taxonID	type	description	language	source
AC4527E662A85236AA43855B997F63AD.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Similar to I. brachystachya, but differs in its digitately compound, 5 - 7 foliolate leaves (versus pinnately compound, 7 - 9 foliolate leaves), leaflets 4 - 6 mm long (versus leaflets 9 - 15 mm long), racemes up to 7 mm long, flowers + / - 4 - 5 per raceme (versus racemes> 10 mm long, flowers> 8 per raceme), flowers creamy white, unscented (versus flowers pale pink, scented), branching divaricate (versus branching random), populations restricted to sandstone fynbos (versus populations restricted to limestone fynbos).	en	Preez, Brian du, Dreyer, Leanne L., Stirton, Charles H., Muasya, A. Muthama, Schrire, Brian D. (2021): Indigofera wenholdiae (Indigofereae, Fabaceae), a new species from the Western Cape Province, South Africa. PhytoKeys 182: 107-112, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.72170, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.72170
AC4527E662A85236AA43855B997F63AD.taxon	materials_examined	Type. South Africa, Western Cape Province, track to Beacon Peak in Grootbos Nature Reserve, Gansbaai District, elevation 257 m, 34 ° 31 ' 32.84 " S, 19 ° 30 ' 19.08 " E, 7 May 2020, flowering, B. du Preez 836 (Holotype: BOL!; Isotypes: K!, NBG!, PRE!).	en	Preez, Brian du, Dreyer, Leanne L., Stirton, Charles H., Muasya, A. Muthama, Schrire, Brian D. (2021): Indigofera wenholdiae (Indigofereae, Fabaceae), a new species from the Western Cape Province, South Africa. PhytoKeys 182: 107-112, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.72170, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.72170
AC4527E662A85236AA43855B997F63AD.taxon	description	Description. Erect perennial shrub 0.4 - 0.8 m tall, robust, sparsely branching, divaricate; obligate reseeder. Branches up to 10 mm thick, terete to ribbed on fresh growth, densely strigose with sessile whitish biramous hairs, glabrescent later, reddish-brown, woody. Stipules 0.8 - 1.2 mm long, + / - 1 mm wide at base, broadly triangular, asymmetric, navicular-cucullate, attenuate, apex aristate, adpressed to branch, adnate to base of petiole, densely strigose, + / - soft-textured and thickened, pale green, pearl bodies present along margin. Leaves alternate, digitately 5 - 7 foliolate, petiole + / - 1 mm long, sub-terete, flattened adaxially; rachis + / - 0.5 mm long, terete, stipels absent; petiolules + / - 0.5 mm long; terminal leaflet 4 - 6 mm x 1.5 - 2.5 mm, narrowly oblanceolate, apex apiculate, hooked, base cuneate, upper surface sparsely strigose, bright green, paler below; lower surface densely strigose; mid-vein sunken adaxially, prominent abaxially; margins not thickened, strongly revolute; lateral leaflets similar, opposite. Racemes axillary, up to 7 mm long, erect, parallel with branch, roughly equalling the leaf length, including a peduncle 2 - 3 mm long, ribbed, soft-textured; + / - 4 - 5 flowered; bracts + / - 1.5 mm long, lanceolate, cucullate, apex apiculate, adpressed to petiole, persistent until after flowering, pearl bodies present along margin. Bracteoles absent. Pedicels 1 - 1.5 mm long. Flowers 8 - 9 mm long, unscented. Corolla creamy-white, petals persistent after anthesis. Calyx 3.5 - 4.2 mm long, pale green, lobes lanceolate, distinctly navicular-cucullate, 2.5 - 3 mm long, + / - three times tube length, moderately strigose, pearl bodies present along margin. Standard petal 8.7 - 9.3 mm x 3.3 - 3.7 mm, broadly oblong, tapering gradually to a short claw at the base; blade concave, nectar guide plain white; apex acute-obtuse; back of standard strigose, no visible colouration patterns. Wing petals 7.5 - 8 x 1.5 - 2 mm, shortly clawed at base, unguiculate portion + / - half total petal length, blade asymmetrically navicular, apex rounded; blade moderately strigose. Keel petals 7.5 - 8 x 1.8 - 2.3 mm, valvately connate distally, lateral spurs up to 1 mm long, blade asymmetrically lanceolate, dorsal margin curving slightly downwards to an acute-obtuse apex, densely strigose; claws 2.5 - 3 mm long. Stamens 5 - 5.5 mm long, exceeding calyx by 1.5 - 2 mm, staminal tube pale creamy-green; hair clusters present below anthers. Gynoecium 4 - 4.5 mm long, strigillose on distal half; style + / - 2 mm long, erect to + / - 1 mm high distally; stigma capitate. Fruit 13 - 16 x 2 - 2.2 mm, oblong, woody, reddish-brown, densely strigillose, 4 - 5 seeded, dehiscent, ripe fruit not seen. Seeds not seen.	en	Preez, Brian du, Dreyer, Leanne L., Stirton, Charles H., Muasya, A. Muthama, Schrire, Brian D. (2021): Indigofera wenholdiae (Indigofereae, Fabaceae), a new species from the Western Cape Province, South Africa. PhytoKeys 182: 107-112, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.72170, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.72170
AC4527E662A85236AA43855B997F63AD.taxon	distribution	Distribution, habitat and ecology. Indigofera wenholdiae is restricted to a few sandstone hills from the Grootbos Nature Reserve to Pearly Beach on the Agulhas Plain of the Western Cape Province (Figure 2). The species is occasional in Overberg Sandstone Fynbos (FFs 12, Mucina and Rutherford 2006), favouring south-facing slopes and hilltops.	en	Preez, Brian du, Dreyer, Leanne L., Stirton, Charles H., Muasya, A. Muthama, Schrire, Brian D. (2021): Indigofera wenholdiae (Indigofereae, Fabaceae), a new species from the Western Cape Province, South Africa. PhytoKeys 182: 107-112, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.72170, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.72170
AC4527E662A85236AA43855B997F63AD.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet " Indigofera wenholdiae " is assigned in honour of Mrs Hannerie Wenhold who has funded large-scale conservation efforts in this area, including the funding of the botanist post at Grootbos Nature Reserve of Miss Rebecca Dames who brought this species to our attention in April 2020.	en	Preez, Brian du, Dreyer, Leanne L., Stirton, Charles H., Muasya, A. Muthama, Schrire, Brian D. (2021): Indigofera wenholdiae (Indigofereae, Fabaceae), a new species from the Western Cape Province, South Africa. PhytoKeys 182: 107-112, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.72170, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.72170
AC4527E662A85236AA43855B997F63AD.taxon	materials_examined	Additional specimens examined. Grootbos Nature Reserve, (3419 DA), 12 September 2020, B. du Preez 879 (BOL, NBG).	en	Preez, Brian du, Dreyer, Leanne L., Stirton, Charles H., Muasya, A. Muthama, Schrire, Brian D. (2021): Indigofera wenholdiae (Indigofereae, Fabaceae), a new species from the Western Cape Province, South Africa. PhytoKeys 182: 107-112, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.72170, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.72170
