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Sarcocornia decussata, S. freitagii and S. tegetaria from South Africa are described as new taxa. Sarcocornia decussata and S. freitagii are narrow endemics of the West Coast of South Africa where they are found in inland saline habitats (quartz patches, salt pans and saline alluvia) while S. tegetaria is an endemic of southern African coasts (spanning Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique) where it is confined to low-lying intertidal habitats of estuaries.
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We thank A. Valerie Köcke (Frankfurt) for field work assistance, Doris Franke (Mainz) for the wonderful drawings, Rainer Greissl (Mainz) for taking the SEM pictures and Natalie Schmalz (Mainz) for translating the diagnoses into Latin. Furthermore, we appreciate the helpful comments of two anonymous reviewers. Financial support for this work came from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz (research grant to G. Kadereit) and the National Research Foundation (research grant to L. Mucina). We are grateful to the following herbaria for providing the voucher material and granting access to the collections: BOL, J, LISC, NBG, PRE, STEU, WU. CapeNature, Northern Cape Nature Conservation Service as well as the Environmental Affairs and Nature Conservation (Eastern Cape Provincial Government) and South African National Parks issued collecting and export permits. Numerous private land owners and municipalities in the Western and Eastern Cape Provinces kindly allowed access onto their properties.
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Steffen, S., Mucina, L. & Kadereit, G. Three new species of Sarcocornia (Chenopodiaceae) from South Africa. Kew Bull 64, 447–459 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-009-9127-1
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