Densely branched succulent perennial shrub, to 25 cm tall, 30 cm diameter, internodes not visible, stems very woody. Leaves dull olive green, connate toward bases, sheath 3-4 mm long, free parts spreading widely, 8-10 mm long, 9-10 mm broad, swollen and trigonous, tip without a mucro, margins and keels rounded, but with line along them, epidermis velvety. Flowers remaining open day and night, 13-20 mm diameter, solitary, sessile, bracteolate, calyx lobes 6, shorter than petaloid staminodes, petaloid staminodes pink, 5-8 mm long, filamentous staminodes white, surrounding the central cone of stamens, filaments white, shortly papillate near bases, pollen white, filamentous staminodes and stamens overtop stigmas, stigmas 10-11, pale yellow to greenish, to 2 mm long, top of ovary raised, nectaries in a ring. Fruit 6-7 mm diameter, locules 10-11, top raised and dome-shaped, with low rims, base shortly funnel-shaped, closing bodies large, white, blocking the exit of the locule almost completely, valve wings narrow and ending almost in awns toward tips, covering membranes complete, with stiff closing ledge developed below rim. Seeds pale, longer than tall, almost smooth. From: Klak, C; Bruyns, PV. 2016. Expansion of Schlechteranthus (Ruschioideae, Aizoaceae) to include Polymita, with a new species from Namaqualand, South Africa. S. African J. Bot. 103: 70-77. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2015.08.020] [Copyright held by the South African Association of Botanists (2016); http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02546299] [CC BY]
The 10- to 11-locular fruits with closing bodies and narrow or absent valve wings combined with the highly compact habit place this species in Schlechteranthus. The leaves of S. holgatensis are velvety from elongated epidermal cells and this feature is unique in Schlechteranthus. The fruits of the new species most closely resemble those of S. hallii and S. maximiliani, sharing with them the relatively large closing bodies with a stiff closing ledge below the rim of the covering membrane. S. holgatensis shares the rounded, indistinctly keeled leaves with S. steenbokensis and both species lack a distinct apical tooth on each leaf. From: Klak, C; Bruyns, PV. 2016. Expansion of Schlechteranthus (Ruschioideae, Aizoaceae) to include Polymita, with a new species from Namaqualand, South Africa. S. African J. Bot. 103: 70-77. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2015.08.020] [Copyright held by the South African Association of Botanists (2016); http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02546299] [CC BY]
On schist with a cover of quartz-gravel, at altitude of 270-340 m, in open succulent Karoo. From: Klak, C; Bruyns, PV. 2016. Expansion of Schlechteranthus (Ruschioideae, Aizoaceae) to include Polymita, with a new species from Namaqualand, South Africa. S. African J. Bot. 103: 70-77. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2015.08.020] [Copyright held by the South African Association of Botanists (2016); http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02546299] [CC BY]
The new species is only known from a single, very prolific locality along the Holgat river in northern Namaqualand, South Africa. From: Klak, C; Bruyns, PV. 2016. Expansion of Schlechteranthus (Ruschioideae, Aizoaceae) to include Polymita, with a new species from Namaqualand, South Africa. S. African J. Bot. 103: 70-77. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2015.08.020] [Copyright held by the South African Association of Botanists (2016); http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02546299] [CC BY]
June to July
270 to 340 m
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature
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Names and Sources
Published in: S. African J. Bot. 103: 76 (2015)
Type: South Africa, Northern Cape, Oranjemund, Western slopes among hills along Holgat River, 5 July 2013, C. Klak 2263 (BOL, holo.; NBG, iso.)
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Caryophyllales
FAMILY Aizoaceae
SUBFAMILY Ruschioideae
TRIBE Ruschieae
GENUS Schlechteranthus
SUBGENUS Schlechteranthus
SPECIES holgatensis
5 results for Schlechteranthus holgatensis Klak
Barcode: NBG1481445-0 Collector(s) & number: Klak, C, 2263 | 2013-7-8
South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand Dist. West of Kubus - Lekkersing road, west slopes of hills along Holgat River.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
2016
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
Expansion of Schlechteranthus (Ruschioideae, Aizoaceae) to include Polymita, with a new species from Namaqualand, South Africa Klak, C; Bruyns, PVSouth African Journal of Botany 103: 70-77
No results found for Schlechteranthus holgatensis Klak
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