Taxonomic notes on Polygonaceae from southern tropical Afkica |
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| Authors: | SANTIAGO ORTIZ FLS JORGE A. R. PAIVA FLS |
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| Affiliation: | Laboratobo de Botánica, Facttltade de Farmaria, Universidade de Santiago, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain;Departamenlo de Bolánica, Universidade de Coimbra, 3049 Coimbra, Portugal |
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| Abstract: | As part of taxonomic studies of the family Polygonacrae For the Flora Zambesiaca project, two new species from southrrn tropical Africa are described: Persicaria nogueirae S. Ortiz & Paiva, from Zambia and Angola, and Oxygonum annuum S. Ortiz & Paiva, from Zambia. In addition, two new combinations are proposed: Polygonum glomertum Dammer is transferred to the genus Persicaria as Persicaria glomerata (Dammrr) S. Ortiz & Paiva, and Persicaria attemtata (R. Br.) Soják subsp. africana K.L. Wilson is renamed Persicaria madagascariensis (Meisn.) S. Ortiz & Paiva. |
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| Keywords: | Persicaria Oxygoman systematics |
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