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Issue: Vol. 277 No. 3: 29 September 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-09-29
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.277.3.6
Page range: 282–286
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 1

Zehneria subcoriacea (Cucurbitaceae), a New Species from Kenya

Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, PR China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China
Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, PR China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China East African Herbarium, National Museums of Kenya, P. O. Box 45166 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, PR China Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China
Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, PR 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
Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, PR China Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China
Cucurbitaceae Zehneria sub-coriaceous new species Eudicots Kenya

Abstract

Zehneria subcoriacea Y.D. Zhou & Q.F. Wang, a new species of Cucurbitaceae is described and illustrated here, which is recorded as Zehneria sp. A in Flora of Tropical East Africa. It is easily recognized by its sub-coriaceous leaves and hairy stamens and staminodes.