And then there were other problems.

When Ion Williams described Leucadendron loeriense from Loerie he only saw very young plants. He grew some in his garden, but again they were only four years old when he published his account of the genus.

Atlassers quickly realised this. However, we obtained spectacular range extensions for this species and its close relative Ld uliginosum. Not only did David Osborne atlas Ld uliginosum from 100km west of its known distribution, but we also atlassed Ld loeriense in the GrootRivier Mountains north of Steytlerville and Willowmore. More problematic was all the new populations from the Kouga Mountains. The taxonomy must still be worked out, but preliminary observations suggest that all the specimens north of the Langkloof are Ld loeriense, and Ld uliginosum glabratum is confined to the Tsitsikamma Mountains. Of course, the northern populations may be sufficiently different to form another species, but I don’t think so. Still, we may be surprised!