Inversodicraea Engl. resurrected and I. pepehabai sp. nov. (Podostemaceae), a submontane forest species from the Republic of Guinea

Inversodicraea Engl. resurrected and I. pepehabai sp. nov. (Podostemaceae), a submontane forest species from the Republic of Guinea

Inversodicraea, shown by previous workers to merit resurrection, is restored here, to include all those species previously included in LedermannieUa subg. Phyllosma. The final seven species remaining in subg. Phylbsma are formally transferred to Inversodicraea as I. mortonii, I. gabonensis, I. boumi...

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Published in:Kew bulletin Vol. 71; no. 4; pp. 1 - 8
Main Authors: Cheek, Martin, Haba, Pepe
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London Springer 01-12-2016
Springer London
Subjects:
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Life Sciences
Plant Ecology
Plant Sciences
Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
forest
Ziama
rheophyte
Conservation
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Summary:Inversodicraea, shown by previous workers to merit resurrection, is restored here, to include all those species previously included in LedermannieUa subg. Phyllosma. The final seven species remaining in subg. Phylbsma are formally transferred to Inversodicraea as I. mortonii, I. gabonensis, I. boumiensL·, I. harrisii, I. pauhitae, I torra and I. thollonii. A new species from the submontane forest of Mt Ziama, in Guinea-Conakry is formally described as I. pepehabai. Similar to I. adamesii, it is assessed as Endangered according to the IUCN 2012 standard.
ISSN:0075-5974
1874-933X
DOI:10.1007/s12225-016-9673-2