Mr Luc Strydom
Principal Ecologist
Branch 
Recent fieldwork in the Cape Provinces of South Africa, led to the discovery of six new species, which belong to the large and diverse tribe Ruschieae (Ruschioideae, Aizoaceae). These new species form part of a larger study, also involving analyses of molecular data, which aims to clarify which species belong to the various subgenera recognized within Ruschia Schwantes. It also aims to investigate the relationships between these subgenera as well as their relationships to the rest of the Ruschieae. The description of these new species will make names available for use in this phylogenetic study (Klak et al., in prep.).
Cited as an author for new species; Luc Strydom: Lamprnathus umbraticola sp. nov.
Formal name = Lampranthus umbraticola Klak & Strydom.
Published in Journal of South African Botany 156 (2023) p152-153.
