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Three new species of Chascanum (Verbenaceae) and notes on the genus in the Horn of Africa region
Author(s) -
Thulin Mats
Publication year - 2003
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.1756-1051.2003.tb00425.x
Subject(s) - biology , deciduous , evergreen , genus , acacia , botany , ecology , type locality
The new species Chascanum mixtum, from evergreen bushland and rocky slopes in north‐western Somalia, C. elburense. from deciduous bushland mainly on sand in central Somalia, and C. glandulosum, from Acacia‐Commiphora bushland on sandy soil in north‐western Somalia, are described and illustrated. C. sessilifolium (Vatke) Moldenke is recircumscribed and neotypified with a specimen from the original type locality, and C. obovatum Sebsebe ssp. glaucum Sebsebe is placed in the synonymy of C. gillettli Moldenke.