Abstract
A new holoparasitic species of Orobanchaceae, Harveya kiangombensis, is here described and illustrated. This species is easily distinguished from the closely related H. liebuschiana by its glandular pubescent pedicels, the position of its flowers that occur singly in the leaf axils, and its acute calyx lobes. An assessment of the conservation status of the new species is provided.
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<p>Trofimov, D & Rohwer, J.G. (2020) Towards a phylogenetic classification of the <em>Ocotea </em>complex (Lauraceae): an analysis with emphasis on the Old World taxa and description of the new genus <em>Kuloa</em>. <em>Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society</em> 192 (3): 510–535. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boz088</p>
<p>Turrill, W.B. (1915) II. Diagnoses Africanae: LXII.<em> Vitex keniensis</em>. <em>Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew</em> 1915 (1): 47–48. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11492562#page/53/mode/1up]</p>
<p>Vahl, M. (1790) <em>Symbolae Botanicae</em>. Vol. 1. N. Möller & Sons, Copenhagen, 85 pp. and 25 plates. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.57641</p>