A new species of <i>Kosteletzkya</i> (Hibisceae, Malvoideae, Malvaceae) and notes on a second species, both from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

ORLAND J. BLANCHARD, JR. BLANCHARD, JR.

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.88.2.3

Issue: Vol. 88 No. 2: 19 Mar. 2013

Type: Article

Published: 2013-03-19

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.88.2.3

Page range: 31–37

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A new species of Kosteletzkya (Hibisceae, Malvoideae, Malvaceae) and notes on a second species, both from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

ORLAND J. BLANCHARD, JR. BLANCHARD, JR.⁺⁻

Kosteletzkya Hibisceae Malvoideae Malvaceae

Abstract

A new species, Kosteletzkya rotundalata, is described from northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. A second species, K. borkouana, originally characterized as endemic to northern Chad, is here documented from several localities in the Albertine Rift of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.