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<mods:title>Four new species and three taxonomic adjustments in Lachenalia (Asparagaceae: Scilloideae) from southern and western South Africa</mods:title>
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<mods:affiliation>Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, 7707 Rhodes Gift, South Africa & Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, South African National Biodiversity Institute, 7700 Newlands, South Africa g. duncan @ sanbi. org. za; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3079 - 9613</mods:affiliation>
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This new species differs from
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long), a shorter style (
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Deciduous, winter-green geophyte
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high. Bulb globose,
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in diam., solitary; tunic multilayered, outer tunics spongy, dark brown, inner tunics membranous; cataphyll 10–32 ×
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, translucent white, apex obtuse. Leaf 1 or 2, lanceolate, 35–190 ×
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, translucent white. Perianth zygomorphic, oblong-campanulate, suberect, sweet-scented; tube cup-shaped,
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, translucent white, fading to brownish maroon, apices obtuse, slightly recurved, median keels bright green. Stamens included or shortly exserted; filaments declinate,
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long, white; anthers oblong,
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long, pollen yellow. Ovary ellipsoid, 3 ×
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, dull green; style declinate,
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long, white, becoming strongly exserted in fruit; stigma minutely capitate. Capsule ellipsoid, 8–10 ×
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. Seed globose, 0.9–1.0 × 1.0 mm, matt, black, secondary sculpturing rugose; strophiole inflated,
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long, smooth, glossy black. Flowering time: June to September.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[189,356,374,400]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">Etymology:—</emphasis>
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The specific epithet
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refers to the granite rocky outcrops and granitic flats of the
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West Coast, to which this species is endemic.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[189,525,446,472]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">Other material examined:—</emphasis>
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:
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south of
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(3217
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,
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10250
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(
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;
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granite outcrop south of
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, off R399 (3217
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<collectionCode box="[1061,1104,482,508]" country="India" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13033" name="Forest Research Institute, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" type="Herbarium">DD</collectionCode>
|
||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2006-06-20" collectionCode="NBG" collectorName="Cowell & Nurrish" country="South Africa" elevation="167" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Western Cape">
|
||
among houses, in loamy clay soil, westerly aspect,
|
||
<date box="[385,543,518,545]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" value="2006-06-20">
|
||
<collectingDate box="[385,543,518,545]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" value="2006-06-20">20 June 2006</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
,
|
||
<elevation box="[557,746,518,545]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.67" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" unit="m" value="167.0">
|
||
elevation
|
||
<quantity box="[670,746,518,545]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.67" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" unit="m" value="167.0">167 m</quantity>
|
||
</elevation>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis box="[760,1021,518,545]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">
|
||
<collectorName box="[760,839,518,544]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">Cowell</collectorName>
|
||
&
|
||
<collectorName box="[881,968,518,544]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">Nurrish</collectorName>
|
||
537
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<collectionCode box="[1039,1104,518,544]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15565" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15565" name="South African National Biodiversity Institute" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" type="Herbarium">NBG</collectionCode>
|
||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation collectionCode="DD" country="South Africa" location="St. Helena Bay" municipality="Stompneus" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Western Cape">
|
||
<collectingMunicipality box="[1126,1253,518,544]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">Stompneus</collectingMunicipality>
|
||
, northwest of
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03B487D3FFB5FF9AD1FCFA4727C9F8BA:8EC2601EFFB6FF9AD4F9FD932205FDF3" country="South Africa" municipality="Stompneus" name="St. Helena Bay" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" stateProvince="Western Cape">St. Helena Bay</location>
|
||
(3217
|
||
<collectionCode box="[344,387,554,580]" country="India" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13033" name="Forest Research Institute, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" type="Herbarium">DD</collectionCode>
|
||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<materialsCitation box="[407,778,554,581]" collectingDate="1967-06-27" collectionCode="NBG" country="South Africa" location="Hall" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Western Cape">
