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N.R.Crouch & Mart.
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:—It resembles
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Deciduous herb.
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length; outer bulb scales fleshy, with residual papery tunic fragments, green to pale beige, with contractile roots.
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long distally; lowermost bracts lanceolate, 0.6–1.0 mm long with spur 0.2–3.0 mm long, present at all nodes and shortening distally, sometimes deciduous; pedicels subpatent, becoming downward curved distally, but apically erect in fruit,
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, shortly connate in basal
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included, adnate to perianth for ca
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, thus inserted at top of tube; filaments filiform, erect, free for ca
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long; anthers connivent around style, dorsifixed, introrse, thecae ca 1 ×
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long before dehiscence, longitudinally dehiscent, connective very shortly apiculate.
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, greenish yellow with white septal nectaria; style columnar, tapering along upper third,
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long, longer than ovary, extending well beyond anthers by ca
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, greenish along basal third and white distally, stigma obtuse, minutely 3-lobed.
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subglobose, ca 3.5 ×
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, presented sigmoidally to dehisce vertically, brown.
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ca 4–5 per locule, hemicircular, irregularly compressed with slightly winged margins, (2.6–)2.8–3.0 × (1.4–)1.6–1.7(–2.0) mm, testa glossy black, rugose and comprised of narrowly elongated cells aligned to long axis, cell edges slightly wavy.
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<emphasis id="B930075C4369FF8415BEEC0AFED5F166" bold="true" box="[189,318,1592,1618]" pageId="4" pageNumber="203">Etymology</emphasis>
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:—Named after the urgineoid genus
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<emphasis id="B930075C4369FF8417C9EC0AFCDFF166" box="[714,820,1592,1618]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="203">Litanthus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, given its superficially similar tubular flower morphology and dimensions, and nodding presentation.
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<emphasis id="B930075C4369FF8415BEECB2FEA8F1AE" bold="true" box="[189,323,1664,1690]" pageId="4" pageNumber="203">Phenology:</emphasis>
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—
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<emphasis id="B930075C4369FF84145CECB2FD9BF1AE" box="[351,624,1664,1690]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="203">Schizobasis litanthiflora</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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flowers mainly from July to October in the wild, with occasional flowers to early January concurrently with mature fruits; in cultivation in the Northern Hemisphere (Alicante,
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) between March and May. The flowers last about three days, considerably longer than other
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<taxonomicName id="4C44A0CD4369FF841110ECFAFB07F1D6" box="[1043,1260,1736,1762]" pageId="4" pageNumber="203">
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<emphasis id="B930075C4369FF841110ECFAFB7DF1D6" box="[1043,1174,1736,1762]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="203">Schizobasis</emphasis>
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species
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||
</taxonomicName>
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in which flowers are fugacious and last a single day. Mature fruits are produced from October to January in the wild and observed from April in the Northern Hemisphere.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BFBDB4E4369FF8415BEED06FE74F08F" blockId="4.[136,1452,908,2087]" pageId="4" pageNumber="203">
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<emphasis id="B930075C4369FF8415BEED06FEC8F07A" bold="true" box="[189,291,1844,1870]" pageId="4" pageNumber="203">Habitat:</emphasis>
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—
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<emphasis id="B930075C4369FF84143CED06FDA6F07A" box="[319,589,1844,1870]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="203">Schizobasis litanthiflora</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
occurs in well-drained shallow loamy soils overlying Natal Group Sandstones at the base of shrubs on rocky krantzes, and in rock crevices, on western and northwestern aspects (
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). The savanna vegetation
