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Issue: Vol. 261 No. 2: 18 May 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-05-18
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.261.2.7
Page range: 177–184
Abstract views: 24
PDF downloaded: 1

Sedum keniense (Crassulaceae), a new species from Mt. Kenya, East Africa

Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China. Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China. Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China.
Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China. Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China.
East African Herbarium, National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 45166 00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
Botany Department, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O. Box 62000-00200, Nairobi, Kenya.
Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China. Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China.
Afromontane farinose succulent taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Here we report a new species of Crassulaceae, Sedum keniense, from the high elevation region of Mt. Kenya in East Africa. Sedum keniense is easily recognizable by its farinose stems and leaves, as well as comparatively larger inflorescences and flowers. It is similar to S. ruwenzoriense and S. meyeri-johannis, both of which are widely distributed at high elevations on most mountains in tropical East Africa.