Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa
Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa
Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa
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Taxon
Polhillia groenewaldii
Family:
Fabaceae (Pea)
Distribution:
Western Cape, Bonnievale
National red list:
Not Evaluated
Life form:
Evergreen shrub / sub-shrub
Comments:
Spotted on a roadside by Jannie Groenewald in 2019, this was confirmed as a new species by taxnomic specialist and Stellenbosch University postgraduate student Brian de Preez and published in a monograph of the genus in the South African Journal of Botany in 2021. The species is still only known from 4 plants at a single site, and will likely be considered Critically Endangered.
Links:
SANBI CREW newsletter April 2019 (see page 31 for description of findng Polhilia groenewaldii)
Locations
1:
Seed Store Fridge 4
(SS fridge4)
• Accession: 2020-370/3 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
2:
Upper garden, rockeries
(Ur)
• Accession: 2020-370/2 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
Area
Individual