Lotononis harveyi B.-E.van Wyk (1991:280)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Buchenroedera spicata Harv. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 2: 93 (1862)
Conservation Status
Last record: 1862 or before
Rediscovered in 2014
Distribution
Great Winterberg–Amatholes (Eastern Cape Province), South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Van Wyk, B-E. (1991). A synopsis of the genus Lotononis (Fabaceae: Crotalarieae). Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium 14. University of Cape Town, Rondebosch.
Other references:
Vincent Ralph Clark, Joanne Bentley and Nigel P. Barker. (2016). Mrs Barber's beauty: Lotononis harveyi rediscovered. Veld & Flora 102(2): 64-67. [Abstract]
Vincent Ralph Clark, Joanne Bentley, Anthony P. Dold, Vathiswa Zikishe and Nigel P. Barker. (2016). The rediscovery of the Great Winterberg endemic Lotononis harveyi B.–E.van Wyk after 147 years, and notes on the poorly known Amathole endemic Macowania revoluta Oliv. (southern Great Escarpment, South Africa). PhytoKeys 62: 113-124.
Germishuizen, G. and Meyer, N. L. (eds.). (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Platt, John R. (2 August, 2024). Rediscovering the Legacy of Mary Elizabeth Barber, South Africa’s First Female Botanist. The Revelator. Available at: https://therevelator.org/barber-botanist-feminist/ [Accessed 10 August 2024]