Thursday, July 28, 2022

[Botany • 2022] Heliophila verna (Brassicaceae) • A New Species from the Northern Cape of South Africa


Heliophila verna

in Al-Shehbaz, Mandáková, Mummenhoff & Lysak, 2022. 

Abstract
The new species Heliophila verna is described, illustrated, and its distinguishing characters from the related glabrous annuals, especially H. namaquana is discussed. Its chromosome number (2n = 18) is reported here.
 
Keywords: Eudicots, Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, cytogenomics, Heliophila, South Africa




Heliophila verna


 Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz, Terezie Mandáková, Klaus Mummenhoff and Martin Lysak. 2022. Heliophila verna (Brassicaceae), A New Species from the Northern Cape of South Africa. Phytotaxa. 555(2); 195–199. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.555.2.8