New species of Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) from northeast tropical Africa |
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Authors: | Mats Thulin |
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Institution: | Dept of Systematic Botany, Univ. of Uppsala, P.O. Box 541, S-751 21 Uppsala, Sweden |
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Abstract: | The new species Cucumis hastatus (widespread in southern Somalia, in deciduous bushlands), C. pubituberculatus (central Somalia, on open coastal dunes), C. Jeffrey-anus (southwestern Somalia and eastern Ethiopia, on alluvial soils), and C. baladensis (south-central Somalia, on fixed dunes), are described and illustrated. C. figarei is shown to be illegitimate, the correct name for the species apparently being C. pustulatus. |
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