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Lijndenia udzungwarum (Melastomataceae-Olisbeoideae): a new, endemic species from the Udzungwa Mountains of southern Tanzania

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  • 1. School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg 3209, South Africa
  • 2. The East African Herbarium, National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 45166, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya

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Stone, Robert Douglas, Luke, Quentin (2015): Lijndenia udzungwarum (Melastomataceae-Olisbeoideae): a new, endemic species from the Udzungwa Mountains of southern Tanzania. Phytotaxa 226 (2): 169-176, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.226.2.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.226.2.6

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