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Issue: Vol. 443 No. 3: 20 May 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-05-20
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.443.3.2
Page range: 258–264
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 2

Zehneria monocarpa (Cucurbitaceae), a new species from the relicts of Kenya’s coastal forests

CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, CN-430074, China. Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, CN-430074, China. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, CN-100049, China. East African Herbarium, National Museums of Kenya, P. O. Box 451660-0100, Nairobi, Kenya.
East African Herbarium, National Museums of Kenya, P. O. Box 451660-0100, Nairobi, Kenya.
CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, CN-430074, China. Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, CN-430074, China. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, CN-100049, China.
East African Herbarium, National Museums of Kenya, P. O. Box 451660-0100, Nairobi, Kenya.
CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, CN-430074, China. Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, CN-430074, China.
CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, CN-430074, China. Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, CN-430074, China.
Biodiversity East Africa endemic flora of Kenya taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Zehneria monocarpa (Cucurbitaceae), a new species from the fragmented lowland coastal forests of Kenya is described here and illustrated with photographs. It resembles Z. oligosperma and Z. longiflora, but can be distinguished by its solitary female flowers and fruits. Furthermore, the new species has 1–23 conspicuous dark green glands on the apex of the leaf and the inner part of its receptacle tube is entirely hairy.