A New Species of Croton (Euphorbiaceae) from a Madagascan Lineage Discovered in Coastal Kenya

Veronicah Mutele Ngumbau; Mwadime Nyange; Neng Wei; Benjamin W. Van Ee; Paul E. Berry; Itambo Malombe; Guang-Wan Hu; Qing-Feng Wang

doi:10.1600/036364420X15862837791294

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13 May 2020 A New Species of Croton (Euphorbiaceae) from a Madagascan Lineage Discovered in Coastal Kenya

Veronicah Mutele Ngumbau, Mwadime Nyange, Neng Wei, Benjamin W. Van Ee, Paul E. Berry, Itambo Malombe, Guang-Wan Hu, Qing-Feng Wang

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Systematic Botany, 45(2):242-248 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1600/036364420X15862837791294

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Croton kinondoensis, a new species from Kenya, is described and illustrated here with photographs. It is found in the sacred Kaya Kinondo Forest, one of the last remaining coastal forests patches in Kenya. Its morphology and systematic position based on ITS and trnL-F DNA sequence data clearly place it within the Adenophorus Group of Croton, a clade of ca. 15 species otherwise known only from Madagascar and the Comoros Archipelago. Its closest affinities appear to lie with Croton mayottae, from the island of Mayotte, and C. menabeensis, from northwestern Madagascar. This new species likely represents an independent dispersal of Croton from Madagascar to mainland Africa.

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Veronicah Mutele Ngumbau, Mwadime Nyange, Neng Wei, Benjamin W. Van Ee, Paul E. Berry, Itambo Malombe, Guang-Wan Hu, and Qing-Feng Wang "A New Species of Croton (Euphorbiaceae) from a Madagascan Lineage Discovered in Coastal Kenya," Systematic Botany 45(2), 242-248, (13 May 2020). https://doi.org/10.1600/036364420X15862837791294

Published: 13 May 2020

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