A new species of Yam from Kenya, dioscorea kituiensis: Pollen morphology, conservation status, and speciation

Systematic Botany

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 652-659

  Wilkin, Paul ^a   Muasya, A Muthama ^b   Banks, Hannah ^a   Furness, Carol A ^a   Vollesen, Kai ^a   Weber, Odile ^a   Demissew, Sebsebe ^c  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Conservation status; Dioscoreales; Kenyan endemic; New species; Pollen morphology; Speciation

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA GILLETTII; DIOSCOREALES;

EID: 73949148952     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: 15482324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364409790139646     Document Type: Article

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