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<mods:title id="82AAABE935D8CE0F2314024FE8E3739E">Bulbine decastroi (Asphodelaceae subfam. Asphodeloideae), a new peatland species with grass tuft-like rosettes from Mpumalanga, South Africa</mods:title>
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in being somewhat smaller and daintier in most vegetative respects. The glaucous leaves of
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<quantity id="83149B493950FFF2FAB19A91FA02F6F5" box="[1329,1452,446,473]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.1" metricValueMax="1.2" metricValueMin="1.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" unit="mm" value="11.0" valueMax="12.0" valueMin="10.0">10–12 mm</quantity>
|
||
long.
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FF479ACDFEF8F6D0" box="[199,342,482,508]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Pseudo-stem</emphasis>
|
||
generally devoid of persistent, basal leaf material.
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FC0D9ACCFC63F6D0" box="[909,973,483,508]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Roots</emphasis>
|
||
wiry to somewhat succulent, up to
|
||
<quantity id="83149B493950FFF2FAD69ACDFA02F6D1" box="[1366,1452,482,509]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" unit="mm" value="1.5">1.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
in diameter, contractile, white to pinkish yellow.
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FD359928FCADF50C" box="[693,771,519,544]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Leaves</emphasis>
|
||
120–180 × 1.0–
|
||
<quantity id="83149B493950FFF2FC3D9929FBBBF50D" box="[957,1045,518,545]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" unit="mm" value="1.5">1.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
, distinctly graminoid, soft-textured, flexuous, numerous, erect to erectly spreading, old leaves eventually shed;
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FC5A9905FBB6F568" box="[986,1048,554,580]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">blade</emphasis>
|
||
mid- to dark green with a glaucous sheen, senescing pinkish brown, narrowly linear, attenuate, at
|
||
<quantity id="83149B493950FFF2FCD79961FC07F545" box="[855,937,590,617]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" unit="mm" value="15.0">15 mm</quantity>
|
||
from base broadening gradually downwards to width of ±
|
||
<quantity id="83149B493950FFF2FEA5995DFED9F5A1" box="[293,375,626,653]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" unit="mm" value="10.0">10 mm</quantity>
|
||
, gradually and narrowly tapering towards apex;
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FC20995DFBE0F5A0" box="[928,1102,626,652]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">adaxial surface</emphasis>
|
||
flat to concave, longitudinally grooved;
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FF7399B9FE0EF59C" box="[243,416,662,688]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">abaxial surface</emphasis>
|
||
convex, lacking striations;
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FD5699B8FC9FF59C" box="[726,817,663,688]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">margins</emphasis>
|
||
entire;
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FC0799B8FC12F59C" box="[903,956,663,688]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">apex</emphasis>
|
||
acute, hardly drying from tip.
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FA9699B9FA02F59C" box="[1302,1452,662,688]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Inflorescence</emphasis>
|
||
a cylindrical raceme, appearing subcapitate when few flowers open simultaneously, usually 1 arising from a rosette, few- to subdensely-flowered (8–20),
|
||
<quantity id="83149B493950FFF2FDA399F1FD3DF5D5" box="[547,659,734,761]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" metricValueMax="4.0" metricValueMin="1.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" unit="m" value="0.25" valueMax="0.4" valueMin="0.1">0.1–0.4 m</quantity>
|
||
tall, ascending to slightly spreading, elongating somewhat as flowering proceeds upwards;
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FEE7982DFE62F430" box="[359,460,770,796]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">peduncle</emphasis>
|
||
<quantity id="83149B493950FFF2FE56982DFD98F431" box="[470,566,770,797]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" metricValueMax="4.0" metricValueMin="3.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" unit="mm" value="3.5" valueMax="4.0" valueMin="3.0">3–4 mm</quantity>
|
||
in diameter, round in cross-section, slightly tapering upwards, glabrous, not sterile bracteate, drying pinkish brown.
