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Issue: Vol. 468 No. 2: 28 October 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-10-28
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.468.2.7
Page range: 226–230
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 1

Dorstenia arachniformis (Moraceae), a new species from Combretum wooded grasslands in Makueni County, Kenya

East African Herbarium, Botany Department, National Museums of Kenya, P. O. Box 45166, Nairobi 00100, Kenya.
East African Herbarium, Botany Department, National Museums of Kenya, P. O. Box 45166, Nairobi 00100, Kenya.
East African Herbarium, Botany Department, National Museums of Kenya, P. O. Box 45166, Nairobi 00100, Kenya.
East African Herbarium, Botany Department, National Museums of Kenya, P. O. Box 45166, Nairobi 00100, Kenya.
Moraceae Dorstenia arachniformis Eudicots

Abstract

A new species of Dorstenia (Moraceae), D. arachniformis, is described from the Combretum wooded grassland vegetation relicts in south-eastern Kenya. The species is distinguished from the closely related D. goetzei by features of the receptacle and appendages. An assessment of the conservation status of the new species is provided.