Elephantorrhiza woodii var. pubescens (E. Phillips) S.A. O'Donnell & G.P. Lewis comb. nov.

Type.

SOUTH AFRICA. Natal, Estcourt District, near Little Tugela, 1219 m alt., J. Medley-Wood 2867 (holotype: NH [NH0002867-0]) .

Basionym.

Elephantorrhiza woodii E. Phillips var. pubescens E. Phillips, Bothalia 1: 193. 1923.

Description.

Stems, petiole, leaf rachis, pinna rachis and inflorescence peduncle and rachis pubescent.

Distribution.

South Africa (Natal), Lesotho.

Habitat and ecology.

In grassland.

Note.

Grobler (2012, p. 151) viewed stem pubescence in E. woodii as an unreliable basis for distinguishing these two varieties.