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Haemanthus snijmaniae (Amaryllidaceae), a new species from the arid regions in northwestern South Africa

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  • 1. Depto. de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales (dCARN), Universidad de Alicante, P. O. Box 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain & Department of Botany, Rhodes University, Makhanda 6140, South Africa
  • 2. Institute of Biology, NAWI Graz, Division Plant Sciences, Karl-Franzens University Graz, Holteigasse 6, 8010 Graz, Austria
  • 3. Depto. de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales (dCARN), Universidad de Alicante, P. O. Box 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain
  • 4. 13 Frans Kleynhans rd, Groenvlei, Bloemfontein, South Africa
  • 5. Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture (LfL), Institute for Plant Protection, Lange Point 10, 85354 Freising, Germany

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Martínez-Azorín, Mario, Pinter, Michael, Crespo, Manuel B., Alonso-Vargas, María Ángeles, Villar, José Luis, Human, Dawie J., Kleeberger, Bernhard (2025): Haemanthus snijmaniae (Amaryllidaceae), a new species from the arid regions in northwestern South Africa. Phytotaxa 728 (2): 175-184, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.728.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.728.2.7

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