Premium
Four new species of Jatropha (Éuphorbiaceae) from Somalia
Author(s) -
Thulin Mats
Publication year - 1991
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.1756-1051.1991.tb01260.x
Subject(s) - biology , somali , jatropha , botany , endemism , ultramafic rock , ecology , paleontology , biochemistry , biodiesel , catalysis , philosophy , linguistics
The following new species, all related to the Somali endemic Jatropha nogalensis in/. sect. Spinosa subsect. Spinosae , are described and illustrated: J. humifusa (coastal dunes of central Somalia), J. inaequispina (north‐central Somalia, on limestone), and J. collina and J. spinosissima (both rocky ground in north‐eastern Somalia). A hybrid between J. humifusa and the rather distantly related J. pelargoniifolia is reported.