|
||
<date box="[407,562,554,581]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" value="1967-06-27">
|
||
<collectingDate box="[407,562,554,581]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" value="1967-06-27">27 June 1967</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis box="[574,688,554,580]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03B487D3FFB5FF9AD1FCFA4727C9F8BA:8EC2601EFFB6FF9AD34AFDBF2178FDF2" box="[574,624,554,580]" country="South Africa" name="Hall" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" stateProvince="Western Cape">Hall</location>
|
||
3139
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<collectionCode box="[705,770,554,580]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15565" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15565" name="South African National Biodiversity Institute" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" type="Herbarium">NBG</collectionCode>
|
||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation box="[790,1116,554,580]" collectionCode="DD" country="South Africa" location="Stompneus" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Western Cape">
|
||
above
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03B487D3FFB5FF9AD1FCFA4727C9F8BA:8EC2601EFFB6FF9AD215FDBF20D5FDF2" box="[865,989,554,580]" country="South Africa" name="Stompneus" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" stateProvince="Western Cape">Stompneus</location>
|
||
(3217
|
||
<collectionCode box="[1065,1108,554,580]" country="India" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13033" name="Forest Research Institute, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" type="Herbarium">DD</collectionCode>
|
||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1965-06-17" collectionCode="NBG" country="South Africa" location="Barker" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Western Cape">
|
||
<date box="[1128,1283,554,581]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" value="1965-06-17">
|
||
<collectingDate box="[1128,1283,554,581]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" value="1965-06-17">17 June 1965</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis box="[1295,1451,554,580]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03B487D3FFB5FF9AD1FCFA4727C9F8BA:8EC2601EFFB6FF9AD47BFDBF2655FDF2" box="[1295,1373,554,580]" country="South Africa" name="Barker" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" stateProvince="Western Cape">Barker</location>
|
||
10567
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<collectionCode box="[144,209,590,616]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15565" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15565" name="South African National Biodiversity Institute" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" type="Herbarium">NBG</collectionCode>
|
||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
<materialsCitation box="[228,788,590,617]" collectionCode="CC" country="South Africa" location="St Helena Bay" municipality="Nooitgedacht Farm" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Western Cape">
|
||
<collectingMunicipality box="[228,444,590,617]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">Nooitgedacht Farm</collectingMunicipality>
|
||
near
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03B487D3FFB5FF9AD1FCFA4727C9F8BA:8EC2601EFFB6FF9AD08EFDDB2193FDDF" box="[506,667,590,617]" country="South Africa" municipality="Nooitgedacht Farm" name="St Helena Bay" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" stateProvince="Western Cape">St Helena Bay</location>
|
||
(3218
|
||
<collectionCode box="[741,781,590,616]" country="Australia" name="CSIRO Canberra Rhizobium Collection" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">CC</collectionCode>
|
||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<materialsCitation box="[799,1204,590,617]" collectingDate="1972-06-28" collectionCode="NBG" country="South Africa" location="Barker" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Western Cape">
|
||
<date box="[799,951,590,617]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" value="1972-06-28">
|
||
<collectingDate box="[799,951,590,617]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" value="1972-06-28">28 June 1972</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis box="[962,1116,590,616]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03B487D3FFB5FF9AD1FCFA4727C9F8BA:8EC2601EFFB6FF9AD2B6FDDB2718FDDE" box="[962,1040,590,616]" country="South Africa" name="Barker" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" stateProvince="Western Cape">Barker</location>
|
||
10228
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<collectionCode box="[1131,1196,590,616]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15565" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15565" name="South African National Biodiversity Institute" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" type="Herbarium">NBG</collectionCode>
|
||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
<materialsCitation collectionCode="BB" country="South Africa" location="Saldanha" municipality="Entrance" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Western Cape">
|
||
<collectingMunicipality box="[1214,1314,591,617]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">Entrance</collectingMunicipality>
|
||
to
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03B487D3FFB5FF9AD1FCFA4727C9F8BA:8EC2601EFFB6FF9AD431FDDB26A4FDDE" box="[1349,1452,590,616]" country="South Africa" municipality="Entrance" name="Saldanha" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" stateProvince="Western Cape">Saldanha</location>
|
||
off R399, on granite hill above town (3317
|
||
<collectionCode box="[616,654,626,652]" country="0" name="Buffalo Bill Museum" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">BB</collectionCode>
|
||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1983-10-09" collectionCode="NBG" collectorName="Duncan" country="South Africa" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Western Cape">
|
||
occasional in loamy clay on west-facing rocky slope,
|
||
<date box="[1271,1447,626,652]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" value="1983-10-09">
|
||
