Elephantorrhiza woodii var. pubescens (E. Phillips) S.A. O'Donnell & G.P. Lewis, 2022

O'Donnell, Shawn A., Ringelberg, Jens J. & Lewis, Gwilym P., 2022, Re-circumscription of the mimosoid genus Entada including new combinations for all species of the phylogenetically nested Elephantorrhiza (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, mimosoid clade), PhytoKeys 205, pp. 99-145 : 99

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.205.76790

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D9286B04-F7AB-5248-90CD-1E1D262DB847

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scientific name

Elephantorrhiza woodii var. pubescens (E. Phillips) S.A. O'Donnell & G.P. Lewis
status

comb. nov.

Elephantorrhiza woodii var. pubescens (E. Phillips) S.A. O'Donnell & G.P. Lewis comb. nov.

Type.

SOUTH AFRICA. Natal , Estcourt District, near Little Tugela, 1219 m alt., J. Medley-Wood 2867 (holotype: NH [NH0002867-0]) .

Basionym.

Elephantorrhiza woodii E. Phillips var. pubescens E. Phillips, Bothalia 1: 193. 1923.

Description.

Stems, petiole, leaf rachis, pinna rachis and inflorescence peduncle and rachis pubescent.

Distribution.

South Africa (Natal), Lesotho.

Habitat and ecology.

In grassland.

Note.

Grobler (2012, p. 151) viewed stem pubescence in E. woodii as an unreliable basis for distinguishing these two varieties.