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Issue: Vol. 424 No. 2: 18 November 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-11-18
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.424.2.4
Page range: 106–114
Abstract views: 15
PDF downloaded: 1

Coccinia subsessiliflora, a new record for Kenya and notes on its phylogenetic position

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
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
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
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
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
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 Africa Herbarium, National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 451660-0100, Nairobi, Kenya
Botany Department, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O. Box 62000-00200, 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
Eudicots Flora of Kenya floristic survey phylogeny taxonomy

Abstract

Coccinia subsessiliflora (Cucurbitaceae) is newly recorded for Kenya, from South Nandi Forest. A morphological description and notes on its distribution and ecology are provided. A molecular phylogenetic analysis of 22 species of Coccinia based on the nuclear DNA sequence of the LEAFY-like 2nd intron was conducted, and the phylogenetic position of C. subsessiliflora is indicated.