Kewa trachysperma (Adamson) Christenh., 2014

Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., Brockington, Samuel F., Christin, Pascal-Antoine & Sage, Rowan F., 2014, On the disintegration of Molluginaceae: a new genus and family (Kewa, Kewaceae) segregated from Hypertelis, and placement of Macarthuria in Macarthuriaceae, Phytotaxa 181 (4), pp. 238-242 : 241-242

Kewa trachysperma (Adamson) Christenh. , comb. nov. ( Kewaceae ).

Basionym:— Hypertelis trachysperma Adamson in Adamson, Gerstner & Salter (1946: 35).

Distribution:— South Africa (Cape).

Name of uncertain position:— Hypertelis longifolia Gandoger (1912: 708) was collected from the Cape of South Africa. This taxon may well be the same as Kewa trachysperma (over which it would take nomenclatural priority), but the description is not sufficient to place it accurately among the two annual species of Kewa . The original description discusses petals and sepals, which cannot be distinguished in this genus (although there are petaloid sepals), so it may be a different genus altogether. We decided against making a combination for this name which has not been in use but for the type specimen (which we failed to locate).