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<typeStatus id="54FF65EC4369FF841465ED4FFE7DF0A3" box="[358,406,1917,1943]" pageId="4" pageNumber="203">type</typeStatus>
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within which it has been found is Eastern Valley Bushveld (SVs 6) (
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<bibRefCitation id="EFD5A6BF4369FF84119DED4EFA74F0A2" author="Rutherford, M. C. & Mucina, L. & Lotter, M. C. & Bredenkamp, G. J. & Smit, J. H. L. & Scott-Shaw, C. R. & Hoare, D. B. & Goodman, P. S. & Bezuidenhout, H. & Scott, L. & Ellis, F. & Powrie, L. W. & Siebert, F. & Mostert, T. H. & Henning, B. J. & Venter, C. E. & Camp, K. G. T. & Siebert, S. J. & Matthews, W. S. & Burrows, J. E. & Dobson, L. & Van Rooyen, N. & Schmidt, E. & Winter, P. J. D. & Du Preez, P. J. & Ward, R. A. & Williamson, S. & Hurter, P. J. H." box="[1182,1439,1916,1942]" pageId="4" pageNumber="203" pagination="439 - 567" refId="ref5716" refString="Rutherford, M. C., Mucina, L., Lotter, M. C., Bredenkamp, G. J., Smit, J. H. L., Scott-Shaw, C. R., Hoare, D. B., Goodman, P. S., Bezuidenhout, H., Scott, L., Ellis, F., Powrie, L. W., Siebert, F., Mostert, T. H., Henning, B. J., Venter, C. E., Camp, K. G. T., Siebert, S. J., Matthews, W. S., Burrows, J. E., Dobson, L., Van Rooyen, N., Schmidt, E., Winter, P. J. D., Du Preez, P. J., Ward, R. A., Williamson, S. & Hurter, P. J. H. (2006) Savanna Biome. In: L. Mucina & M. C. Rutherford (Eds.) The vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Strelitzia 19. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, pp. 439 - 567." type="book chapter" year="2006">
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Rutherford
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<emphasis id="B930075C4369FF841020ED4FFAB7F0A2" box="[1315,1372,1916,1942]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="203">et al.</emphasis>
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2006
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</bibRefCitation>
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), at an elevation of
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||
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.
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</specimenCount>
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C35E88C54369FF8515BEEDF6FCD9F67C" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="204" pageId="4" pageNumber="203" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="8BFBDB4E4369FF8415BEEDF6FE48FF12" blockId="4.[136,1452,908,2087]" pageId="4" pageNumber="203">
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<emphasis id="B930075C4369FF8415BEEDF6FEA4F0EA" bold="true" box="[189,335,1988,2014]" pageId="4" pageNumber="203">Distribution</emphasis>
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:—
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<emphasis id="B930075C4369FF841470EDF6FD6DF0EA" box="[371,646,1988,2014]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="203">Schizobasis litanthiflora</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
is presently only known from the
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<typeStatus id="54FF65EC4369FF841111EDF7FBA9F0EB" box="[1042,1090,1989,2015]" pageId="4" pageNumber="203">type</typeStatus>
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locality at eMabhobhane in the Stanger District, within the valley of the Tugela River, in central
|
||
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(
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). Several hundred plants have been observed at the site.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BFBDB4E4368FF8515BEEAACFCD9F67C" blockId="5.[136,1452,158,976]" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">
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<emphasis id="B930075C4368FF8515BEEAACFCABF78C" bold="true" box="[189,832,158,184]" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">Diagnostic characters and taxonomic relationships</emphasis>
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||
:—
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<taxonomicName id="4C44A0CD4368FF851667EAACFB95F78C" box="[868,1150,158,184]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Schizobasis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="204" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="litanthiflora">
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<emphasis id="B930075C4368FF851667EAACFB95F78C" box="[868,1150,158,184]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">Schizobasis litanthiflora</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
is unique in the genus in producing nodding tubular flowers, which although seemingly having fused tepals for most of their length, are comprised rather of almost free, erect and overlapping tepals; included stamens; and subglobose ovary with elongated style (
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). All other species in the genus produce spreading tepals that expose the androecium and gynoecium at anthesis (see figs.
