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Carapa wohllebenii (Meliaceae), a new tree species from montane forests in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi

  • 1. Institute for Integrated Natural Sciences-Biology, University of Koblenz-Landau, Universitätsstrasse 1, 56070 Koblenz, Germany. efischer@uni-koblenz.de; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7455-9833
  • 2. Hauptstr. 284, Königswinter, Germany.
  • 3. Meise Botanic Garden, Nieuwelaan 38, 1860 Meise, Belgium. & Department of Biology, KU Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.

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Fischer, Eberhard, Killmann, Dorothee, Leh, Burkhard, Janssens, Steven B. (2021): Carapa wohllebenii (Meliaceae), a new tree species from montane forests in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi. Phytotaxa 511 (1): 20-36, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.511.1.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.511.1.2

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