Claim · model-written summary
The new species is described as Z. atropurpurea.
- Taxon
- Z. atropurpureaZygotritonia atropurpureae0
- Outcome
- new speciese0
- Qualifier
- describede0
Verbatim
e0“The new species, here described as Z. atropurpurea Goldblatt & J.C.Manning”
Title
P. Goldblatt; J.C. Manning; N. Wightman; et al. South African Journal of Botany 2019. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2019.04.016
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation A seventh species of the genus Zygotritonia has been discovered in northern Zambia.
- Observation The new species is distinct in the genus in its tall stature, sometimes exceeding 1.3 m.
- Observation The new species has a multibranched spike bearing numerous relatively small, dark purple flowers.
- Observation The new species broadly conforms to other species of the genus in its pleated foliage leaves and zygomorphic flowers with a large arching dorsal tepal and smaller upper lateral and lower tepals.
- Observation By morphological comparison and DNA sequence analysis Zygotritonia is a member of tribe Watsonieae of Crocoideae.
- Observation Zygotritonia is allied to the Lapeirousia group of genera, specifically Savannosiphon and Cyanixia.