<collectingDate box="[1271,1447,626,652]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" value="1983-10-09">9 October 1983</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis box="[136,274,662,688]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">
|
||
<collectorName box="[136,225,663,688]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">Duncan</collectorName>
|
||
119
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<collectionCode box="[291,356,662,688]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15565" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15565" name="South African National Biodiversity Institute" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" type="Herbarium">NBG</collectionCode>
|
||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
<materialsCitation box="[377,627,662,688]" collectionCode="AA" country="South Africa" location="Langebaan" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Western Cape">
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03B487D3FFB5FF9AD1FCFA4727C9F8BA:8EC2601EFFB6FF9AD00DFD0322FCFD06" box="[377,500,662,688]" country="South Africa" name="Langebaan" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" stateProvince="Western Cape">Langebaan</location>
|
||
(3318
|
||
<collectionCode box="[576,619,662,688]" country="Kazakhstan" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13590" name="Ministry of Science, Academy of Sciences" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" type="Herbarium">AA</collectionCode>
|
||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<materialsCitation box="[641,1221,662,688]" collectingDate="1938-07-21" collectionCode="NBG" country="South Africa" location="Lewis" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Western Cape">
|
||
<date box="[641,793,662,688]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" value="1938-07-21">
|
||
<collectingDate box="[641,793,662,688]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" value="1938-07-21">21 July 1938</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis box="[807,920,663,688]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03B487D3FFB5FF9AD1FCFA4727C9F8BA:8EC2601EFFB6FF9AD253FD022060FD06" box="[807,872,663,688]" country="South Africa" name="Lewis" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" stateProvince="Western Cape">Lewis</location>
|
||
s.n.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
sub. NBG 222/32 (
|
||
<collectionCode box="[1148,1213,662,688]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15565" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15565" name="South African National Biodiversity Institute" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" type="Herbarium">NBG</collectionCode>
|
||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
<materialsCitation box="[1234,1447,662,688]" collectionCode="AD" country="South Africa" location="Darling" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Western Cape">
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03B487D3FFB5FF9AD1FCFA4727C9F8BA:8EC2601EFFB6FF9AD5A6FD032620FD06" box="[1234,1320,662,688]" country="South Africa" name="Darling" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" stateProvince="Western Cape">Darling</location>
|
||
(3318
|
||
<collectionCode box="[1396,1439,662,688]" country="Australia" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15675" name="State Herbarium of South Australia" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" type="Herbarium">AD</collectionCode>
|
||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<materialsCitation box="[136,558,698,724]" collectingDate="1947-08-23" collectionCode="NBG" country="South Africa" location="Barker" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Western Cape">
|
||
<date box="[136,317,698,724]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" value="1947-08-23">
|
||
<collectingDate box="[136,317,698,724]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" value="1947-08-23">23 August 1947</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis box="[328,469,698,724]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03B487D3FFB5FF9AD1FCFA4727C9F8BA:8EC2601EFFB6FF9AD03CFD2F229EFD62" box="[328,406,698,724]" country="South Africa" name="Barker" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" stateProvince="Western Cape">Barker</location>
|
||
4599
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<collectionCode box="[485,550,698,724]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15565" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15565" name="South African National Biodiversity Institute" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" type="Herbarium">NBG</collectionCode>
|
||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation box="[569,1228,698,725]" collectionCode="AD" country="South Africa" location="Darling" municipality="Waylands Farm Flower Reserve" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Western Cape">
|
||
<collectingMunicipality box="[569,929,698,725]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">Waylands Farm Flower Reserve</collectingMunicipality>
|
||
east of
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03B487D3FFB5FF9AD1FCFA4727C9F8BA:8EC2601EFFB6FF9AD28EFD2F2758FD62" box="[1018,1104,698,724]" country="South Africa" municipality="Waylands Farm Flower Reserve" name="Darling" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" stateProvince="Western Cape">Darling</location>
|
||
(3318
|
||
<collectionCode box="[1177,1220,698,724]" country="Australia" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15675" name="State Herbarium of South Australia" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" type="Herbarium">AD</collectionCode>
|
||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1974-09-08" collectionCode="NBG" country="South Africa" location="Barker" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Western Cape">
|
||
<date box="[1240,1447,698,724]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" value="1974-09-08">
|
||
<collectingDate box="[1240,1447,698,724]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" value="1974-09-08">8 September 1974</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis box="[136,260,734,760]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03B487D3FFB5FF9AD1FCFA4727C9F8BA:8EC2601EFFB6FF9AD1FCFD4B23DEFD4E" box="[136,214,734,760]" country="South Africa" name="Barker" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" stateProvince="Western Cape">Barker</location>
|
||
