Maerua sebrabergensis (Capparaceae), a new species from Namibia
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Swanepoel, Wessel
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Magnolia Press
Abstract
Maerua sebrabergensis, here described as a new species, has a restricted range and is only known from the Zebra Mountains
within the Kaokoveld Centre of Endemism, northwestern Namibia. Diagnostic characters for M. sebrabergensis include
a geoxylic suffrutescent habit (rarely a small tree), simple, alternate leaves, petaliferous flowers with the disc not or only
slightly produced and smooth, cylindrical, slightly torulose fruit. A comparison of some of the more prominent morphological
features to differentiate between M. sebrabergensis and its possible nearest relative, M. parvifolia, are provided.
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Maerua sebrabergensis, Capparaceae, New species, Namibia
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Swanepoel, W 2015, 'Maerua sebrabergensis (Capparaceae), a new species from Namibia', Phytotaxa, vol. 207, no. 1, pp. 123-128.