A new species of Aframomum (Zingiberaceae) from Central Africa

JEAN-BAPTISTE DHETCHUVI; ALEXANDRA H. WORTLEY; DAVID J. HARRIS

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.28.1.4

Issue: Vol. 28 (2011)

Type: Article

Published: 2011-09-14

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.28.1.4

Page range: 31–34

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**A new species of Aframomum (Zingiberaceae) from Central Africa**

JEAN-BAPTISTE DHETCHUVI⁺⁻
ALEXANDRA H. WORTLEY⁺⁻
DAVID J. HARRIS⁺⁻

Institut Supérieur Pédagogique, B.P. 340 Bunia, République Démocratique du Congo

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20a Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, UK

Monocots Zingiberaceae Aframomum Africa

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Abstract

The new species, Aframomum sericeum, is described and illustrated for the first time. It differs from the similar A. sulcatum by its dense covering of hairs on the abaxial leaf surface.