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A JOURNAL of BOTANICAL RESEARCH Vol. 37,1 May 2007 ISSN 0006 8241 = Bothalia Bothalia A JOURNAL OF BOTANICAL RESEARCH Vol. 37,1 May 2007 TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE PRETORIA Obtainable from the South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X101, Pretoria 0001, Republic of South Africa. A catalogue of all available publications will be issued on request. BOTHALIA Bothalia is named in honour of General Louis Botha, first Premier and Minister of Agriculture of the Union of South Africa. This house journal of the South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, is devoted to the furtherance of botanical science. The main fields covered are taxonomy, ecology, anatomy and cytology. Two parts of the journal and an index to contents, authors and sub- jects are published annually. Three booklets of the contents (a) to Vols 1–20, (b) to Vols 21–25 and (c) to Vols 26–30, are available. STRELITZIA A series of occasional publications on southern African flora and vegetation, replacing Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa and Annals of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens. MEMOIRS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA The memoirs are individual treatises usually of an ecological nature, but sometimes dealing with taxonomy or economic botany. Published: Nos 1–63 (many out of print). Discontinued after No. 63. ANNALS OF KIRSTENBOSCH BOTANIC GARDENS A series devoted to the publication of monographs and major works on southern African flora. Published: Vols 14–19 (earlier volumes published as supplementary volumes to the Journal of South African Botany). Discontinued after Vol. 19. FLOWERING PLANTS OF AFRICA (FPA) This serial presents colour plates of African plants with accompanying text. The plates are prepared mainly by the artists at the South African National Biodiverity Institute. Many botanical artists have contributed to the series, such as Fay Anderson, Peter Bally, Auriol Batten, Gillian Condy, Betty Connell, Stella Gower, Rosemary Holcroft, Kathleen Lansdell, Cythna Letty (over 700 plates), Claire Linder-Smith and Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst. The Editor is pleased to receive living plants of general interest or of economic value for illustration. From Vol. 55, twenty plates are published at irregular intervals. An index to Vols 1–49 is available. FLORA OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (FSA) A taxonomic treatise on the flora of the Republic of South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia and Botswana. the FSA contains descriptions of families, genera, species, infraspecific taxa, keys to genera and species, synonymy, literature and limited specimen citations, as well as taxonomic and ecological notes. Contributions to the FSA also appear in Bothalia. PALAEOFLORA OF SOUTHERN AFRICA A palaeoflora on a pattern comparable to that of the Flora of southern Africa. Much of the informa- tion is presented in the form of tables and photographic plates depicting fossil populations. Now available: Molteno Formation (Triassic) Vol. 1. Introduction. Dicroidium, 1983, by J.M. & H.M. Anderson. Molteno Formation (Triassic) Vol. 2. Gymnosperms (excluding Dicroidium), 1983, by J.M. & H.M. Anderson. Prodromus of South African Megafloras. Devonian to Lower Cretaceous, 1985, by J.M. & H.M. Anderson. Obtainable from:A.A. Balkema Marketing, Box 317, Claremont 7735, RSA. Towards Gondwana Alive. Promoting biodiversity and stemming the Sixth Extinction, 1999, by J.M. Anderson (ed.). BOTHALIA A JOURNAL OF BOTANICAL RESEARCH Volume 37,1 Scientific Editor: G. Germishuizen Technical Editor: B.A. Momberg 2 Cussonia Avenue, Brummeria, Pretoria Private Bag X101, Pretoria 0001 ISSN 0006 8241 May 2007 Editorial Board D.F. Cutler Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK B.J. Huntley South African National Biodiversity Institute, Cape Town, RSA P.H. Raven Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, USA M.J.A. Werger University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Acknowledgements to referees Archer, Mrs C. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, RSA. Archer, Dr R.H. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, RSA. Boucher, Dr C. Botany Dapartment, University of Stellenbosch, RSA. Brandham, Dr P.E. Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK. Brown, Prof. L.R. Department of Nature Conservation, UNISA, Florida, RSA. Bruyns, Dr P. Department Mathematics, University of Cape Town, RSA. Burrows, J. P.O. Box 710, 1120 Lydenburg, RSA. Cincotta, Dr R.P. Population Action International, Washington DC, USA. Daemane, M.E. Arid Ecosystems Research Unit, Golden Gate National Park, RSA. Foden, Ms W. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, RSA. Goldblatt, Dr P. Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, USA. Goyder, Dr D.J. The Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK. Greuter, Prof. Dr W. Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum, Berlin, Germany. Hutchings, Ms A. P.O. Box 1362, 3880 Empangeni, RSA. Kativu, Dr S. Dept. Biological Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe. Klopper, Ms R.R. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, RSA. Krige, Ms A. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, RSA. LiedeSchumann, Prof. Dr S. Department of Systematic Botany, University of Bayreuth, Germany. Linder, Prof. H.P. University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. Manning, Dr J.C. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Cape Town, RSA. McNeill, Dr J. Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Meerow, Dr A.W. National Germplasm Repository, Miami, Florida, USA. Meve, Dr U. Department of Plant Systematics, University of Bayreuth, Germany. Nordenstam, Prof. R.B. Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden. Oliver, Dr E.G.H. Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, RSA. Paton, Dr A. The Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK. Retief, Dr E. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, RSA. Ross, Dr J.H. Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia. Schrire, Dr B. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK. Thulin, Dr M.L. Department of Systematic Botany, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden. Timberlake, Dr J.R. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, England, UK. Van Wyk, Prof. A.E. University of Pretoria, RSA. Venter, Prof. H.J.T. Department of Plant Science, University of Free State, Bloemfontein, RSA. Wallnöfer, Dr B. Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria. Werger, Prof. M.J.A. Department Plant Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Winter, P.J.D. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, RSA. CONTENTS Bothalia 37, 1 1. Notes on new and misunderstood taxa of Cyrtanthus (Amaryllidaceae: Cyrtantheae) from the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. D.A. SNIJMAN .................... 1 2. New species and notes on the genus Cliffortia (Rosaceae). C.M. WHITEHOUSE and A.C. FELLING- HAM ..... 9 3. Notes on African plants: Apocynaceae. Transfer of Schizoglossum umbelluliferum to Stenostelma, and its neotypification (Asclepiadoideae). S.P. BESTER and A. NICHOLAS .............................. 48 Apocynaceae. A new species of Huernia (Asclepiadoideae–Ceropegieae) from southern Angola. P.V. BRUYNS ............................................................. 23 Asphodelaceae. Trachyandra arenicola and T. montana, two new species from South Africa. J.C. MANNING and P. GOLDBLATT . 26 Asteraceae. A key to Dicoma taxa (Dicomeae) in southern Africa. N.C. NETNOU and B-E. VAN WYK .................................................................... 55 Boraginaceae. Lectotypification of the basionym, Echium glaucophyllum. M.H. BUYS and B. NORDENSTAM ........................................................... 25 Burseraceae. Commiphora kuneneana, a new species from the Kaokoveld, Namibia. W. SWANE­ POEL .................................................................... 40 Fabaceae. Aspalathus theresae, a new species from Western Cape, South Africa. C.N. CUPIDO .. 34 Hyacinthaceae. A new pyrophytic Lachenalia species (Massonieae) from Western Cape, South Africa. G.D. DUNCAN and T.J. EDWARDS ..................................... 31 Lamiaceae. Rabdosiella leemannii, a new species from the Limpopo Province of South Africa. N. HAHN and G.J. BREDENKAMP . 37 Leguminosae. Vigna verdcourtii (Papilionoideae), a new species from eastern Africa. R.S. PAS- QUET . 51 4. A reconnaissance survey of the woody flora and vegetation of the Catapú logging concession, Cheringoma District, Mozambique. M. COATES PALGRAVE, A.E. VAN WYK, M. JORDAAN, J.A. WHITE and P. SWEET . 57 5. The concept of ’Musa-pelo and the medicinal use of shrubby legumes (Fabaceae) in Lesotho. A. MOTEETEE and B-E. VAN WYK . 75 6. Can anthropogenic variables be used as threat proxies for South African plant richness? M. KEITH and M. WARREN .................................................................. 79 7. Threatened Limestone Fynbos plant communities of Andrew’s Field and Tsaba­Tsaba Nature Reserve, Western Cape. M.M. ZIETSMAN and G.J. BREDENKAMP . 89 8. Miscellaneous notes: Amaryllidaceae. Chromosome studies on African plants. 20. Karyotypes of some Cyrtanthus species. A. STRYDOM, R. KLEYNHANS and J.J. SPIES ............................... 103 9. The handling of the proposal to conserve the name Acacia at the 17th International Botanical Congress— an attempt at minority rule. G. MOORE . 109 10. Obituary: Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen (1912–2006). E.G.H. OLIVER (Compiler), J.P. ROURKE and H.P. LINDER .................................................................. 119 11 Book review . .................................................................... 129 12 Notice on Change of policy for reprints of Bothalia
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