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<bibRefCitation id="EFD5A6BF4368FF8514D9EB1CFCCDF67C" author="Martinez-Azorin, M. & Crespo, M. B. & Alonso, M. A. & Pinter, M. & Crouch, N. R. & Dold, A. P. & Mucina, L. & Pfosser, M. & Wetschnig, W." box="[474,806,302,328]" pageId="5" pageNumber="204" pagination="42 - 63" refId="ref5167" refString="Martinez-Azorin, M., Crespo, M. B., Alonso, M. A., Pinter, M., Crouch, N. R., Dold, A. P., Mucina, L., Pfosser, M. & Wetschnig, W. (2023 a) Molecular phylogenetics of subfamily Urgineoideae (Hyacinthaceae): Towards a coherent generic circumscription informed by molecular, morphological and distributional data. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 63 (1): 42 - 63. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / jse. 12905" type="journal article" year="2023">
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Martínez-Azorín
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<emphasis id="B930075C4368FF85179EEB1DFD3DF67C" box="[669,726,302,328]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">et al.</emphasis>
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2023a
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</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C35E88C54368FF8615BEEB60FDB7F570" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="205" pageId="5" pageNumber="204" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="B930075C4368FF8515BEEB60FED0F658" bold="true" box="[189,315,338,364]" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">Discussion</emphasis>
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||
:—In their treatment of the “
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<emphasis id="B930075C4368FF85178BEB60FCE0F658" box="[648,779,338,364]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">Schizobasis</emphasis>
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|
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group of
|
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<emphasis id="B930075C4368FF851683EB61FC3AF658" box="[896,977,339,364]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">Drimia</emphasis>
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|
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”, the inclusion by
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Manning
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<emphasis id="B930075C4368FF85101EEB61FAB3F658" box="[1309,1368,338,364]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">et al.</emphasis>
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(2014)
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</bibRefCitation>
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of eight morphologically highly diverse species in their concept for
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||
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||
<emphasis id="B930075C4368FF85168BEB45FBE0F6A4" box="[904,1035,375,400]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">D. intricata</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
inevitably resulted in a very broadly circumscribed taxon concept, for an entity widespread in southern and central Africa. In the sense of Manning and co-workers (2014)
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||
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<emphasis id="B930075C4368FF851464EB8DFE06F6EC" box="[359,493,447,472]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">D. intricata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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flowers from early through to late summer (November to March in the Southern Hemisphere). The plant figured as
|
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<emphasis id="B930075C4368FF851704EBD1FD56F6C8" box="[519,701,483,508]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">Drimia intricata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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by
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Manning
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<emphasis id="B930075C4368FF851653EBD1FC6CF6C8" box="[848,903,482,508]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">et al.</emphasis>
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(2014
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, figure 1) and
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<bibRefCitation id="EFD5A6BF4368FF85116DEBD0FA4CF6C8" author="Manning, J. C. & Goldblatt, P." box="[1134,1447,482,508]" pageId="5" pageNumber="204" refId="ref4776" refString="Manning, J. C. & Goldblatt, P. (2018) Systematics of Drimia Jacq. (Hyacinthaceae: Urgineoideae) in southern Africa. Strelitzia 40. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 173 pp." type="book" year="2018">Manning & Goldblatt (2018</bibRefCitation>
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, figure 32) and based on
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<emphasis id="B930075C4368FF8514A2E835FCAEF514" box="[417,837,518,544]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">
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<taxonomicName id="4C44A0CD4368FF8514A2E835FE05F514" box="[417,494,519,544]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Drimia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="204" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="van">D. van</taxonomicName>
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der Walt sub J. Deacon 3133
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</emphasis>
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(NBG), was gathered originally in the Port Elizabeth District of the
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<collectingRegion id="498015AC4368FF851424E819FDCFF570" box="[295,548,554,581]" country="South Africa" name="Eastern Cape" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">Eastern Cape province</collectingRegion>
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, and represents a far narrower species concept than that detailed in the description provided by these authors.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BFBDB4E4368FF8515BEE841FE72F4E4" blockId="5.[136,1452,158,976]" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">
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In consideration of specimens from
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<collectingRegion id="498015AC4368FF85174CE840FD14F5B8" box="[591,767,626,652]" country="South Africa" name="KwaZulu-Natal" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">KwaZulu-Natal</collectingRegion>
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used to inform their opinion of their concept for
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<taxonomicName id="4C44A0CD4368FF851021E841FA4FF5B8" box="[1314,1444,627,652]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Drimia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="204" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="intricata">
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<emphasis id="B930075C4368FF851021E841FA4FF5B8" box="[1314,1444,627,652]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">D. intricata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, none were cited by
