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Sabdariffa greenwayi Mwachala & R. L. Barrett 2025, comb. nov.

Description

Sabdariffa greenwayi (Baker f.) Mwachala & R.L.Barrett, comb. nov.

(Fig. 18 a, b.)

Hibiscus greenwayi Baker f., J. Bot. 75: 99 (1937). Type: Tanzania: NW Usambara, Mnazi, Umba Steppe, 12 Jan. 1930, P.J. Greenway 2034 (holo: EA: iso: BM 013726617 (fragment & drawing), K 000240490; PRE 0501592 -0).

Descriptions and illustrations

Baker (1937, p. 99); Goetz (1980); Edmonds (1991, p. 18); Wilson (1999, pp. 62–63, fig. 2f); Mwachala (2009, pp. 42–44, fig. 6).

Distribution

Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

Notes

Published as part of Barrett, Russell L., Yoshikawa, Vania Nobuko, McLay, Todd G. B., Duarte, Marília Cristina, Mwachala, Geoffrey & Hanes, Margaret M., 2025, Reinstatement of Sabdariffa and new combinations to support a monophyletic concept of Hibiscus (Malvaceae: Hibisceae), pp. 1-97 in Australian Systematic Botany 38 (3) on page 53, DOI: 10.1071/SB24013, http://zenodo.org/record/16957971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
EA , P, J
Material sample ID
BM 013726617, K 000240490, PRE 0501592
Event date
1930-01-12
Verbatim event date
1930-01-12
Scientific name authorship
Mwachala & R. L. Barrett
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Sabdariffa
Species
greenwayi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Sabdariffa greenwayi (Mwachala, 2025) sec. Barrett, Yoshikawa, McLay, Duarte, Mwachala & Hanes, 2025

References

  • Baker EG (1937) Notes on tropical African species of Hibiscus. Journal of Botany 75, 98-102.
  • Goetz SG (1980) Genome relationships in Hibiscus greenwayi and pollen in Hibiscus section Furcaria. MSc thesis, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
  • Edmonds JM (1991) ' The distribution of Hibiscus L. section Furcaria in tropical East Africa. Systematic and Ecogeographic Studies on Crop Genepools. Vol. 6. ' (International Plant Genetics Research Institute: Rome, Italy)
  • Wilson FD (1999) Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum London (Botany) 29 (1), 47-79.
  • Mwachala G (2009) Hibiscus. In ' Flora of Tropical East Africa. Malvaceae'. (Eds B Verdcourt, G Mwachala) pp. 31-75. (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Richmond, UK)