A revision of Ledebouria (Hyacinthaceae) in South Africa. 3. The reinstatement of L. ensifolia, L. galpinii and L. sandersonii

Abstract

Three taxa of Ledebouria Roth are raised from synonymy to species status, with notes, diagnostic characters and distributions. L. galpinii (Baker) S.Venter & T.J. Edwards is a narrow endemic in the Wolkberg Centre and was formerly placed within L. cooperi (Hook.) Jessop. The other species, L. sandersonii (Baker) S.Venter & T.J. Edwards and L. ensifolia (Eckl.) S.Venter & T.J. Edwards, are closely allied to each other, sharing a number of synapomorphies.