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Type: Article
Published: 2020-04-14
Page range: 276–288
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Isoglossa darbyshirei (Acanthaceae), a new plietesial species from the Albertine Rift (Rwanda, Burundi)

Meise Botanic Garden, Domein van Bouchout, 1860 Meise, Belgium
Institute for Integrated Natural Sciences – Biology, University of Koblenz-Landau, Universitätsstraße 1, 56070 Koblenz, Germany
Albertine Rift endemic IUCN taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Isoglossa darbyshirei is described as a new species from Rwanda and Burundi. Its affinities to I. humbertii and I. laxiflora are discussed. Based on current knowledge I. darbyshirei is given a preliminary conservation assessment of Vulnerable (VU B2). The new species shows a plietesial life cycle that is briefly discussed. A key to the Isoglossa laxiflora-group is also provided.