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Melhania orriana (Malvaceae, Dombeyoideae), a new species from Somalia

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  • 1. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, United States of America

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Melhania orriana Dorr, sp. nov., is described and illustrated. It is known only from central and southern Somalia at low elevations. The new species is morphologically similar to M. stipulosa J.R.I. Wood, which was described from Yemen and occurs in Ethiopia and Somalia at high elevations.

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