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Eight new species and a new record of Indigofera and Microcharis (Leguminosae‐Indigofereae) from Somalia
Author(s) -
Thulin Mats
Publication year - 1992
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.1756-1051.1992.tb01308.x
Subject(s) - acacia , outcrop , biology , ultramafic rock , botany , paleontology
The following new species are described: Indigofera bayensis (south‐west Somalia, on sand or gravel in Acacia‐Commiphora bushland), I. gypsacea (central and south‐west Somalia, on gypsum), I. karkarensis (north‐east Somalia, on limestone), I. lamellata (south‐west Somalia, on and around granitic outcrops), I. lughensis (south‐west Somalia, on gypsum), I. phymatodea (south‐west Somalia, on granitic outcrops), I. scopiformis (central Somalia, on sand in Acacia‐Commiphora bushland), and Microcharis nematophylla (central Somalia, on sand in Acacia‐Commiphora bushland). Indigofera pseudointricata , previously known only from Socotra, is reported also from Somalia.