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<bibRefCitation id="EFD5A6BF4368FF851476E8A4FD93F584" author="Manning, J. C. & Deacon, J. & Goldblatt, P." box="[373,632,662,688]" pageId="5" pageNumber="204" pagination="263 - 269" refId="ref4698" refString="Manning, J. C., Deacon, J. & Goldblatt, P. (2014) A review of the Schizobasis group of Drimia Jacq. (Hyacinthaceae: Urgineoideae), now including D. intricata and the new D. sigmoidea from Western Cape, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 94: 263 - 269. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. sajb. 2014.07.011" type="journal article" year="2014">
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Manning
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<emphasis id="B930075C4368FF8514E5E8A5FDC9F584" box="[486,546,662,688]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">et al.</emphasis>
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(2014)
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</bibRefCitation>
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for that province, despite their figure 2 showing a distribution at the topacadastral QDS 2831BD within the Nkandla District. This distribution point would appear to roughly correspond with
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<emphasis id="B930075C4368FF8515C2E8EDFEA3F5CC" box="[193,328,734,760]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">Venter 3000</emphasis>
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(PRE!) cited earlier by
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<bibRefCitation id="EFD5A6BF4368FF851756E8EDFD1BF5CC" author="Jessop, J. P." box="[597,752,734,761]" pageId="5" pageNumber="204" pagination="265 - 319" refId="ref4588" refString="Jessop, J. P. (1977) Studies in the bulbous Liliaceae in South Africa 7. The taxonomy of Drimia and certain allied genera. Journal of South African Botany 43 (4): 265 - 319." type="journal article" year="1977">Jessop (1977)</bibRefCitation>
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from near the Old Gold Mine, Babanango.
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<bibRefCitation id="EFD5A6BF4368FF8511DFE8EDFA9CF5CC" author="Jessop, J. P." box="[1244,1399,734,761]" pageId="5" pageNumber="204" pagination="265 - 319" refId="ref4588" refString="Jessop, J. P. (1977) Studies in the bulbous Liliaceae in South Africa 7. The taxonomy of Drimia and certain allied genera. Journal of South African Botany 43 (4): 265 - 319." type="journal article" year="1977">Jessop (1977)</bibRefCitation>
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also cited a photographic voucher of a plant from Rooikrans above the Bivane (Pivaan) River in Louwsburg District (
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<emphasis id="B930075C4368FF851070E931FF2BF474" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">Dyer 5042</emphasis>
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, PRE!), from 2731CA. Neither of these vouchers nor
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<taxonomicName id="4C44A0CD4368FF851637E914FC5CF474" authorityName="Baker" authorityYear="1873" box="[820,951,806,832]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Schizobasis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="204" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B930075C4368FF851637E914FC5CF474" box="[820,951,806,832]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">Schizobasis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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plants encountered by us at these localities corresponds with the material from eMabhobhane on the Tugela, either vegetatively or sexually. Without explanation, the subsequent revision of
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C44A0CD4368FF8514B7E95DFDEEF4BC" authorityName="Jacq. ex Willdenow" authorityYear="1799" box="[436,517,879,904]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Drimia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="204" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus" sensu="lato">
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<emphasis id="B930075C4368FF8514B7E95DFDEEF4BC" box="[436,517,879,904]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">Drimia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A203BA274368FF85170FE95CFDC6F4BC" box="[524,557,878,904]" pageId="5" pageNumber="204" sensu="lato">s.l.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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in southern Africa by
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<bibRefCitation id="EFD5A6BF4368FF85162BE95CFB87F4BC" author="Manning, J. C. & Goldblatt, P." box="[808,1132,878,904]" pageId="5" pageNumber="204" refId="ref4776" refString="Manning, J. C. & Goldblatt, P. (2018) Systematics of Drimia Jacq. (Hyacinthaceae: Urgineoideae) in southern Africa. Strelitzia 40. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 173 pp." type="book" year="2018">Manning & Goldblatt (2018)</bibRefCitation>
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did not reflect any localities within
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<collectingRegion id="498015AC4368FF8515D4E9A0FE6CF498" box="[215,391,914,940]" country="South Africa" name="KwaZulu-Natal" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">KwaZulu-Natal</collectingRegion>
|
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on their distribution map (67) for
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C44A0CD4368FF851609E9A1FC67F498" box="[778,908,915,940]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Drimia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="204" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="intricata">
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<emphasis id="B930075C4368FF851609E9A1FC67F498" box="[778,908,915,940]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">D. intricata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, nor were the PRE vouchers seen by Jessop and ourselves cited by them.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BFBDB4E4368FF85158BEDEEFB53F0C6" blockId="5.[136,1208,2012,2034]" box="[136,1208,2012,2034]" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">
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<emphasis id="B930075C4368FF85158BEDEEFF1CF0C5" bold="true" box="[136,247,2012,2034]" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">FIGURE 3</emphasis>
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||
. Known geographic distribution range of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C44A0CD4368FF851788EDEEFBA9F0C5" authority="N. R. Crouch & Mart." authorityName="N. R. Crouch & Mart." box="[651,1090,2012,2034]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Schizobasis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="204" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="litanthiflora">
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<emphasis id="B930075C4368FF851788EDEEFC9EF0C5" box="[651,885,2012,2033]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="204">Schizobasis litanthiflora</emphasis>
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N.R.Crouch & Mart.
