Open AccessAn extraordinary new rheophyte in the genus Leptactina (Rubiaceae, Pavetteae) from Rio Muni (Equatorial Guinea)
Author(s) -
SONKÉ BONAVENTURE,
NEUBA DANHO,
KENFACK DAVID,
DE BLOCK PETRA
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
botanical journal of the linnean society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.872
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1095-8339
pISSN - 0024-4074
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00595.x
Subject(s) - rubiaceae , affinities , biology , genus , new guinea , zoology , botany , conservation status , ecology , habitat , ethnology , history , biochemistry
A distinctive new species of Rubiaceae from Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea, is described and illustrated. Leptactina rheophytica is the only rheophyte known in the genus. Its diagnostic characters are elucidated, its taxonomic affinities are discussed, and notes on its conservation status are provided. © 2007 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2007, 153 , 109–113.