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A NEW SPECIES OF STREPTOCARPUS (GESNERIACEAE) FROM THE PONDOLAND COAST, SOUTH AFRICA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2004

D. U. BELLSTEDT  and
T. J. EDWARDS
D. U. BELLSTEDT
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa
T. J. EDWARDS
Affiliation:
School of Botany and Zoology, University of Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville 3209, South Africa
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Abstract

The new species Streptocarpus lilliputana (Gesneriaceae), collected on the Pondoland coast, South Africa, is described. Although its alliances are not obvious in terms of corolla morphology and rosulate habit, it approaches S. gardenii and its allies. The pollen and stigma of S. lilliputana differ markedly from the stenopalynous grains and bilobed stigmas of the other South African rosulate species. Streptocarpus lilliputana is exceedingly rare and is a further endemic from the Pondoland centre.

Keywords

Gesneriaceaenew speciesSouth AfricaStreptocarpus lilliputana
Type
Research Article
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 60 , Issue 3 , November 2003 , pp. 409 - 414
Copyright
© 2003, Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

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