Taxonomic studies of the genus Hypoxis in East Africa |
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| Authors: | Inger Nordal Morten M Laane Ellen Holt Inger Staubo |
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| Institution: | Botanical Institute, Univ. of Oslo, P.O. Box 1045, Blindern, Oslo 3, Norway |
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| Abstract: | East African material of the genus Hypoxis L. has preliminarily been divided into the heterogenous, probably apomictic H. obtusa Burch- complex (2n = 40–50, ca. 75, 76, ca. 85, >86, ca. 92, ca. 98, ca. 108, 130–135, 160–200) and 5 rather homogenous species: H. angustifolia Lam. (2n = 14, 28), H. goetzei Harms (2n = ca. 62), H. kilimanjarica Bak., H. malosana Bak. (2n = 14) and H. macrocarpa Holt & Staubo sp. nov. H. kilimanjarica is divided into ssp. kilimanjarica and ssp. prostrata Holt & Staubo ssp. nov. |
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