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Swanepoel, Wessel
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Le Roux, Mariaan
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Wojciechowski, Martin F.
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Van Wyk, Abraham Erasmus (Braam)
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dc.contributor.editor |
Pandit, Maharaj K. |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2015-07-04T10:39:13Z |
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dc.date.available |
2015-07-04T10:39:13Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2015-03-27 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Oberholzeria etendekaensis, a succulent biennial or short-lived perennial shrublet is described
as a new species, and a new monotypic genus. Discovered in 2012, it is a rare species
known only from a single locality in the Kaokoveld Centre of Plant Endemism, northwestern
Namibia. Phylogenetic analyses of molecular sequence data from the plastid matK
gene resolves Oberholzeria as the sister group to the Genisteae clade while data from the
nuclear rDNA ITS region showed that it is sister to a clade comprising both the Crotalarieae
and Genisteae clades. Morphological characters diagnostic of the new genus include: 1)
succulent stems with woody remains; 2) pinnately trifoliolate, fleshy leaves; 3) monadelphous
stamens in a sheath that is fused above; 4) dimorphic anthers with five long, basifixed
anthers alternating with five short, dorsifixed anthers, and 5) pendent, membranous, oneseeded,
laterally flattened, slightly inflated but indehiscent fruits. |
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am2015 |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
This work was funded in part by research
grants from the South African National Research
Foundation and University of Pretoria to AEVW.
MMLR received financial support from the University
of Johannesburg. MFW was funded by the Arizona
State University. |
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dc.description.uri |
http://www.plosone.org |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Swanepoel W, le Roux MM, Wojciechowski MF, van Wyk AE (2015) Oberholzeria (Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae), a New Monotypic Legume Genus from Namibia. PLoS ONE 10(3): e0122080. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122080 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1932-6203 |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.1371/journal.pone.0122080 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46307 |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Public Library of Science |
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dc.rights |
The work is made
available under the Creative Commons CC0. |
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dc.subject |
Oberholzeria etendekaensis |
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dc.subject |
Oberholzeria |
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dc.subject |
New monotypic genus |
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dc.subject |
Namibia |
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dc.title |
Oberholzeria (Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae), a new monotypic legume genus from Namibia |
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Article |
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