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Bourreria (Boraginaceae) in tropical Africa
Author(s) -
Thulin Mats
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
nordic journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1756-1051
pISSN - 0107-055X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1987.tb00961.x
Subject(s) - boraginaceae , biology , genus , botany , tropics , ecology
Five species of Ehretia in eastern Africa are shown to be better placed in the currently entirely American genus Bourreria . The new species B. lyciacea from S Somalia and E Kenya is described and illustrated. New combinations are B. petiolaris, B. nemoralis, B. orbicularis and B. teitensis .