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FDD19809FD03F46C" box="[593,685,806,832]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Flowers</emphasis>
|
||
rather densely borne in upper ⅓ to
|
||
<superScript id="B3999BE43950FFF2FBCD9808FBFAF419" attach="right" box="[1101,1108,807,821]" fontSize="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">1</superScript>
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/
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<subScript id="D86834E93950FFF2FBDA981FFBCFF412" attach="left" box="[1114,1121,816,830]" fontSize="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">5</subScript>
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||
of inflorescence,
|
||
<quantity id="83149B493950FFF2FAB19809FA02F46D" box="[1329,1452,806,833]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.4" metricValueMax="1.5" metricValueMin="1.3" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" unit="mm" value="14.0" valueMax="15.0" valueMin="13.0">13–15 mm</quantity>
|
||
in diameter,
|
||
<quantity id="83149B493950FFF2FE9A9865FED5F449" box="[282,379,842,869]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.0" metricValueMax="7.0" metricValueMin="5.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" unit="mm" value="6.0" valueMax="7.0" valueMin="5.0">5–7 mm</quantity>
|
||
apart, 3–6(–8) open simultaneously, diurnal, open from ± 08:00–17:00, closing in inclement weather;
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FF719841FED3F4A4" box="[241,381,878,904]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">floral bracts</emphasis>
|
||
deltoid-acuminate,
|
||
<quantity id="83149B493950FFF2FDDE9841FD13F4A5" box="[606,701,878,905]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.5" metricValueMax="6.0" metricValueMin="5.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" unit="mm" value="5.5" valueMax="6.0" valueMin="5.0">5–6 mm</quantity>
|
||
long,
|
||
<quantity id="83149B493950FFF2FC859841FCCDF4A5" box="[773,867,878,905]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" metricValueMax="3.0" metricValueMin="2.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" unit="mm" value="2.5" valueMax="3.0" valueMin="2.0">2–3 mm</quantity>
|
||
broad at base, membranous, clasping peduncle and higher up the pedicel, light brown with dark brown central vein, margins lacerate, base auriculate, auricles creamy white;
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FF559899FE9FF4FC" box="[213,305,950,976]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">pedicels</emphasis>
|
||
slender,
|
||
<quantity id="83149B493950FFF2FE149899FDA3F4FD" box="[404,525,950,977]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.4" metricValueMax="1.6" metricValueMin="1.2" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" unit="mm" value="14.0" valueMax="16.0" valueMin="12.0">12–16 mm</quantity>
|
||
long in bud and at early anthesis, sometimes elongating to
|
||
<quantity id="83149B493950FFF2FB209899FAB7F4FD" box="[1184,1305,950,977]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.25" metricValueMax="4.0" metricValueMin="2.5" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" unit="mm" value="32.5" valueMax="40.0" valueMin="25.0">25–40 mm</quantity>
|
||
long in fruit, erectly spreading in both flower and fruit, persistent when dry, rarely slightly recurved when barren;
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FB6498F5FAEDF4D8" box="[1252,1347,986,1012]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">perianth</emphasis>
|
||
a stellate perigone;
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FF7A98D1FE93F334" box="[250,317,1022,1048]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">tepals</emphasis>
|
||
in two whorls, bright, glistening yellow, margins somewhat rolled under, 1-nerved, vein light green, raised below;
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FEA79F0CFE02F310" box="[295,428,1058,1084]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">outer tepals</emphasis>
|
||
elliptic, 6–8 × 3.0–
|
||
<quantity id="83149B493950FFF2FD0A9F0DFD4CF311" box="[650,738,1058,1085]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" unit="mm" value="3.5">3.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
, apices blunt-tipped, sometimes slightly notched, variously flat to up- or down-curved in apical ½;
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FDB09F68FD16F34C" box="[560,696,1094,1120]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">inner tepals</emphasis>
|
||
ovate to round, 5–7 × 3.0–
|
||
<quantity id="83149B493950FFF2FC789F69FBFDF34D" box="[1016,1107,1094,1121]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" unit="mm" value="3.5">3.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
, apices blunt-tipped.
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FACE9F68FA05F34D" box="[1358,1451,1095,1121]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Stamens</emphasis>
|
||
distinctly spreading at 30° from vertical, up to
|
||
<quantity id="83149B493950FFF2FD2B9F45FCA5F3A9" box="[683,779,1130,1157]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" metricValueMax="3.0" metricValueMin="2.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" unit="mm" value="2.5" valueMax="3.0" valueMin="2.0">2–3 mm</quantity>
|
||
long;
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FCD89F45FC11F3A8" box="[856,959,1130,1156]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">filaments</emphasis>
|
||
yellow, slender, hairy in lower ½;
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FAD79F45FA05F3A8" box="[1367,1451,1130,1156]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">anthers</emphasis>
|
||
light brown, oblong, dorsifixed.