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
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-Azorín (■).
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BFBDB4E436BFF8615BEEAACFDB7F570" blockId="6.[136,1452,158,580]" pageId="6" pageNumber="205">
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<taxonomicName id="4C44A0CD436BFF8615BEEAACFE3BF78C" box="[189,464,158,184]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Schizobasis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="6" pageNumber="205" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="litanthiflora">
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<emphasis id="B930075C436BFF8615BEEAACFE3BF78C" box="[189,464,158,184]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="205">Schizobasis litanthiflora</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
is unusual in the genus for flowering
|
||
<emphasis id="B930075C436BFF86168AEAADFC3BF78C" box="[905,976,159,184]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="205">in situ</emphasis>
|
||
mainly during late winter through to late spring, much earlier in the season than its summer-flowering sister taxa. Although similar in overall floral
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C44A0CD436BFF861047EAF0FA40F7E8" box="[1348,1451,194,220]" form="and" pageId="6" pageNumber="205" rank="form">form and</taxonomicName>
|
||
dimensions the tepals of both
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C44A0CD436BFF8614EAEAD4FD45F634" box="[489,686,230,256]" pageId="6" pageNumber="205">
|
||
<emphasis id="B930075C436BFF8614EAEAD4FDB8F634" box="[489,595,230,256]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="205">Litanthus</emphasis>
|
||
species
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are connate for three quarters to four fifths of their length into a cylindrical tube (
|
||
<figureCitation id="137FC7CB436BFF861447EB38FE51F610" box="[324,442,266,292]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[136,229,1864,1886]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,190,1839]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1435,190,1839]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Schizobasis and Litanthus flower morphology: Schizobasis litanthiflora N.R.Crouch & Mart.-Azorín from the type locality in cultivation (A–B). A. Mature flowers and dissections; B. Dissected immature flowers; C. Litanthus pusillus Harvey from Harvey (1844: Tab. IX); D. Litanthus pusillus; E. Litanthus stenocarpus (J.C.Manning & J.M.J.Deacon) Mart.-Azorín et al. Scale bar: 5 mm. Photographs by the authors." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14521304" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14521304/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="205">Fig. 2C–E</figureCitation>
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||
), whereas those of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C44A0CD436BFF86178FEB39FCC5F610" box="[652,814,266,293]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Schizobasis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="6" pageNumber="205" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="litanthiflora">
|
||
<emphasis id="B930075C436BFF86178FEB39FCC5F610" box="[652,814,266,293]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="205">S. litanthiflora</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are connate only in their basal fifth and so otherwise free, but are similarly borne as pendulous cylindrical tubes (
|
||
<figureCitation id="137FC7CB436BFF8617F5EB1CFC98F67D" box="[758,883,302,329]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[136,229,1954,1976]" captionTargetBox="[182,1404,180,1933]" captionTargetId="figure-20@2.[151,1435,172,1947]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Schizobasis litanthiflora N.R.Crouch & Mart.-Azorín from the type locality at eMabhobhane. A. Inflorescence section, with mature flowers and buds; B. Infructescence; C. Entire plant with immature fruits; D. Pendulous flower in lateral view; E. Mature capsule with seeds; F. Seed in lateral view. G. Habitat at type locality. Scale bars: A: 4.5 mm, B: 25 mm, C: 20 mm, D, E: 2 mm, F: 0.7 mm. Photographs by the authors." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14521302" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14521302/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="205">Fig. 1A, D</figureCitation>
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;
|
||
<figureCitation id="137FC7CB436BFF861683EB1CFC31F67C" box="[896,986,302,328]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[136,229,1864,1886]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,190,1839]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1435,190,1839]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Schizobasis and Litanthus flower morphology: Schizobasis litanthiflora N.R.Crouch & Mart.-Azorín from the type locality in cultivation (A–B). A. Mature flowers and dissections; B. Dissected immature flowers; C. Litanthus pusillus Harvey from Harvey (1844: Tab. IX); D. Litanthus pusillus; E. Litanthus stenocarpus (J.C.Manning & J.M.J.Deacon) Mart.-Azorín et al. Scale bar: 5 mm. Photographs by the authors." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14521304" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14521304/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="205">Fig. 2A</figureCitation>
