An extraordinary new rheophyte in the genus Leptactina (Rubiaceae, Pavetteae) from Rio Muni (Equatorial Guinea) |
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| Authors: | BONAVENTURE SONKÉ DANHO NEUBA DAVID KENFACK PETRA DE BLOCK |
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| Institution: | Laboratoire de Botanique Systématique et d'Ecologie, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Universitéde YaoundéI, B.P. 047, Yaoundé, Cameroon; Laboratoire de Botanique Systématique et de Phytosociologie, UniversitéLibre de Bruxelles, Avenue F. Roosevelt 50, C.P. 169, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium; WWF-Coastal Forest Programme, PO Box 575, Nkongsamba, Cameroon; Missouri Botanical Garden, PO Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, USA; National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Domein van Bouchout, B-1860 Meise, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | A distinctive new species of Rubiaceae from Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea, is described and illustrated. Leptactina rheophytica is the only rheophyte known in the genus. Its diagnostic characters are elucidated, its taxonomic affinities are discussed, and notes on its conservation status are provided. © 2007 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2007, 153 , 109–113. |
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| Keywords: | aquatic plants phytogeography systematics taxonomy |
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