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FE769FA0FD92F385" box="[502,572,1167,1193]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Ovary</emphasis>
|
||
globose, 1.0–
|
||
<quantity id="83149B493950FFF2FD5C9FA1FC9CF385" box="[732,818,1166,1193]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" unit="mm" value="1.5">1.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
in diameter;
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FC489FA1FC55F384" box="[968,1019,1166,1192]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">style</emphasis>
|
||
erect, terete, up to
|
||
<quantity id="83149B493950FFF2FB569FA1FAB6F385" box="[1238,1304,1166,1193]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" unit="mm" value="2.0">2 mm</quantity>
|
||
long;
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FAE19FA0FA02F384" box="[1377,1452,1167,1192]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">stigma</emphasis>
|
||
apical, minutely capitate, whitish yellow.
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FDDF9F9CFD37F3E0" box="[607,665,1203,1228]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Fruit</emphasis>
|
||
a globose, loculicidal capsule, up to
|
||
<quantity id="83149B493950FFF2FBBF9F9DFB38F3E1" box="[1087,1174,1202,1229]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.5" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" unit="mm" value="4.5">4.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
in diameter, light green, at maturity, at first enveloped in dark brownish black remains of perigone.
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FC5E9FF9FBBDF3DC" box="[990,1043,1238,1264]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Seed</emphasis>
|
||
0.75(–1.00) × 1.0(–1.5) mm, black, ± D-shaped, angled, few per capsule.
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FDAE9FD5FCB1F238" box="[558,799,1274,1300]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Chromosome number</emphasis>
|
||
: unknown.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="0CF665273950FFF2FF3D9E31FEBFF270" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" type="biology_ecology">
|
||
<paragraph id="445336AC3950FFF2FF3D9E31FEBFF270" blockId="2.[136,1452,158,2093]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FF3D9E31FEDEF214" bold="true" box="[189,368,1310,1336]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Flowering time</emphasis>
|
||
:—
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83EC4D2F3950FFF2FE149E31FDF9F214" box="[404,599,1310,1336]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Bulbine" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="decastroi">
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FE149E31FDF9F214" box="[404,599,1310,1336]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Bulbine decastroi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
flowers from spring to mid-summer (September to December) in the southern hemisphere.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="0CF665273950FFF2FF3D9E49FF5BF174" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="445336AC3950FFF2FF3D9E49FB36F288" blockId="2.[136,1452,158,2093]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FF3D9E49FD34F2AC" bold="true" box="[189,666,1382,1408]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Natural geographical distribution range</emphasis>
|
||
:—
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83EC4D2F3950FFF2FD3E9E49FC2DF2AC" box="[702,899,1382,1408]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Bulbine" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="decastroi">
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FD3E9E49FC2DF2AC" box="[702,899,1382,1408]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Bulbine decastroi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is currently only known from three localities that are in close proximity in the Steenkampsberge in north-central
|
||
<collectingRegion id="8628F84E3950FFF2FCCA9EA5FC70F288" box="[842,990,1418,1444]" country="South Africa" name="Mpumalanga" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Mpumalanga</collectingRegion>
|
||
in
|
||
<collectingCountry id="3CFB763C3950FFF2FB829EA5FB3AF288" box="[1026,1172,1418,1444]" name="South Africa" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">South Africa</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="445336AC3950FFF2FF3D9E80FF5BF174" blockId="2.[136,1452,158,2093]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">
|
||
Except for the most general, no locality data from specimens or field observations are given. This deviation from widely followed taxonomic practice is justified by the fact that poaching of succulent plants from the wild in
|
||
<collectingCountry id="3CFB763C3950FFF2FAEA9EFDFF7EF13C" name="South Africa" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">South Africa</collectingCountry>
|
||
is a severe and escalating problem, and it was decided not to provide any information regarding the exact whereabouts of this new species that could cause known populations to be targeted for destructive collecting (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="207D4B5D3950FFF2FACC9D35FF47F174" author="Smith, G. F. & Figueiredo, E. & Victor, J. & Klopper, R. R." pageId="2" pageNumber="61" refId="ref4004" refString="Smith, G. F., Figueiredo, E., Victor, J. & Klopper, R. R. (2023) Plant poaching in southern Africa is aided by taxonomy. Is a return to Caput bonae spei inevitable? Taxon 72: electronically published on 13 February 2023, 7 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / tax. 12882" type="book" year="2023">
|
||
Smith
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FA179D34FF30F174" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2023
