Elephantorrhiza goetzei subsp. lata (Brenan & Brummitt) S.A. O'Donnell & G.P. Lewis, 2022

O'Donnell, Shawn A., Ringelberg, Jens J. & Lewis, Gwilym P., 2022, Re-circumscription of the mimosoid genus Entada including new combinations for all species of the phylogenetically nested Elephantorrhiza (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, mimosoid clade), PhytoKeys 205, pp. 99-145 : 99

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.205.76790
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scientific name	Elephantorrhiza goetzei subsp. lata (Brenan & Brummitt) S.A. O'Donnell & G.P. Lewis
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Elephantorrhiza goetzei subsp. lata (Brenan & Brummitt) S.A. O'Donnell & G.P. Lewis comb. nov.

Type.

ZAMBIA. Katombora, Morze 55 (holotype: FHO [00096339U]).

Basionym.

Elephantorrhiza goetzei (Harms) Harms subsp. lata Brenan & Brummitt, Bol. Soc. Brot., Sér. 2, 39: 189. 1965.

Description.

Leaves with 4-15 pairs of pinnae, pinna rachis 6.5-15 cm long. Leaflets 9-28 pairs per pinna, 12-22 × 4-8 mm.

Distribution.

Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Habitat and ecology.

Woodland of various types.

Note.

Grobler (2012, p. 129) does not accept subspecific taxa within E. goetzei on the basis that the additional material she collected across the species range revealed the morphological variation in leaf characters to be continuous.