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

By

Stirton, C. H.
Muasya, Muthama
Vlok, Jan

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

17

Pages

19-23

Subjects

Fabaceae , Klein Karoo , Leguminosae , new species , Psoralea , Psoraleeae , South Africa , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.17.3672

 

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.