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="0CF665273950FFF2FF3D9D4DFBE6F0B0" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" type="biology_ecology">
|
||
<paragraph id="445336AC3950FFF2FF3D9D4DFD94F078" blockId="2.[136,1452,158,2093]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FF3D9D4DFEB7F150" bold="true" box="[189,281,1634,1660]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Habitat</emphasis>
|
||
:—
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83EC4D2F3950FFF2FEBD9D4DFDAAF150" box="[317,516,1634,1660]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Bulbine" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="decastroi">
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FEBD9D4DFDAAF150" box="[317,516,1634,1660]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Bulbine decastroi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is a habitat specialist that occurs on true peat substrates with a dead soil organic matter content of over 30% (dry mass) (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="207D4B5D3950FFF2FDC19DA9FC96F18C" author="Joosten, H. & Clark, D." box="[577,824,1670,1696]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" refId="ref3494" refString="Joosten, H. & Clark, D. (2002) Wise use of mires and peatlands. Background and principles including a framework for decision-making. International Mire Conservation Group and International Peat Society, Saarijarven Offset Oy, Saarijarvi, Finland, 304 pp. [http: // www. imcg. net / media / download _ gallery / books / wump _ wise _ use _ of _ mires _ and _ peatlands _ book. pdf]" type="book" year="2002">Joosten & Clark 2002</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="207D4B5D3950FFF2FCC29DA9FC74F18C" author="Grobler, L. E. R." box="[834,986,1670,1696]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" refId="ref3376" refString="Grobler, L. E. R. (2022) Wetland Biodiversity Management Plan for the proposed De Berg Private Nature Reserve (DBPNR), Mpumalanga Province. Unpublished specialist report compiled by De Castro and Brits Ecological Consultants for Clean Stream Biological Services, 81 pp." type="book" year="2022">Grobler 2022</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) in high-altitude mire peatlands in valleybottom and seep settings (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="207D4B5D3950FFF2FE2D9D85FDC7F1E8" author="Ollis, D. & Snaddon, K. & Job, N. & Mbona, N." box="[429,617,1706,1733]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" pagination="112" refId="ref3776" refString="Ollis, D., Snaddon, K., Job, N. & Mbona, N. (2013) Classification system for wetlands and other aquatic ecosystems in South Africa. User manual: inland systems. SANBI Biodiversity Series 22. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 110 [112] pp. [http: // biodiversityadvisor. sanbi. org / wp-content / uploads / 2016 / 07 / Classification-system-for-wetlands-other-aquatic-ecosystems. pdf]" type="journal article" year="2013">
|
||
Ollis
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FE6D9D84FDB1F1E8" box="[493,543,1706,1732]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2013
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), and is absent from hydromorphic mineral soils situated directly adjacent to these mires. The three known localities where
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83EC4D2F3950FFF2FD319DE0FC99F1C4" box="[689,823,1742,1768]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Bulbine" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="decastroi">
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FD319DE0FC99F1C4" box="[689,823,1742,1768]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">B. decastroi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
occurs on the quarzitic plateau of the Steenkampsberge are at elevations ranging from
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FE649DDCFE50F020" box="[484,510,1779,1804]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">ca</emphasis>
|
||
. 2100 to 2245 metres above sea level. The mire wetlands that comprise the habitat of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83EC4D2F3950FFF2FF289C38FE9EF01C" box="[168,304,1814,1840]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Bulbine" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="decastroi">
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FF289C38FE9EF01C" box="[168,304,1814,1840]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">B. decastroi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are embedded within grassland vegetation representative of the Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland vegetation
|
||
<typeStatus id="9B57880E3950FFF2FE849C14FE9AF079" box="[260,308,1851,1877]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">type</typeStatus>
|
||
(
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<bibRefCitation id="207D4B5D3950FFF2FEC29C15FD80F078" author="Dayaram, A. & Powrie, L. & Rebelo, T. & Skowno, A." box="[322,558,1850,1877]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" refId="ref3307" refString="Dayaram, A., Powrie, L., Rebelo, T. & Skowno, A. (2017) Vegetation Map of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland 2009 and 2012: a description of changes from 2006. Bothalia 47 (1): a 2223, 10 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.4102 / abc. v 47 i 1.2223" type="book" year="2017">
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Dayaram
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<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FE329C14FE4DF078" box="[434,483,1850,1876]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">et al</emphasis>
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. 2017
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).
