Cleome socotrana (Capparaceae) and allied species in the Horn of Africa region |
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| Authors: | Mats Thulin |
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| Institution: | Dept of Systematic Botany, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen J8D, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden. |
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| Abstract: | Four species of Cleome with small flowers, 6 stamens, petals without appendages, spreading to erect capsules, and hairy seeds, are recognized in the Horn of Africa region: C. socotrana in the Socotra archipelago (Yemen), C. hadramautica , sp. nov., in southern Yemen, C. omanensis , comb, nov., in the Mahrah Region of Yemen and in Oman, and C. albescens in northern Somalia. C. socotrana is lectotypified and a key to the species treated is provided. |
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