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