Bolton J.J., De Clerck O., Anderson R.J., Francis C.M. & Siyanga-Tembo F. (2016). Two newly discovered Grateloupia (Rhodophyta) species on aquaculture rafts on the west coast of South Africa, including the widely introduced G. turuturu. Phycologia 55(6): 659–666.
Buck W.R. & Hedderson T.A. (2016). Sematophyllum rheophyticum (Bryopsida, Sematophyllaceae), a new rheophytic species from Rwanda. Bothalia 46: 1–3. doi: 10.4102/abc.v46i1.2044
Gersun L., Anderson R.J., Hart J.R., Maneveldt G.W. & Bolton J.J. (2016). Sublittoral seaweed communities on natural and artificial substrata in a high-latitude coral community in South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science 38(3): 303–331.
Ito Y., Tanaka N., Murata J., García-Murillo P. & Muasya A.M. (2016). A new delimitation of the Afro-Eurasian plant genus Althenia to include its Australasian relative, Lepilaena (Potamogetonaceae) – Evidence from DNA and morphological data. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 98: 261–270.
Ito Y., Viljoen J-A., Tanaka N., Yano O. & Muasya A.M. (2016). Phylogeny of Isolepis (Cyperaceae) revisited: non-monophyletic nature of I. fluitans sensu lato and resurrection of I. lenticularis. Plant Systematics and Evolution 302: 231–238.
Joubert L., Klak C., Venter A.M., Venter H.J.T. & Bruyns P.V. (2016). A very widespread tropical radiation in the Apocynaceae (Periplocoideae): The case of Cryptolepis. Taxon 65(3):487–501. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12705/653.4
Kawai H., Takeaki H., Bolton J.J. & Anderson R.J. (2016). Molecular phylogeny of Zeacarpa (Ralfsiales, Phaeophyceae) proposing a new family Zeacarpaceae and its transfer to Nemodermatales. Journal of Phycology 52: 682–686. DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12419
Klak C. & Bruyns P.V. (2016). Expansion of Schlechteranthus (Ruschioideae, Aizoaceae) to include Polymita, with a new species from Namaqualand, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 103: 70–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2015.08.020.
Lemaire B., Chimphango S., Stirton C., Rafudeen S., Honnay O., Smets E., Chen W-M., Sprent J., James E.K. & Muasya A.M. (2016). Biogeographical patterns of legume-modulating Burkholderia spp.: from African fynbos to continental scales. Applied Environmental Microbiology 82(17): 5099–5115.
Lemaire B., Van Cauwenberghe J., Verstraete B., Chimphango S., Stirton C., Honnay O., Smets E., Sprent J., James E.K. & Muasya A.M. (2016). Characterization of the papilionoid–Burkholderia interaction in the Fynbos biome: The diversity and distribution of beta-rhizobia nodulating Podalyria calyptrata (Fabaceae, Podalyrieae). Systematic and Applied microbiology 39: 41–48.
Mattio L., Zubia M., Maneveldt G.W., Anderson R.J., Bolton J.J., de Gaillande C., De Clerck O., Payri C.E. (2016). Marine flora of the Iles Eparses (Scattered Islands): a longitudinal transect through the Mozambique Channel. Acta Oecologica 72: 33–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2015.09.001
Oberlander K.C., Dreyer L.L., Goldblatt P., Suda J. & Linder H.P. (2016). Species-rich and polyploid-poor: Insights into the evolutionary role of whole-genome duplication from the Cape flora biodiversity hotspot. American Journal of Botany 103: 1336–1347.
Onstein R.E. & Linder H.P. (2016). Beyond climate: convergence in fast evolving sclerophylls in Cape and Australian Rhamnaceae predates the mediterranean climate. Journal of Ecology 104: 665–677.
Onstein R.E., Jordan G.J., Sauquet H., Weston P.H., Bouchenak-Khelladi Y., Carpenter R.J. & Linder H.P. (2016). Evolutionary radiations of Proteaceae are triggered by the interaction between traits and climates in open habitats. Global Ecology and Biogeography 25: 1239–1251.
Powell R.F., Boatwright J.S., Klak C. & Magee A.R. (2016). Phylogenetic placement and generic re-circumscriptions of the multi-locular genera Arenifera, Octopoma and Schlechteranthus (Ruschieae; Aizoaceae): evidence from anatomical, morphological and plastid DNA data. Taxon 65(2): 249–261. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12705/652.3
Sieben E.J.J., Collins N.B., Corry F.T.J., Kotze D.C., Job N., Muasya A.M., Venter C.E., Mtshali H., Zondo S.A., Janks M. & Pretorius L. (2016). The vegetation of grass lawn wetlands of floodplains and pans in semi-arid regions of South Africa: Description, classification and explanatory environmental factors. South African Journal of Botany 104: 215–224.
Stirton C.H. & Muasya A.M. (2016). Seven new species and notes on the genus Aspalathus (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae). South African Journal of Botany 104: 35–46.
Wüest R.O., Litsios G., Forest F., Lexer C., Linder H.P., Salamin N., Zimmermann N.E. & Pearman P.B. (2016). Resprouter fraction in Cape Restionaceae assemblages varies with climate and soil type. Functional Ecology 30: 1583–1592.
Verboom G.A., Herron M.L., Moncrieff G.R. & Slingsby J.A. (2016). Maintenance of species integrity in the context of arecent radiation: the case of Jamesbrittenia (Scrophulariaceae: Limoselleae) in southern Africa. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 182: 115–139.
Vieira C., Camacho O., Wynne M.J., Mattio L., Anderson R.J., Bolton J.J., Sansón M., D’hondt S., Leliaert F., Fredericq S., Payri C. & De Clerck O. (2016). Shedding new light on old algae: Matching names and sequences in the brown algal genus Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae). Taxon 65(4): 689–707.
Zander R.H. & Hedderson T.A. (2016). Re-evaluation of Hymenostylium xanthocarpum (Hook.) Brid., and Ardeuma R.H. Zander & Hedd., a new name for all other species of Hymenostylium (Pottiaceae, Bryophyta). Journal of Bryology 38: 295–301.