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IOC entry for Rhabdonia natalensis

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* Rhabdonia natalensis Reinbold

Rhabdonia natalensis Reinbold in Tyson, 1912: 199–200 (lectotype locality: The Kowie [Port Alfred], Cape Province, South Africa fide Papenfuss, 1968b: 281).—Delf & Michell, 1921: 107.— De Toni, 1924: 236.— Papenfuss, 1968b: 281.— Seagrief, 1977: 90.— Seagrief, 1988: 56, fig. 5:10.

Solieria natalensis (Reinbold) Børgesen, 1943: 40 (excluding material in hand).

INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: South Africa.

Note: According to Papenfuss (1968b: 281), the material from Mauritius that Børgesen had in hand when transferring Rhabdonia natalensis Reinbold to Solieria is not conspecific with the South African plant. Børgesen stated that his plant was conspecific with that reported as Rhabdonia sp. by Jadin (1935: 164).

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