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Southern African Loranthaceae and Viscaceae: new taxa * and new combinations

Author(s) -

Delbert Wiens

Publication year - 1978

Publication title -

bothalia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 2311-9284

pISSN - 0006-8241

DOI - 10.4102/abc.v12i3.1797

Subject(s) - subspecies , loranthaceae , biology , taxon , botany , zoology

Two new genera are named: Pedistylis Wiens with the type species P. galpinii (Schinz ex Sprague) Wiens and Vanwykia Wiens with the type species V. remota (Bak. & Sprague) Wiens. Three new species and one new subspecies are described: Plicosepalus amplexicaulis Wiens, Tapinanthus crassifolius Wiens, Viscum oreophilum Wiens, and V. capense L.f. subsp. hoolei Wiens. The following nomenclatural changes are made: Actinanthella wyliei (Sprague) Wiens, Tapinanthus forbesii (Sprague) Wiens, T. leendertziae (Sprague) Wiens, T. kraussianus (Meisn.) Danser subsp. transvaalensis (Sprague) Wiens, T. natalitius (Meisn.) Danser subsp. zeyheri (Harv.) Wiens, Tieghemia bolusii (Sprague) Wiens and T. rogersii (Sprague ex Burtt Davy) Wiens.