New combinations and a key to the species of Pelekium (Thuidiaceae) in sub- Saharan Africa and the East African Islands
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Phephu, Nonkululo
Van Rooy, Jaques
Van Wyk, Abraham Erasmus (Braam)
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Magnolia Press (open access)
Abstract
Two taxa currently recognised in Thuidium are transferred to Pelekium to complete the relocation of monoicous species
from Thuidium subg. Microthuidium to Pelekium. The new combinations are: Pelekium thomeanum (Broth.) Phephu stat.
et comb. nov. (basyonym Thuidium involvens (Hedw.) Mitt. var. thomeanum Broth.), now recognised as a species distinct
from P. involvens (Hedw.) A. Touw, and P. pseudoinvolvens (Müll. Hal.) Phephu comb. nov. A full taxonomic treatment,
including descriptions and notes on the distribution and ecology of these two species is presented, followed by a key to
the African species of Pelekium.
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Africa, Classification, Nomenclature, Thuidium, Taxonomy
Sustainable Development Goals
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Phephu, N, Van Rooy, J & Van Wyk, AE 2013, 'New combinations and a key to the species of Pelekium (Thuidiaceae) in sub-Saharan Africa and the East African Islands', Phytotaxa, vol. 84, no.2, pp. 60-64.