activities in the area and the relatively wide occurrence, we suggest a status of Least Concern (LC).</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="9CB820B405664711FCA5FA88283DF9F6" pageId="8" pageNumber="152" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="D41D733F05664711FCA5FA882885FABB" blockId="8.[818,1487,1329,1544]" box="[818,1204,1329,1349]" pageId="8" pageNumber="152">3.1.23. Additional specimens investigated</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D41D733F05664711FCC6FAF7283DF9F6" blockId="8.[818,1487,1329,1544]" pageId="8" pageNumber="152">
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. 
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, north aspect (-BC), 
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, ± 
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, 
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s.n. (
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a.s.l., 
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, 
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a.s.l., 
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</date>
, 
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(-AD), 
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a.s.l., 
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, 
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1716 (
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