Inversodicraea koukoutamba and I. tassing (Podostemaceae), new waterfall species from Guinea, West Africa.
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Date published
December 19, 2019
Abstract
Two new species of and , both from the Republic of Guinea, are described as new to science, increasing the number of species known in this African genus to 32, making it the most species-diverse among African . Both species are remarkable, among other features, for their styles. is only the third species of the genus with 3, not 2 styles, and is unique in the genus, and in the family, in having each style bifurcate. has styles equal or exceeding the length of the ovary, being nearly twice as long as those of the species which previously was noted for the longest styles in the genus. Both new species are single-site endemics, the first is assessed here as Critically Endangered according to the IUCN 2012 standard, due to the incipient construction of the World Bank backed Koukoutamba hydroelectric dam which threatens several other plant species assessed as Critically Endangered or Endangered. The second species, is assessed as Near Threatened, since there are currently no threats known at present to the single known site.
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Important Plant Areas in Guinea
Funder
| Funder name | Awards |
Darwin Initiative, United Kingdom | Project Ref. 23-002 |
Journal title
Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants
Volume
64
Publisher
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Place of publication
Leiden, Netherlands
ISSN
0006-5196
eISSN
0373-4293
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