Open AccessA new species of Cryptolepis (Apocynaceae: Periplocoideae) from Kenya and Tanzania, Africa
Author(s) -
JOUBERT LIZE,
VENTER H. JOHAN T.,
VERHOEVEN RUDI L.
Publication year - 2008
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.1095-8339.2008.00810.x
Subject(s) - tanzania , apocynaceae , biology , taxonomy (biology) , botany , ecology , agroforestry , socioeconomics , sociology
A new species of Cryptolepis is described from Kenya and Tanzania. It is a tropical forest climber and its unique second corona whorl of deeply cleft lobes distinguishes it from all other Cryptolepis species. © 2008 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2008, 157 , 343–346.