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1.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[189,548,1637,1659]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="19">Smicrostigma warmwaterbergense</emphasis>
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Klak
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(
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)
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This new species resembles
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<emphasis box="[445,637,1690,1712]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="19">Smicrostigma viride</emphasis>
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in its habit and the shape of its leaves but differs in that its flowers open and close repeatedly over several days and expose the reproductive parts
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fully when open (remaining open with reproductive parts hidden in
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<emphasis box="[882,965,784,805]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="19">S. viride</emphasis>
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). It differs further in having. 9–13 locules in its capsules (7–10 locules in
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<emphasis box="[701,783,837,858]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="19">S. viride</emphasis>
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).
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:
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.
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,
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(3320)
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:
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(--
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),
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±
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,
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!, isotype NBG)
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.
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Erect perennial, densely branched shrubs 15–20 ×
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, branching from the base, branches slightly succulent, becoming woody with age,
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diam., smooth, young internodes pale brown, 10–13 ×
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[904,971,1104,1125]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="19">Leaves</emphasis>
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opposite, spreading, united at the base and sheathing the branch for
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, sheath without a line and becoming woody with age, smooth, free parts
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long, trigonous, adaxially flat, inconspicuously keeled,
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broad and thick, apiculate.
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solitary, sessile, bracteoles not different from the leaves,
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diam.; sepals 5, subequal, succulent; petaloid staminodes brilliant magenta, 2- to3-seriate, inner petals shorter and emarginate, outer ones lanceolate, 13 ×
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, filamentous staminodes in 3–4 rows, white, outer ones pale pink, collected into a cone around the stamens, 5.5–6 ×
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; stamens numerous, filaments white, without papillae,
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long, inner ones shortest, anthers yellow; stigmas 9–13, slender, ±
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long, top of ovary slightly raised in center; nectary forming green, crenulated ring.
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9- to 13-locular, covering membranes completely covering locules,
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diam., top low, bowl-shaped, base of capsule funnel-shaped, rims low, expanding keels basally parallel and apically spreading, tapering into awns instead of valve wings, closing-bodies absent, no additional closing-device below the covering membranes.
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brown, ca.
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long, testa cells cushion shaped.
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</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Klak" authorityYear="2001" box="[168,498,224,245]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Aizoaceae" genus="Smicrostigma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="4" pageNumber="20" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="warmwaterbergense">
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<emphasis box="[168,498,224,245]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="20">Smicrostigma warmwaterbergense</emphasis>
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is apparently rare and it is only known from the
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locality from near
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on the southern side of the
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(
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), within the
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. It appears to be restricted to the plateau, at around
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. The species is associated with sandstone soils within
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<emphasis box="[513,572,384,405]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="20">fynbos</emphasis>
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, where it grows in flat rocky areas, among other short shrubby, open vegetation. A population of an estimated 80 to 100 plants was found in flower in an area which had burnt seven years before. The vegetation is classified as Rainshadow Valley Karoo, SKv8 Western Little Karoo (
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<bibRefCitation author="Mucina, L. & N. Jurgens & A. Le Roux & M. C. Rutherford" editor="L. Mucina & M. C. Rutherford" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Mucina" journalOrPublisher="Strelitzia" pageId="4" pageNumber="20" pagination="221 - 299" part="19" refId="ref5185" refString="Mucina, L., N. Jurgens, A. Le Roux, M. C. Rutherford, et al. 2006. Succulent Karoo Biome. In L. Mucina and M. C. Rutherford (Eds.), The vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland (Strelitzia 19, pp. 221 - 299). South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria." title="Succulent Karoo Biome" type="journal article" volumeTitle="The vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland" year="2006">Mucina et al. 2006</bibRefCitation>
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).
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<emphasis box="[212,537,570,592]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="20">Smicrostigma warmwaterbergense</emphasis>
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flowers in December.
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The distribution of
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<emphasis box="[415,646,624,645]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="20">S. warmwaterbergense</emphasis>
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overlaps with
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<emphasis box="[285,371,650,672]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="20">S. viride</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, which has been recorded between Montagu and Uniondale (Fig. 4). However, in the area where the two species co-occur,
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<emphasis box="[136,222,730,752]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="20">S. viride</emphasis>
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is restricted to lower altitudes on different soils.
