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A new species of Waltheria (Sterculiaceae) from Somalia
Author(s) -
Thulin Mats
Publication year - 1999
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.1756-1051.1999.tb01897.x
Subject(s) - biology , sterculiaceae , ovary , botany , genus , stamen , zoology , pollen , endocrinology
Waltheria laxa , sp. nov., is described from near Mogadishu in south‐central Somalia. The species seems to be unique in the mainly neotropical genus Waltheria in its free stamens. It is also unusual in its comparatively long‐pedicelled flowers with a distinctly stipitate ovary.