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<mods:title>Two new species of Indigofera L. (Leguminosae) from the Sneeuberg Centre of Floristic Endemism, Great Escarpment (Eastern and Western Cape, South Africa)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Clark, V. Ralph</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Institut fuer Systematische Botanik, Zollikerstrasse 107, Universitaet Zuerich, 8008 Zuerich, Switzerland & Great Escarpment Biodiversity Programme, Department of Botany, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Schrire, Brian D.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Barker, Nigel P.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Great Escarpment Biodiversity Programme, Department of Botany, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa</mods:affiliation>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="182228333" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:322C0A392A245F239D8BE176091C5BD8" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/322C0A392A245F239D8BE176091C5BD8" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="32" pageId="0" pageNumber="29">
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<taxonomicName LSID="322C0A39-2A24-5F23-9D8B-E176091C5BD8" authority="Schrire & V. R. Clark" authorityName="Schrire & V. R. Clark" authorityYear="2015" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Indigofera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Indigofera asantasanensis" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="29" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="asantasanensis" status="sp. nov.">Indigofera asantasanensis Schrire & V.R. Clark</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="29">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 2. Known distributions of Indigofera magnifica Schrire & V. R. Clark (△) and Indigofera asantasanensis Schrire & V. R. Clark (○)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.48.4798.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/41402" pageId="0" pageNumber="29">Figs 2</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 3. Analytical drawings of Indigofera asantasanensis Schrire & V. R. Clark, all drawn from the type collection (Clark VR & Moholwa TT 211) A growth habit B digitately foliolate leaf with stipules C growth habit D stipule E calyx F standard petal G wing petal H keel I staminal sheath J pistil K infructescence L dehiscent pod M seed. Drawings by M. Tebbs." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.48.4798.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/41403" pageId="0" pageNumber="29">, 3</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Plate 2" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Plate 2. Indigofera asantasanensis Schrire & V. R. Clark, plants in situ on the slopes above ' Suurkloof', Asante Sana Private Game Reserve, Sneeuberg (Eastern Cape Province; Clark VR & Moholwa TT 211) A inflorescence from the front B inflorescence from the side C infructescence D close up of a single pod E the digitately foliolate leaves F growth habit G Escarpment mountain habitat. Photographs by V. R. Clark." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.48.4798.plate2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/41404" pageId="0" pageNumber="29">; Plate 2</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="30">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="1" pageNumber="30" start="start">Diagnostic</pageBreakToken>
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characters.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="31">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Schrire & V. R. Clark" authorityYear="2015" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Leguminosae" genus="Indigofera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Indigofera asantasanensis" order="Fabales" pageId="2" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="asantasanensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="2" pageNumber="31" start="start">Indigofera</pageBreakToken>
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asantasanensis
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</emphasis>
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is similar to
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Leguminosae" genus="Indigofera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Indigofera alpina" order="Fabales" pageId="2" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="alpina">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Indigofera alpina</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Eckl. & Zeyh., but differs in its (3)5-7 foliolate leaves (vs. consistently trifoliolate leaves), leaflets 1.5-3 mm wide (vs. 4-16 mm wide), and stipules 1-1.6 mm wide (vs. 2-10 mm).
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Schrire & V. R. Clark" authorityYear="2015" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Leguminosae" genus="Indigofera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Indigofera asantasanensis" order="Fabales" pageId="2" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="asantasanensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Indigofera asantasanensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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may also be confused with
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Leguminosae" genus="Indigofera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Indigofera burchellii" order="Fabales" pageId="2" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="burchellii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Indigofera burchellii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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DC., being similar in having digitately 5-7 foliolate leaves, but it has wider stipules (1-1.6 mm vs. <0.5 mm).
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Leguminosae" genus="Indigofera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Indigofera alpina" order="Fabales" pageId="2" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="alpina">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Indigofera alpina</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is mostly confined to the mountains of the Eastern Cape, while
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Leguminosae" genus="Indigofera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Indigofera burchellii" order="Fabales" pageId="2" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="burchellii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Indigofera burchellii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is almost exclusively a southern Great Escarment species, centred from the Roggeveldberge to the Eastern Cape Drakensberg; both of these species also occur in the Sneeuberg.
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<subSubSection pageId="2" pageNumber="31" type="type">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Type.</paragraph>
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South Africa, Eastern Cape Province, 3225AC, Farm 360: mountain slopes above Suurkloof, behind the old town of Petersburg, east of the Nardousberg, now included in Asante Sana Private Game Reserve, Graaff-Reinet District, Sneeuberg.
