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Dombeya kefaensis, sp. nov. (Sterculiaceae) from SW. Ethiopia
Author(s) -
Friis I.,
Bidgood S.
Publication year - 1998
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.1756-1051.1998.tb01874.x
Subject(s) - indumentum , biology , petal , habit , evergreen , botany , sepal , endemism , bract , trichome , apex (geometry) , taxon , stipule , ecology , inflorescence , pollen , psychology , stamen , psychotherapist
Dombeya kefaensis Friis & Bidgood sp. nov., is described from a mosaic of humid montane forest, forest margins, evergreen bushland and farmland of the Kefa Region, SW. Ethiopia. The new species belongs to a group of species in Dombeya subgen. Dombeya with several other endemics in that part of Ethiopia. Among the Ethiopian species of Dombeya subgen. Dombeya it resembles especially D. aethiopica in indumentum and flower colour, but differs in leaf‐morphology and habit; it resembles D. buettneri in habit, but differs in the leaf apex being broadly acute to rounded, the sepals and petals longer, and the style having a notable indumentum in more than the basal half. Recent studies have confirmed that a number of taxa belonging to other genera and families are restricted to the Kefa Region and adjacent parts of SW. Ethiopia which confirms the importance of the area as a local centre of diversity.