s.n.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<collectionCode box="[275,338,734,760]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15565" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15565" name="South African National Biodiversity Institute" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" type="Herbarium">NBG</collectionCode>
|
||
, photo.)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="6.[136,1452,158,1805]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[189,294,770,796]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">Notes:—</emphasis>
|
||
The earliest known collection of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="G. D. Duncan" authorityYear="2023" box="[656,787,771,796]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Lachenalia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="granitica">
|
||
<emphasis box="[656,787,771,796]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">L. granitica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is that of G.J. Lewis who recorded it in flower at Langebaan on the
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[212,270,806,832]" country="South Africa" name="Western Cape" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">Cape</collectingRegion>
|
||
West Coast on 21 July, 1938. Most collections have been made in the vicinity of Vredenburg to the north. The species is becoming increasingly threatened by coastal housing development.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="6.[136,1452,158,1805]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[189,620,878,904]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">Diagnostic features and affinities:—</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="G. D. Duncan" authorityYear="2023" box="[620,856,878,904]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Lachenalia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="granitica">
|
||
<emphasis box="[620,856,878,904]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">Lachenalia granitica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is recognised in flower by a dense spike of suberect, oblong-campanulate, sweet-scented flowers with metallic blue or blue-green perianth tubes, light metallic blue outer tepals which may be plain or darker blue-spotted, and protruding, translucent white inner tepals with obtuse, slightly recurved apices. The outer tepals have a prominent brown or greenish brown apical gibbosity, and the inner tepals have bright green median keels and fade to brownish maroon (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[828,977,1022,1049]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[136,234,194,216]" captionTargetId="figure-174@3.[151,1436,494,1367]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Lachenalia komsbergensis: detail of three flowering racemes in cultivation (A); single plant flowering in beige alluvium, Komsberg Pass (B); general view of Central Mountain Shale Renosterveldhabitat, Komsberg Pass (C).Lachenalia inflata: single flowering plant in red sand north of Middelpos (D); single flowering plant in red clay west of Calvinia (E); general view of Roggeveld Karoo habitat north of Middelpos (F). Lachenalia granitica: detail of flowering spike in cultivation, with arrow showing a very long bract (G); flowering plant from Vredenburg in cultivation (H); spike of flowering and fruiting plant in Saldanha Granite Strandveld habitat near Vredenburg (I). Lachenalia filamentosa: flowering plants from Riviersonderend in cultivation (J); single flowering plant from De Hoop Nature Reserve in cultivation (K); two plants in early fruiting stage in De Hoop Limestone Fynbos habitat, De Hoop Nature Reserve (L). Photographs: A-D, F-K by Graham Duncan; E by Adam Harrower; L by David Gwynne-Evans." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7706380" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7706380/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">Fig. 1 G, H, I</figureCitation>
|
||
). Each flower is subtended by a prominent lanceolate, translucent white bract, and in the upper part of the inflorescence the bracts may be up to
|
||
<quantity box="[1311,1392,1058,1085]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" unit="mm" value="25.0">25 mm</quantity>
|
||
long (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[144,241,1094,1120]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[136,234,194,216]" captionTargetId="figure-174@3.[151,1436,494,1367]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Lachenalia komsbergensis: detail of three flowering racemes in cultivation (A); single plant flowering in beige alluvium, Komsberg Pass (B); general view of Central Mountain Shale Renosterveldhabitat, Komsberg Pass (C).Lachenalia inflata: single flowering plant in red sand north of Middelpos (D); single flowering plant in red clay west of Calvinia (E); general view of Roggeveld Karoo habitat north of Middelpos (F). Lachenalia granitica: detail of flowering spike in cultivation, with arrow showing a very long bract (G); flowering plant from Vredenburg in cultivation (H); spike of flowering and fruiting plant in Saldanha Granite Strandveld habitat near Vredenburg (I). Lachenalia filamentosa: flowering plants from Riviersonderend in cultivation (J); single flowering plant from De Hoop Nature Reserve in cultivation (K); two plants in early fruiting stage in De Hoop Limestone Fynbos habitat, De Hoop Nature Reserve (L). Photographs: A-D, F-K by Graham Duncan; E by Adam Harrower; L by David Gwynne-Evans." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7706380" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7706380/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">Fig. 1 G</figureCitation>
|
||
). The plant produces one or two lanceolate, dull green, suberect leaves with coriaceous margins, mostly with smooth surfaces, or rarely with sporadic flattened pustules. The ripe fruit is an ellipsoid capsule containing globose, matt, black seeds with an inflated, smooth, glossy strophiole.
|
||
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="G. D. Duncan" authorityYear="2023" box="[189,429,1202,1228]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Lachenalia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="granitica">
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<emphasis box="[189,429,1202,1228]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">Lachenalia granitica</emphasis>
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is a member of sect.