|
||
). The strong similarity in overall form of the corolla of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C44A0CD436BFF861425EB61FE21F658" box="[294,458,338,365]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Schizobasis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="6" pageNumber="205" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="litanthiflora">
|
||
<emphasis id="B930075C436BFF861425EB61FE21F658" box="[294,458,338,365]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="205">S. litanthiflora</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
to that of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C44A0CD436BFF861743EB60FD41F658" authorityName="Harvey" authorityYear="1844" box="[576,682,338,364]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Litanthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="6" pageNumber="205" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B930075C436BFF861743EB60FD41F658" box="[576,682,338,364]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="205">Litanthus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is intriguing, leading one to speculate on the evolutionary pressures that may have brought about such convergence. The notion that the widespread
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C44A0CD436BFF861102EB44FA40F6A5" authority="Harvey (1844: 315)" authorityName="Harvey" authorityPageNumber="315" authorityYear="1844" box="[1025,1451,374,401]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Litanthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="6" pageNumber="205" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pusillus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B930075C436BFF861102EB44FB22F6A4" box="[1025,1225,374,400]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="205">Litanthus pusillus</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD5A6BF436BFF8611CCEB45FA40F6A5" author="Harvey, W. H." box="[1231,1451,374,401]" pageId="6" pageNumber="205" pagination="314 - 315" refId="ref4489" refString="Harvey, W. H. (1844) Litanthus, a new genus of Asphodeleae from South Africa. The London Journal of Botany 3: 314 - 315. Available from: https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / item / 6314 # page / 318 / mode / 1 up (accessed 19 November 2024)" type="journal article" year="1844">Harvey (1844: 315)</bibRefCitation>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C44A0CD436BFF8615B4EBA9FEB1F680" box="[183,346,410,437]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Schizobasis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="6" pageNumber="205" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="litanthiflora">
|
||
<emphasis id="B930075C436BFF8615B4EBA9FEB1F680" box="[183,346,410,437]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="205">S. litanthiflora</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
might mutually support a pollination guild at the eMabhobhane locality is not yet substantiated by observations for co-occurrence of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C44A0CD436BFF86170FEB8DFD6AF6EC" box="[524,641,446,472]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Litanthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="6" pageNumber="205" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pusillus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B930075C436BFF86170FEB8DFD6AF6EC" box="[524,641,446,472]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="205">L. pusillus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
plants (although this latter species also occurs along the Tugela River). The asynchronous but largely successive phenologies of these two species would enable pollinator rewards to extend across a longer season, given that
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C44A0CD436BFF86170DE835FD59F514" box="[526,690,518,545]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Schizobasis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="6" pageNumber="205" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="litanthiflora">
|
||
<emphasis id="B930075C436BFF86170DE835FD59F514" box="[526,690,518,545]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="205">S. litanthiflora</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
plants flower mainly from July to October, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C44A0CD436BFF8611D8E835FABBF514" box="[1243,1360,518,544]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Litanthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="6" pageNumber="205" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pusillus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B930075C436BFF8611D8E835FABBF514" box="[1243,1360,518,544]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="205">L. pusillus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
blooms thereafter between November and March.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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