Keetia tinka & K. kounounkan sp. nov. (Rubiaceae - Vanguerieae) new threatened forest climbers and shrubs of sandstone plateaux of the Republic of Guinea.
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Journal article
Date published
November 17, 2025
Abstract
Two new species of Keetia are described from recent botanical collections for conservation management made in surviving submontane forest areas of the sandstone plateau areas of the Republic of Guinea. Keetia kounounkan Cheek & Simbiano is a shrub of the Kounounkan Plateau towards the border of Sierra Leone, so far with a single location in gallery forest. K. tinka Cheek & Simbiano is an evergreen rainforest climber of the main part of the Fouta Djalon Highlands with two locations both in degraded forest. Both species are described, illustrated and provisionally assessed for their conservation status, the first as Critically Endangered, the second as Endangered.
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Priority 4: Accelerated Taxonomy
Science Operations
Funder
| Funder name | Awards |
JRS Biodiversity Foundation, United States | Grant (70022) |
Fondation Franklinia, Switzerland | “Conservation of threatened trees species in three Tropical Important Plants Areas of Guinea” |
Darwin Initiative, United Kingdom | Project Ref. 23–002 |
Journal title
Webbia
Volume
80
Issue
2 Suppl.
Publisher
Firenze University Press
Place of publication
Firenze, Italy
ISSN
2169-4060
eISSN
0083-7792
Date accepted
September 23, 2025
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IF = 0.75 (2025)