Massonia gypsicola Mart.-Azorín, M.Pinter, M.B.Crespo, M.A.Alonso & Wetschnig

, Phytotaxa 308(1): 147 (2017).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77163276-1
Publication
Phytotaxa
Collation
308(1): 147
Date of Publication
2 Jun 2017
Family as entered in IPNI
Hyacinthaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
M.Martínez-Azorín, M.Pinter, M.B.Crespo & M.A.Alonso MMA1298
Locality
Vanrhynsdorp (3118): Knersvlakte, ca. 4 km SW of N7 on the gravel road parallel to the railway, farm Quaggas Kop 215 (-BC), crevices and shallow soil on gypcrete outcrops, 135 m
Collection Date
14 Nov 2016
Type Herbaria
holotype GRA
isotype ABH
isotype GZU
Distribution Of Types
Western Cape Province (Cape Provinces, Southern Africa, Africa)
Type Remarks
ex hort. in Graz (Austria)

Nomenclatural Notes

[epublished]

Remarks

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.308.1.16 the specific epithet (gypsicola: growing in gypsum substrate) refers to the distinct and unique habitat of this new species; this is so far the only taxon in Massonia occurring on gypcrete outcrops