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2023
Journal article
A Fossil Anthonotha (Leguminosae: Detarioideae: Amherstieae) Species from the Early Miocene (21.73 Ma) of Ethiopia.
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2023
Journal article
Tephrosia kindiana (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae), a new species from Guinea.
, a new plant species from Guinea, is described and illustrated. It is a shrub 90 – 120 cm tall, multi-stemmed from the base. The leaves have 5 – 13 oblanceolate leaflets; the inflorescence consists of solitary flowers in the leaf axils, or 2 – 3-flowered fascicles; the flowers are...Haba, Pepe M. ; Holt, Beverley J. ; van der Burgt, Xander M.
Tephrosia kindiana, Endangered, New species, Guinea, Africa, Mont Gangan, and Fabaceae
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2023
Journal article
First evidence of a monodominant (Englerodendron, Amherstieae, Detarioideae, Leguminosae) .tropical moist forest from the early Miocene (21.73 Ma) of Ethiopia
Many tropical wet forests are species-rich and have relatively even species frequency distributions. But, dominance by a single canopy species can also occur in tropical wet climates and can remain stable for centuries. These are uncommon globally, with the African wet tropics supporting more such communities than the Neotropics or... -
2022
Journal article
Phylogeny and systematics of the tribe Sonerileae (Melastomataceae) in Africa: A revised taxonomic classification.
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2020
Journal article
Trichanthecium tenerium (Poaceae: Panicoideae), a new species from Guinea-Conakry.
Trichanthecium tenerium Xanthos, a new species from Guinea-Conakry, is described and illustrated. Trichanthecium tenerium is at present known only from two uninhabited sandstone table mountains in the Kounounkan Massif, Forécariah Prefecture. The species is assessed under the IUCN category Endangered. A key to the annual species of Trichanthecium is provided.Xanthos, Martin ; Konomou, Gbamon ; Haba, Pepe M. ; van der Burgt, Xander M.
Africa, Microhairs, Guinea-Conakry, Taxonomy, and Trichanthecium tenerium
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2022
Journal article
Benna alternifolia (Melastomataceae: Sonerileae), a new herbaceous genus and species from Guinea, West Africa.
van der Burgt, Xander M. ; Haba, Pepe M. ; Magassouba, Sékou ; Veranso-Libalah, Marie Claire
Guinea, Sonerileae, New genus, Near threatened, Alternate leaves, Benna, Melastomataceaee, and Africa