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Type: Article
Published: 2017-05-05
Page range: 91-95
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A new species of Craterostigma (Linderniaceae) from Kenya

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, United Kingdom
Institut für Integrierte Naturwissenschaften – Biologie, Universität Koblenz-Landau, Universitätsstraße 1, 56070 Koblenz, Germany
Craterostigma Lamiales Eudicots

Abstract

The new species Craterostigma loitense from the Loita Hills in Kenya is described and illustrated. It differs from Craterostigma purpureum in the two abaxial staminodes, the basal tufts of hairs on the anthers, and the subentire to serrulate leaf margin.