Psoralea forbesiae (Psoraleeae, Fabaceae), a new species from the Swartberg Mountains of South Africa

By

Stirton, C. H.
Bello, Abubakar.
Muasya, Muthama

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

99

Pages

93-98

Subjects

endemic , 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.99.24765

 

Abstract

Psoraleaforbesiae C.H.Stirt., A.Bello & Muasya is a new species of Psoraleeae, Fabaceae. Psoraleaforbesiae is endemic to the Swartberg Mountains and is a tall densely branched re-sprouting shrub up to 2.5 m, with bluish-green stems and with most parts covered in small crater-like glands, leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, linear-oblong, pale bluish-green, semi-conduplicate, somewhat succulent, glabrous, crowded at the end of bare branches on older stems or distributed along short branches on young shoots, petiolate. A description of P.forbesiae, together with photographs and a distribution map are presented.