Eight new species and a new record of Indigofera and Microcharis (Leguminosae-Indigofereae) from Somalia |
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Authors: | Mats Thulin |
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Affiliation: | Dept of Systematic Botany, Univ. of Uppsala, P.O. Box 541, S-751 21 Uppsala, Sweden |
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Abstract: | The following new species are described: Indigofera bayensis (south-west Somalia, on sand or gravel in Acacia-Commiphora bushland), I. gypsacea (central and south-west Somalia, on gypsum), I. karkarensis (north-east Somalia, on limestone), I. lamellata (south-west Somalia, on and around granitic outcrops), I. lughensis (south-west Somalia, on gypsum), I. phymatodea (south-west Somalia, on granitic outcrops), I. scopiformis (central Somalia, on sand in Acacia-Commiphora bushland), and Microcharis nematophylla (central Somalia, on sand in Acacia-Commiphora bushland). Indigofera pseudointricata , previously known only from Socotra, is reported also from Somalia. |
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