Indigofera wenholdiae (Indigofereae, Fabaceae), a new species from the Western Cape Province, South Africa

By

du Preez, Brian
Dreyer, Leanne
Stirton, C. H.
Muasya, Muthama
Schrire, Brian

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

182

Pages

107--112

Subjects

Fynbos , Greater Cape Floristic Region , Indigofera , Leguminosae , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.72170

 

Abstract

In this study, Indigofera wenholdiae, a new species of Fabaceae from the Agulhas Plain Region of the Western Cape Province, South Africa, is described. A composite photographic plate is included along with a distribution map, description of habitat and ecology and proposed IUCN conservation status. Indigofera wenholdiae is unique in the I. brachystachya group by having digitately compound (vs. pinnately compound) leaves, white and unscented flowers (vs. pink and sweetly scented flowers) and grows on sandstone hillsides (vs. coastal limestone plains and outcrops).