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<emphasis box="[692,818,1202,1228]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">Lachenalia</emphasis>
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, subsect.
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<emphasis box="[936,1062,1202,1228]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">Lachenalia</emphasis>
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(
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Duncan
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<emphasis box="[1180,1233,1202,1228]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">et al</emphasis>
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. 2022
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</bibRefCitation>
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)
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</taxonomicName>
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. Due to its prominent floral bracts, and similar oblong-campanulate flowers, it has previously been regarded as a blue-flowered form of
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<emphasis box="[228,423,1274,1300]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">L. longibracteata</emphasis>
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(
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)
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, however in phylogenetic analysis it was retrieved as sister to the turquoise, tubular-flowered
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<taxonomicName authority="Barker (1972: 179)" authorityName="Barker" authorityPageNumber="179" authorityYear="1972" box="[330,696,1310,1336]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Lachenalia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="viridiflora">
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<emphasis box="[330,475,1310,1336]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">L. viridiflora</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation author="Barker, W. F." box="[482,696,1310,1336]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" pagination="179 - 183" refId="ref10357" refString="Barker, W. F. (1972) A new species of Lachenalia from the south-western Cape. Journal of South African Botany 38: 179 - 183." type="journal article" year="1972">Barker (1972: 179)</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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(with which it occurs sympatrically on granite outcrops in northern parts of its
|
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<collectingRegion box="[273,331,1346,1372]" country="South Africa" name="Western Cape" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">Cape</collectingRegion>
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West Coast range), within the uppermost clade of subsect.
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<emphasis box="[1031,1157,1346,1372]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">Lachenalia</emphasis>
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(
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Duncan
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<emphasis box="[1275,1328,1346,1372]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">et al</emphasis>
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. 2022
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</bibRefCitation>
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)
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">L. longibracteata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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differs from
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<emphasis box="[449,582,1383,1408]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">L. granitica</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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in having a racemose inflorescence with shorter, greenish yellow outer tepals (
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long), shorter filaments (
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long), a longer style (
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long), leaf upper surfaces that are always smooth, a larger globose seed (1.1 ×
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) with a longer inflated strophiole (1.0 mm long) and a later flowering period from early to late spring (late August to mid-October).
|
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="267" type="distribution">
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<paragraph blockId="6.[136,1452,158,1805]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[189,518,1526,1552]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">Distribution and habitat:—</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[518,754,1526,1552]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">Lachenalia granitica</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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occurs in the Fynbos Biome and is confined to the Cape West Coast, extending from Darling in the south to
|
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Bay in the north (
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). It is endemic to granite outcrops and flats, occurring among low scrub in partially shaded aspects within boulder crevices in dark brown, loamy soils in Saldanha Granite Strandveld, and in open aspects on granite flats, in Swartland Granite Renosterveld (
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<bibRefCitation author="Mucina, L. & Rutherford, M. C." pageId="6" pageNumber="267" refId="ref11340" refString="Mucina, L. & Rutherford, M. C. (2006) The vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Strelitzia 19. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 807 pp." type="book" year="2006">Mucina & Rutherford 2006</bibRefCitation>
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). The plants occur as scattered solitary individuals or in small groups, and when in flower, are inconspicuous among surrounding vegetation. Flowering commences in mid-winter and ends in early spring (late June to early September). Near Vredenburg, the flowerheads are grazed by steenbuck (
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thunberg" baseAuthorityYear="1811" box="[1036,1290,1742,1768]" class="Mammalia" family="Bovidae" genus="Raphicerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Artiodactyla" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="campestris">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1036,1290,1742,1768]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">Raphicerus campestris</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) and in winter the bulbs are excavated and eaten by Cape porcupines (
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1852" box="[757,1024,1778,1804]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Hystrix" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="africaeaustralis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[757,1024,1778,1804]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">Hystrix africaeaustralis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) (
|
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<bibRefCitation author="Duncan, G. D." box="[1048,1205,1778,1804]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267" refId="ref10701" refString="Duncan, G. D. (2012) The genus Lachenalia. Botanical magazine monograph. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 479 pp." type="book" year="2012">Duncan 2012</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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