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SUBMITTER: Wei N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7642130 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wei Neng N Zhong Zhi-Xiang ZX Melly David Kimutai DK Kipkoech Solomon S Watuma Benjamin Muema BM Ngumbau Veronicah Mutele VM Kamau Peris P Hu Guang-Wan GW Wang Qing-Feng QF
PhytoKeys 20201028
<i>Zehneria grandibracteata</i>, a new species of Cucurbitaceae from western Kenya, is described here, based on morphological and molecular data. It has long been misidentified as the widely-distributed species <i>Z. scabra</i>. However, it differs by its ovate leafy probract at the base of the inflorescences, subglabrous condition of the entire plant, shorter receptacle-tube and filaments, as well as denser and sessile inflorescences. Furthermore, the molecular phylogenetic analysis of <i>Zehne ...[more]