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Hartmann" baseAuthorityYear="2017" box="[237,431,757,778]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Aizoaceae" genus="Smicrostigma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="4" pageNumber="20" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="viride">
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<emphasis box="[237,431,757,778]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="20">Smicrostigma viride</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is typically found in
|
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<emphasis box="[136,251,784,805]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="20">renosterveld</emphasis>
|
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, in shaly often stony or gravelly and loamy soils, either in flats or on gentle slopes. Elsewhere, it has been observed in rocky spots within
|
||
<emphasis box="[211,270,864,885]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="20">fynbos</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
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</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="4.[158,624,911,970]" pageId="4" pageNumber="20">
|
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<heading allCaps="true" bold="true" fontSize="12" level="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="20" reason="0">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="20">DISTINGUISHING FEATURES AND RELATIONSHIPS</emphasis>
|
||
</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="4.[136,654,997,1552]" pageId="4" pageNumber="20">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Klak" authorityYear="2001" box="[168,505,997,1018]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Aizoaceae" genus="Smicrostigma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="4" pageNumber="20" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="warmwaterbergense">
|
||
<emphasis box="[168,505,997,1018]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="20">Smicrostigma warmwaterbergense</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has a similar habit to
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Hartmann" baseAuthorityYear="2017" box="[270,468,1024,1045]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Aizoaceae" genus="Smicrostigma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="4" pageNumber="20" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="viride">
|
||
<emphasis box="[270,468,1024,1045]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="20">Smicrostigma viride</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The fruits of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Klak" authorityYear="2001" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Aizoaceae" genus="Smicrostigma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="4" pageNumber="20" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="warmwaterbergense">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="20">S. warmwaterbergense</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
only differ in the higher number of locules (
|
||
<tableCitation box="[290,367,1077,1099]" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="2.[149,197,161,180]" captionTargetId="graphics-12@2.[149,1179,210,655]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Table 1. Major morphological characters used to distinguish Octopoma, Zeuktophyllum and Smicrostigma. The number of species in each genus is given in brackets." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/F59BA8ABFFA45F33FF3181A8FE0DFF0B" pageId="4" pageNumber="20" tableUuid="F59BA8ABFFA45F33FF3181A8FE0DFF0B">Table 1</tableCitation>
|
||
). The major differences lie in their flowers: In
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Hartmann" baseAuthorityYear="2017" box="[352,439,1104,1125]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Aizoaceae" genus="Smicrostigma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="4" pageNumber="20" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="viride">
|
||
<emphasis box="[352,439,1104,1125]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="20">S. viride</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the flowers remain open after anthesis and until they fade, whereas they are open and close each day for several days in
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Klak" authorityYear="2001" box="[224,445,1184,1205]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Aizoaceae" genus="Smicrostigma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="4" pageNumber="20" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="warmwaterbergense">
|
||
<emphasis box="[224,445,1184,1205]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="20">S. warmwaterbergense</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. In addition, in
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Hartmann" baseAuthorityYear="2017" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Aizoaceae" genus="Smicrostigma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="4" pageNumber="20" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="viride">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="20">S. viride</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the staminodes are recurved at the tips and partly conceal the stamens. For this reason, Louisa Bolus had transferred this species to
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Bolus" baseAuthorityYear="1927" box="[575,645,1264,1285]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Aizoaceae" genus="Erepsia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="4" pageNumber="20" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[575,645,1264,1285]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="20">Erepsia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, which differs by the possession of a true hypanthium. In contrast, in
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Klak" authorityYear="2001" box="[383,603,1317,1338]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Aizoaceae" genus="Smicrostigma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="4" pageNumber="20" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="warmwaterbergense">
|
||
<emphasis box="[383,603,1317,1338]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="20">S. warmwaterbergense</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the filamentous staminodes are collected first into a cone around the stamens and then later spread as the flower matures.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="4" pageNumber="20" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="4.[136,654,997,1552]" box="[137,295,1437,1459]" pageId="4" pageNumber="20">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[137,295,1437,1459]" pageId="4" pageNumber="20">ETYMOLOGY</emphasis>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="4.[136,654,997,1552]" pageId="4" pageNumber="20">The epithet refers to the Warmwaterberg, a mountain-range in the Little Karoo, where the species was discovered.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="4" pageNumber="20" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="4.[136,647,1583,1766]" box="[169,464,1583,1605]" pageId="4" pageNumber="20">
|
||
<heading allCaps="true" bold="true" box="[169,464,1583,1605]" fontSize="9" level="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="20" reason="6">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[169,464,1583,1605]" pageId="4" pageNumber="20">CONSERVATION STATUS</emphasis>
|
||
</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="4.[136,647,1583,1766]" pageId="4" pageNumber="20">While botanical surveys in future are likely to uncover additional populations of this species, it nevertheless appears to be rare. Given the isolated nature of the known population, we recommend that it is considered Vulnerable and placed on the Red Data List of South African plants.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |