<I>Nicipe rosulata</I> (Ornithogaloideae, Hyacinthaceae), a New Species from the Little Karoo in South Africa, with a New Combination in the Genus

Abstract

Abstract-A new species of Nicipe from the Little Karoo in South Africa is here described. Nicipe rosulata sp. nov. is characterized by its (3-)5-8 short and broad, somewhat leathery leaves disposed in a basal rosette, its narrowly ovate, acute-apiculate capsules, and its long papillate-echinulate seeds. This species is at first sight related to Nicipe britteniae and Ornithogalum lithopsoides based on their short leaves with ciliate to fimbriate margins, but it differs in floral and vegetative characters that clearly support its recognition as a distinct species. Nicipe britteniae differs from N. rosulata by the hard, distichous, ensiform, conduplicate, and densely fimbriate leaves and the rugose seeds. Ornithogalum lithopsoides clearly differs by the more numerous and much thinner leaves, and the rugose seeds, among other characters. Here we provide a detailed morphological description for Nicipe rosulata, including ecological and chorological data, and discuss relationships with its close allies. Finally, the recently described Ornithogalum lithopsoides, also from the Little Karoo, clearly belongs to Nicipe based on the leathery rosulate leaves all arising nearly at the same level, the relatively small flowers, the tepals with a dark longitudinal band mostly visible on the abaxial side, and the small capsules and seeds. This new combination in the latter genus is also presented here.

Molecular phylogenetics of subfamily Urgineoideae (Hyacinthaceae): Toward a coherent generic circumscription informed by molecular, morphological, and distributional data

“…The generic analytic treatment in Ornithogaloideae sensu Martínez‐Azorín et al (2011) has been broadly subscribed to (Garbari et al, 2003, 2007; Johnson et al, 2012; Martínez‐Azorín & Crespo, 2012; Peruzzi et al, 2012; Pfosser et al, 2012; Ali et al, 2013; Martínez‐Azorín et al, 2013a, 2013b, 2014, 2015a, 2015c; Mulholland et al, 2013; Brudermann et al, 2019; Riahi Rad et al, 2019; Heidarian et al, 2020; Bogdanovic et al, 2021). Nonetheless, the alternative system for a broad Ornithogalum and Albuca (as proposed by Manning et al, 2009) has to date been adopted by the influential “The Plant List” or “World Checklist of Selected Plant Families” (WCSP, 2022).…”

Nomenclatural adjustments in African plants 3

“…Eliokarmos craibii Martínez-Azorín et al (2015b), Nicipe rosulata Martínez-Azorín et al (2014), Stellarioides exigua Martínez-Azorín et al (2015a) andS. littoralis N.A.Crouch et al (2014) are Background: Ongoing systematic studies in the African flora necessitate periodic nomenclatural adjustments and corrections.…”