Psoralea karooensis (Psoraleeae, Fabaceae): a new species from the Klein Karoo region of South Africa

Abstract. A new species of Psoralea is described. Psoralea karooensis C.H. Stirt., Muasya & Vlok is endemic to mountain streams in the Klein Karoo region of the Western Cape Province, South Africa. The new species is characterised by its flexuose habit of many stiff bare stems with the seasonal...

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Autores principales: Stirton, Charles H., Muasya, A. Muthama, Vlok, Jan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3519350/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23233814
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.17.3672
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author Stirton, Charles H.
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description Abstract. A new species of Psoralea is described. Psoralea karooensis C.H. Stirt., Muasya & Vlok is endemic to mountain streams in the Klein Karoo region of the Western Cape Province, South Africa. The new species is characterised by its flexuose habit of many stiff bare stems with the seasonal shoots arising apically in clusters and its greenish cream flowers borne at the apex of 10–12 mm long peduncles each ending in a trifid cupulum.
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spelling pubmed-35193502012-12-11 Psoralea karooensis (Psoraleeae, Fabaceae): a new species from the Klein Karoo region of South Africa Stirton, Charles H. Muasya, A. Muthama Vlok, Jan PhytoKeys Article Abstract. A new species of Psoralea is described. Psoralea karooensis C.H. Stirt., Muasya & Vlok is endemic to mountain streams in the Klein Karoo region of the Western Cape Province, South Africa. The new species is characterised by its flexuose habit of many stiff bare stems with the seasonal shoots arising apically in clusters and its greenish cream flowers borne at the apex of 10–12 mm long peduncles each ending in a trifid cupulum. Pensoft Publishers 2012-09-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3519350/ /pubmed/23233814 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.17.3672 Text en Charles H. Stirton, A. Muthama Muasya, Jan Vlok http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Stirton, Charles H.
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Psoralea karooensis (Psoraleeae, Fabaceae): a new species from the Klein Karoo region of South Africa
title Psoralea karooensis (Psoraleeae, Fabaceae): a new species from the Klein Karoo region of South Africa
title_full Psoralea karooensis (Psoraleeae, Fabaceae): a new species from the Klein Karoo region of South Africa
title_fullStr Psoralea karooensis (Psoraleeae, Fabaceae): a new species from the Klein Karoo region of South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Psoralea karooensis (Psoraleeae, Fabaceae): a new species from the Klein Karoo region of South Africa
title_short Psoralea karooensis (Psoraleeae, Fabaceae): a new species from the Klein Karoo region of South Africa
title_sort psoralea karooensis (psoraleeae, fabaceae): a new species from the klein karoo region of south africa
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3519350/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23233814
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.17.3672
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