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</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="83EC4D2F3950FFF2FF3D9C71FE28F054" box="[189,390,1886,1912]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Bulbine" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="decastroi">
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<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FF3D9C71FE28F054" box="[189,390,1886,1912]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Bulbine decastroi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is an obligate hygrophyte (
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<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FD489C70FCA8F054" box="[712,774,1887,1912]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">sensu</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="207D4B5D3950FFF2FC919C71FBB2F054" author="Retief, E. & Herman, P. P. J." box="[785,1052,1886,1913]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" refId="ref3948" refString="Retief, E. & Herman, P. P. J. (1997) Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: keys and diagnostic features. Strelitzia 6. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, 681 pp. [https: // archive. org / details / plantsofnorthern 06 reti]" type="book" year="1997">Retief & Herman 1997</bibRefCitation>
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) that occurs in near-pristine mires vegetated by dense herbaceous plant communities comprised entirely of hygrophytes.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="0CF665273950FFF3FF3D9C89FBBAF62C" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="62" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" type="conservation">
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<paragraph id="445336AC3950FFF3FF3D9C89FBBAF62C" blockId="2.[136,1452,158,2093]" lastBlockId="3.[136,1452,158,257]" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="62" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">
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<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FF3D9C89FE03F0EC" bold="true" box="[189,429,1958,1984]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Conservation status</emphasis>
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:—
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<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FE509C89FD39F0EC" box="[464,663,1958,1984]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Bulbine decastroi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is currently known from three localities, each representing a distinct subpopulation, within a very small Extent of Occurrence (
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<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FC9A9CE4FCF6F0C8" box="[794,856,1995,2020]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">sensu</emphasis>
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IUCN 2022) of
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<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FB969CE4FB9EF0C8" box="[1046,1072,1995,2020]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">ca</emphasis>
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.
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<quantity id="83149B493950FFF2FBBF9CE5FB29F0C8" box="[1087,1159,1994,2020]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" unit="km" value="20.0">20 km</quantity>
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<superScript id="B3999BE43950FFF2FB079CE5FB21F0F4" attach="left" box="[1159,1167,1994,2008]" fontSize="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">2</superScript>
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. All known localities are located in South Africa’s
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<collectingRegion id="8628F84E3950FFF2FE239CC1FD31FF24" box="[419,671,2030,2056]" country="South Africa" name="Mpumalanga" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Mpumalanga province</collectingRegion>
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within two formally protected areas and there are currently no known significant threats to this species or its habitat. It is therefore considered to be unlikely that
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<taxonomicName id="83EC4D2F3950FFF2FB33933CFA92FF00" box="[1203,1340,2066,2092]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Bulbine" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="decastroi">
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<emphasis id="7698EABE3950FFF2FB33933CFA92FF00" box="[1203,1340,2066,2092]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">B. decastroi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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currently meets the IUCN thresholds for categorisation as threatened (CR [Critically Endangered], EN [Endangered], or VU [Vulnerable]) or Near Threatened (NT) (
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<bibRefCitation id="207D4B5D3951FFF3FDCD9BEDFD79F7F0" author="IUCN" box="[589,727,194,220]" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" refId="ref3459" refString="IUCN. (2012) IUCN Red List categories and criteria: Version 3.1. Second edition. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, and Cambridge, United Kingdom, iv + 32 pp." type="book" year="2012">IUCN 2012</bibRefCitation>
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). However,
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||
<taxonomicName id="83EC4D2F3951FFF3FCDD9BECFC4DF7F0" box="[861,995,194,220]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Bulbine" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="decastroi">
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<emphasis id="7698EABE3951FFF3FCDD9BECFC4DF7F0" box="[861,995,194,220]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">B. decastroi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
is regarded as ‘Rare’ in accordance with the South African conservation status categories used by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="207D4B5D3951FFF3FC879BC9FBBEF62C" author="Raimondo, D. & Von Staden, L. & Foden, W. & Victor, J. E. & Helme, N. A. & Turner, R. C. & Kamundi, D. A. & Manyama, P. A." box="[775,1040,230,257]" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" refId="ref3857" refString="Raimondo, D., Von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J. E., Helme, N. A., Turner, R. C., Kamundi, D. A. & Manyama, P. A. (eds.) (2009) Red List of South African Plants 2009. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 668 pp. http: // hdl. handle. net / 20.500.12143 / 260" type="book" year="2009">