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32" direction="south" minutes="15" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="18" value="-32.255">32°15'18"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="25" direction="east" minutes="00" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="10" value="25.002777">25°00'10"E</geoCoordinate>
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, 1708 m, 10 December 2011,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Clark VR & Moholwa TT 211</emphasis>
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(K, holotype; GRA, MO, NBG, NSW, PRE, S, isotypes).
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<subSubSection pageId="2" pageNumber="31" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Decumbent to erect suffrutex</emphasis>
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100-200 mm tall, much branched, densely leafy.
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="31">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Stems</emphasis>
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slender, terete to strongly ribbed, angular, or longitudinally wrinkled, scattered with pearl bodies; moderately to densely strigose with spreading biramous hairs often crisped at the tips; reddish-brown, becoming woody below; a rhizomatous colony, diffusely branching from an indistinct woody rootstock.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Leaves</emphasis>
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alternate, digitately (3)5-7-foliolate, petiole 1.5-5 mm long, deeply channelled above, scattered with pearl bodies at base of leaflets.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Stipules</emphasis>
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1.5-5 mm long, (0.75)1-1.6 mm wide, triangular to obliquely ovate-lanceolate, acuminate; amplexicaule, leaving annular sheath around stems,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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membranaceous.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Stipels</emphasis>
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absent.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Terminal leaflet</emphasis>
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(2.5)4-10 mm
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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(1)1.5-3 mm, obovate to oblanceolate, apex rounded, apiculate, often complicate; sparsely to moderately spreading or appressed strigose on both surfaces, hairs often coarser above than below, secondary venation
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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prominent below; margins somewhat thickened, often appearing slightly involute; lateral leaflets similar.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Racemes</emphasis>
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25-120 mm long, many times longer than the subtending leaf, including a peduncle of 15-50 mm, moderately to densely strigose, scattered with pearl bodies;
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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12-35 flowered; bracts 3-4 mm long
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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ca. 1.5 mm, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, caducous.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Pedicels</emphasis>
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0.5-2 mm long, reflexed.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Flowers</emphasis>
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6-7.5 mm long.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Corolla</emphasis>
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deep pink, darker wine-red in bud.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Calyx</emphasis>
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2-3 mm long, lobes triangular to lanceolate, 1-2 mm long,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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equaling to twice as long as the tube,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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sparsely to densely strigose.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Standard</emphasis>
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5.5-6 mm
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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5.5-6.5 mm, broadly obovate, tapering to a short claw at the base; blade sharply reflexed upwards for distal half of length; apex round to emarginate, dorsal surface glabrous, often with translucent, short stripes.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Wings</emphasis>
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5.5-6.5 mm long, unguiculate, shortly clawed at base, asymmetrically obovate towards apex.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Keel petals</emphasis>
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5-6 mm long, valvately connate distally, lateral spurs to 1 mm long, distal margin curving upwards to base of the keel to an obtuse apex; claws
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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2 mm long, broadening from the base.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Stamens</emphasis>
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4.5-5.5 mm long, alternately long and short, the 9 fused stamens free for
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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1 mm distally; anthers uniform.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Ovary</emphasis>
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glabrous, stigma capitate.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Pods</emphasis>
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17-25 mm long, up to 3.5 mm wide, cylindrical, reddish-brown, glabrous, explosively dehiscent with the valves twisting.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Seeds</emphasis>
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4-5, 3
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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2 mm, subcylindrical, green.
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<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="962971" doi="10.3897/phytokeys.48.4798.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/41403" pageId="2" pageNumber="31" start="Figure 3" startId="F4">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="31">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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Analytical drawings of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Indigofera asantasanensis</emphasis>
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Schrire & V.R. Clark, all drawn from the type collection (
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Clark VR & Moholwa TT 211</emphasis>
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)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">A</emphasis>
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growth habit
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">B</emphasis>
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digitately foliolate leaf with stipules
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">C</emphasis>
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growth habit
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">D</emphasis>
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stipule
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">E</emphasis>
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calyx
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">F</emphasis>
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standard petal
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">G</emphasis>
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wing petal
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">H</emphasis>
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keel
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">I</emphasis>
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staminal sheath
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">J</emphasis>
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pistil
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">K</emphasis>
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infructescence
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">L</emphasis>
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dehiscent pod
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
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seed. Drawings by M. Tebbs.
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</caption>
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<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="962973" doi="10.3897/phytokeys.48.4798.plate2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/41404" pageId="2" pageNumber="31" start="Plate 2" startId="F5">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="31">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Plate 2.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Schrire & V. R. Clark" authorityYear="2015" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Leguminosae" genus="Indigofera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Indigofera asantasanensis" order="Fabales" pageId="2" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="asantasanensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Indigofera asantasanensis</emphasis>
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Schrire & V.R. Clark, plants
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">in situ</emphasis>
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on the slopes above
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘Suurkloof’">'Suurkloof'</normalizedToken>
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, Asante Sana Private Game Reserve, Sneeuberg (Eastern Cape Province;
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Clark VR & Moholwa TT 211</emphasis>
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)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">A</emphasis>
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inflorescence from the front
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">B</emphasis>
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inflorescence from the side
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">C</emphasis>
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infructescence
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">D</emphasis>
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close up of a single pod
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">E</emphasis>
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the digitately foliolate leaves
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">F</emphasis>
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growth habit
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="31">G</emphasis>
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Escarpment mountain habitat. Photographs by V.R. Clark.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="31">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="31">The species is named for the Asante Sana Private Game Reserve, the owners and managers of which have been generous and instrumental in facilitating biodiversity research in the Sneeuberg. The known range of this species is almost entirely confined to this property.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="3" pageNumber="32" type="distribution and ecology">
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="32">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="3" pageNumber="32" start="start">Distribution</pageBreakToken>
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and ecology.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="32">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Schrire & V. R. Clark" authorityYear="2015" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Leguminosae" genus="Indigofera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Indigofera asantasanensis" order="Fabales" pageId="3" pageNumber="32" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="asantasanensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="32">Indigofera asantasanensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is currently only known from a small area in the eastern Sneeuberg from the Nardousberg to the Tandjiesberg-Coetszeesberg area behind the old town of Petersburg (now incorporated in the Asante Sana Private Game Reserve) and Pearston. The Tandjiesberg here is not to be confused with the more familiar Tandjiesberg (
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<geoCoordinate degrees="32" direction="south" minutes="23" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="13" value="-32.386948">32°23'13"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="24" direction="east" minutes="42" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="13" value="24.703611">24°42'13"E</geoCoordinate>
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) of lower altitude and closer to Graaff-Reinet.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Schrire & V. R. Clark" authorityYear="2015" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Leguminosae" genus="Indigofera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Indigofera asantasanensis" order="Fabales" pageId="3" pageNumber="32" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="asantasanensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="32">Indigofera asantasanensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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occurs from the mid-upper slopes to the summit plateau, ca. 1500-2200 m; it is locally abundant in Karoo Escarpment Grassland (
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<bibRefCitation author="Mucina, L" journalOrPublisher="Strelitzia" pageId="5" pageNumber="34" pagination="1 - 807" refId="B10" refString="Mucina, L, Rutherford, MC, 2006. The Vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Strelitzia Vol. 19: 1 - 807" title="The Vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland." volume="Vol. 19" year="2006">Mucina and Rutherford 2006</bibRefCitation>
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), dominated in this locality by
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="32">inter alia</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Tenaxia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Tenaxia disticha" order="Poales" pageId="3" pageNumber="32" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="disticha">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="32">Tenaxia disticha</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
|
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Harv" authorityYear="1865" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Euryops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Euryops trilobus" order="Asterales" pageId="3" pageNumber="32" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="trilobus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="32">Euryops trilobus</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
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Harv. and
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Less" authorityYear="1832" baseAuthorityName="Thunb." class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Asteraceae" genus="Helichrysum" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Helichrysum splendidum" order="Campanulales" pageId="3" pageNumber="32" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="splendidum">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="32">Helichrysum splendidum</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Thunb.) Less.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Schrire & V. R. Clark" authorityYear="2015" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Leguminosae" genus="Indigofera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Indigofera asantasanensis" order="Fabales" pageId="3" pageNumber="32" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="asantasanensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="32">Indigofera asantasanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
occurs in loamy, rocky soils derived from both dolerite and Beaufort Group sandstone substrates. It compliments several local endemics, including
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Euryops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Euryops proteoides" order="Asterales" pageId="3" pageNumber="32" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="proteoides">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="32">Euryops proteoides</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
B. Nord. & V.R. Clark and
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Euryops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Euryops exsudans" order="Asterales" pageId="3" pageNumber="32" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="exsudans">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="32">Euryops exsudans</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
B. Nord. & V.R. Clark (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Nordenstam, B" journalOrPublisher="South African Journal of Botany" pageId="5" pageNumber="34" pagination="145 - 152" publicationUrl="10.1016/j.sajb.2008.10.003" refId="B12" refString="Nordenstam, B, Clark, VR, Devos, N, Barker, NP, 2009. Two new species of Euryops (Asteraceae: Senecioneae) from the Sneeuberg, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 75: 145 - 152, DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2008.10.003" title="Two new species of Euryops (Asteraceae: Senecioneae) from the Sneeuberg, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa." url="10.1016/j.sajb.2008.10.003" volume="75" year="2009">Nordenstam et al. 2009</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="3" pageNumber="32" type="conservation status">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="32">Conservation status.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="32">
|
||
While the extent of occurrence (EOO) of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Schrire & V. R. Clark" authorityYear="2015" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Leguminosae" genus="Indigofera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Indigofera asantasanensis" order="Fabales" pageId="3" pageNumber="32" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="asantasanensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="32">Indigofera asantasanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is small (ca. 15 km2), it is abundant (probably>10 000 individuals) in its restricted area. There are no obvious risks from the current land-use of game farming. The remote, rocky high-altitude habitat renders it relatively safe from other detrimental land-use. Already restricted to the higher elevations, it is potentially at risk from global climate change. Local infestations of the highly invasive grass
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Gramineae" genus="Nassella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Nassella trichotoma" order="Cyperales" pageId="3" pageNumber="32" phylum="Magnoliophyta" rank="species" species="trichotoma">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="32">Nassella trichotoma</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Nees) Hack. ex Arechav. on Asante Sana Private Game Reserve and adjacent properties do constitute a potential risk to the habitat of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Schrire & V. R. Clark" authorityYear="2015" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Leguminosae" genus="Indigofera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Indigofera asantasanensis" order="Fabales" pageId="3" pageNumber="32" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="asantasanensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="32">Indigofera asantasanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The category Vulnerable (VU D2) is thus recommended.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="3" pageNumber="32" type="further collections and localities">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="32">Further collections and localities.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="32">
|
||
South Africa, Eastern Cape Province, 3225AC, Farm 360: mountain slopes above Suurkloof, mountains behind the old town of Petersburg, east of the Nardousberg, now in Asante Sana Private Game Reserve, Graaff-Reinet District, Sneeuberg.
|
||
<geoCoordinate degrees="32" direction="south" minutes="15" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="17" value="-32.254723">32°15'17"S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate degrees="25" direction="east" minutes="01" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="04" value="25.017778">25°01'04"E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
, 1853 m, 6 December 2005,
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="32">Clark VR & Coombs G 208</emphasis>
|
||
(GRA, K).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="32">
|
||
-Farms Paardekom 5 and Annex Waterkloof 2: upper mountain slopes (Tandjiesberg-Coetszeesberg) ca. 15 km east of the Nardousberg (Sneeuberg), behind Pearston, Graaff-Reinet District.
|
||
<geoCoordinate degrees="32" direction="south" minutes="16" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="47" value="-32.27972">32°16'47"S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate degrees="25" direction="east" minutes="05" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="25" value="25.090279">25°05'25"E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
, ca. 1950 m, 13 December 2006,
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="32">Clark VR & Coombs G 635</emphasis>
|
||
(GRA).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="32">
|
||
-Farm 360: mountain slopes above Suurkloof, mountains behind the old town of Petersburg, east of the Nardousberg (Sneeuberg), now in Asante Sana Private Game Reserve, Graaff-Reinet District
|
||
<geoCoordinate degrees="32" direction="south" minutes="15" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="40" value="-32.261112">32°15'40"S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate degrees="25" direction="east" minutes="10" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="10" value="25.169443">25°10'10"E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
, 1550-2000 m, 31 March 2008,
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="32">Clark VR & Crause C 2</emphasis>
|
||
(GRA).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="32">
|
||
-3224BB, Upper Waterkloof 352: eastern end of Nardousberg ridge-line (Sneeuberg), Asante Sana Private Game Reserve, Graaff-Reinet District.
|
||
<geoCoordinate degrees="32" direction="south" minutes="14" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="48" value="-32.246666">32°14'48"S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate degrees="24" direction="east" minutes="55" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="58" value="24.932777">24°55'58"E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
, 2171 m, 2 April 2008,
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="32">Clark VR & Crause C 34</emphasis>
|
||
&
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="32">65</emphasis>
|
||
(GRA).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</subSection>
|
||
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