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    A rare new species of the genus Wiborgiella (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae)
    (Elsevier, 2014) Boatwright, James Stephen; Helme, Nicholas Alexander
    The new species Wiborgiella argentea is described. It is closely similar to Wiborgiella leipoldtiana and W. fasciculata but differs in its single-stemmed habit, densely sericeous leaves, wing petals that are longer than the keel and de- tails of the fruit. It is known from the Robertson area where it occurs in Robertson Karoo, on rocky, south facing shale slopes. The genus Wiborgiella Boatwr. & B.-E.van Wyk comprises nine species of legumes endemic to the Greater Cape Floristic Region of South Africa (Boatwright et al., 2010). It was described to accommo- date several anomalous species of the genus Lebeckia Thunb. s.l. as well as one species of Wiborgia Thunb.