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Raimondo
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<emphasis id="7698EABE3951FFF3FC039BC8FC1AF62C" box="[899,948,230,256]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">et al</emphasis>
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||
. (2009)
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||
</bibRefCitation>
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||
.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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||
<caption id="109366243951FFF3FF089C86FACFFF07" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7710733" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7710733" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7710733/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" startId="3.[136,234,1961,1983]" targetBox="[175,1419,275,1945]" targetPageId="3">
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<paragraph id="445336AC3951FFF3FF089C86FACFFF07" blockId="3.[136,1452,1961,2091]" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">
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<emphasis id="7698EABE3951FFF3FF089C86FEAAF092" bold="true" box="[136,260,1961,1983]" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="83EC4D2F3951FFF3FE8B9C86FE1BF092" box="[267,437,1961,1982]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Bulbine" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="decastroi">
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<emphasis id="7698EABE3951FFF3FE8B9C86FE1BF092" box="[267,437,1961,1982]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">Bulbine decastroi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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<emphasis id="7698EABE3951FFF3FE439C86FE75F092" bold="true" box="[451,475,1961,1982]" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">A.</emphasis>
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In its natural peatland habitat. The peatland burned a few months before the photograph was taken. Note the high water table in the bottom right of the image.
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<emphasis id="7698EABE3951FFF3FD439CE2FD77F0CE" bold="true" box="[707,729,1997,2018]" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">B.</emphasis>
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This section of the peatland did not burn. The vegetation is very dense.
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<emphasis id="7698EABE3951FFF3FA149CE2FA05F0CF" bold="true" box="[1428,1451,1997,2019]" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">C.</emphasis>
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Contractile roots.
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<emphasis id="7698EABE3951FFF3FEB49CDEFEE2FF2A" bold="true" box="[308,332,2033,2054]" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">D.</emphasis>
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A dense cluster of 40 rosettes. Note the glaucous sheen to the leaves.
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||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3951FFF3FC659CDEFC55FF2A" bold="true" box="[997,1019,2033,2054]" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">E.</emphasis>
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Close-up of racemes and flowers.
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<emphasis id="7698EABE3951FFF3FAC69CDEFAF7FF2A" bold="true" box="[1350,1369,2033,2054]" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">F.</emphasis>
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||
Tony de Castro (1970–) after whom
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83EC4D2F3951FFF3FE199339FDA5FF06" box="[409,523,2069,2091]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Bulbine" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="decastroi">
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||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3951FFF3FE199339FDA5FF06" box="[409,523,2069,2091]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">B. decastroi</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is named.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83EC4D2F3951FFF3FDF4933AFCB2FF06" box="[628,796,2069,2090]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Bulbine" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="decastroi">
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<emphasis id="7698EABE3951FFF3FDF4933AFCB2FF06" box="[628,796,2069,2090]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">Bulbine decastroi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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grows in the foreground. All photographs: Gideon F. Smith.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="109366243956FFF4FF089C51FAC6F094" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7710737" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7710737" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7710737/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="63" startId="4.[136,234,1918,1940]" targetBox="[201,1384,193,1891]" targetPageId="4">
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<paragraph id="445336AC3956FFF4FF089C51FAC6F094" blockId="4.[136,1451,1918,1976]" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">
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||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3956FFF4FF089C51FEAAF0BF" bold="true" box="[136,260,1918,1940]" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83EC4D2F3956FFF4FE8C9C51FE03F0B8" authorityName="Von Poellnitz" authorityYear="1944" box="[268,429,1918,1940]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Bulbine" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="63" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="capitata">
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||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3956FFF4FE8C9C51FE03F0B8" box="[268,429,1918,1940]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">Bulbine capitata</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
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||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3956FFF4FE3A9C51FE7CF0BF" bold="true" box="[442,466,1918,1939]" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">A.</emphasis>
|
||
Growing in a recently burned grassland. Note the arid substrate.
