A new long-tubed subspecies of <i>Pelargonium dipetalum</i> (section <i>Hoarea</i>) (Geraniaceae) from the Albertinia-Swellendam area in Western Cape Province, South Africa

Background: Field studies confirmed that unusually long-tubed populations of Pelargonium dipetalum from between Swellendam and Albertinia, Western Cape Province, South Africa, are a distinct ecotype adapted to pollination by the long-proboscid fly, Prosoeca longipennis. The geographical and morpholo...

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Main Authors: M. Marianne le Roux, John C. Manning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: South African National Biodiversity Institut 2014-12-01
Series:Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation
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Online Access:https://abcjournal.org/index.php/abc/article/view/163