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3956FFF4FBD49C51FBC4F0BF" bold="true" box="[1108,1130,1918,1939]" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">B.</emphasis>
|
||
The leaves are most often much broader than those of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83EC4D2F3956FFF4FED99C8CFE62F09B" box="[345,460,1954,1976]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Bulbine" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="63" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="decastroi">
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3956FFF4FED99C8CFE62F09B" box="[345,460,1954,1976]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">B. decastroi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3956FFF4FE589C8DFE5EF094" bold="true" box="[472,496,1954,1976]" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">C.</emphasis>
|
||
Close-up of a raceme and flowers. Note the long pedicels. All photographs: Neil R. Crouch.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<subSubSection id="0CF665273957FFF5FF3D9BB1FB69F6D0" pageId="5" pageNumber="64" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="445336AC3957FFF5FF3D9BB1FB69F6D0" blockId="5.[136,1452,158,508]" pageId="5" pageNumber="64">
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||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3957FFF5FF3D9BB1FEF8F794" bold="true" box="[189,342,158,184]" pageId="5" pageNumber="64">Eponymy:—</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83EC4D2F3957FFF5FED69BB1FDB3F794" box="[342,541,158,184]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Bulbine" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="64" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="decastroi">
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3957FFF5FED69BB1FDB3F794" box="[342,541,158,184]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="64">Bulbine decastroi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is named for Antonio (‘Tony’) D’Azevêdo Pinto de Castro (Lourenço Marques [present-day
|
||
<collectingRegion id="8628F84E3957FFF5FE9F9BEDFED2F7F0" box="[287,380,194,220]" country="Mozambique" name="Maputo" pageId="5" pageNumber="64">Maputo</collectingRegion>
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],
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||
<collectingCountry id="3CFB763C3957FFF5FE119BEDFD86F7F0" box="[401,552,194,220]" name="Mozambique" pageId="5" pageNumber="64">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
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,
|
||
<date id="3052106C3957FFF5FDB69BEDFD58F7F0" box="[566,758,194,220]" pageId="5" pageNumber="64" value="1970-01-17">17 January 1970</date>
|
||
<emphasis id="7698EABE3957FFF5FD769BECFCAAF7F0" box="[758,772,195,220]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="64">–</emphasis>
|
||
) (
|
||
<figureCitation id="DCD72A293957FFF5FCAB9BEDFC2DF7F0" box="[811,899,194,220]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[136,234,1961,1983]" captionTargetBox="[175,1419,275,1945]" captionTargetId="figure-63@3.[164,1423,266,1952]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Bulbine decastroi. A. In its natural peatland habitat. The peatland burned a few months before the photograph was taken. Note the high water table in the bottom right of the image. B. This section of the peatland did not burn. The vegetation is very dense. C. Contractile roots. D. A dense cluster of 40 rosettes. Note the glaucous sheen to the leaves. E. Close-up of racemes and flowers. F. Tony de Castro (1970–) after whom B. decastroi is named. Bulbine decastroi grows in the foreground. All photographs: Gideon F. Smith." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7710733" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7710733/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="64">Fig. 1F</figureCitation>
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||
). He matriculated from King Edward VII High School in Johannesburg in 1987, after which he attended the Rand Afrikaans University (currently the University of Johannesburg), graduating with a B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Botany in 1994. In 1997 Tony entered his current occupation as a professional consultant in the fields of botany and ecology, and in 1999 he founded De Castro & Brits c.c. an ecological consulting firm of which he is at present the Managing Member. He is a registered member of the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions and conducts specialist work in, inter alia, terrestrial, wetland, and riparian ecosystems of the Savanna and Grassland Biomes of southern Africa. Tony has worked in 13 African countries, and as part of his field surveys has authored several scientific papers and over 570 specialist reports pertaining to biodiversity management, impact assessment, and the sustainable utilisation of natural resources.
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</paragraph>
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