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Dracaena ascendens var. bhwirei Takawira-Nyenya & Thiede 2021, comb. nov.
- 1. University of Oslo, Natural History Museum, P. O. Box 1172, Blindern, N- 0318 Oslo, Norway. & Muttart Conservatory, 9626 96 a St NW, Edmonton, AB, T 6 C 4 L 8, Canada. & rnyenya @ yahoo. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6613 - 9097
- 2. Mechelnbusch 2, 22559 Hamburg, Germany. & joachim _ thiede @ gmx. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0130 - 8424
- 3. Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch WA 6150, Perth, Australia. & Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X 1, Matieland 7602, Stellenbosch, South Africa. & ladislav. mucina @ murdoch. edu. au; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0317 - 8886
Description
1. Dracaena ascendens (Newton 2010a: 19) Byng & Christenhusz (2018: 64) var. bhwirei (Webb & Newton 2019a: 22) Takawira-Nyenya & Thiede comb. nov.
Basionym:— Sansevieria ascendens var. bhwirei R.H.Webb in Sansevieria 40: 22 (2019a).
Type:— KENYA: near Tarassa, in the Tana River delta area, lat. 2.443869° S, long. 40.169634° E, elev. 11 m, s.d., [B.] Bhitala 1017 (holotype MO n.v.).
Note:—According to the protologue, this taxon is smaller in all respects than var. ascendens and solely known from its type locality which is geographically not separated from the latter.
Notes
Published as part of Takawira-Nyenya, Ratidzayi, Thiede, Joachim & Mucina, Ladislav, 2021, New nomenclatural and taxonomic adjustments in Dracaena (Asparagaceae), pp. 293-300 in Phytotaxa 524 (4) on page 294, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.524.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/5656295
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- B , MO
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Dracaena
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Scientific name authorship
- Takawira-Nyenya & Thiede
- Species
- bhwirei
- Taxonomic status
- comb. nov.
- Taxon rank
- variety
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Dracaena ascendens var. bhwirei (Webb, 2019) sec. Takawira-Nyenya, Thiede & Mucina, 2021
References
- Newton, L. E. (2010 a) Two new caulescent species of Sansevieria (Asparagaceae) in Kenya. Bradleya 28: 19 - 26. https: // doi. org / 10.25223 / brad. n 28.2010. a 4
- Byng, J. W. & Christenhusz, J. M. M. (2018) Asparagaceae. In: Christenhusz, J. M. M., Fay, F. M. & Byng, J. W. (Eds.) The Global Flora. A practical flora to vascular plant species of the world. Special Edition. GLOVAP Nomenclature 1, vol. 4. Plant Gateway Ltd., Bradford, pp. 64 - 67.
- Webb, R. H. & Newton, L. E. (2019 a) A new variety of Sansevieria ascendens from Kenya. Sansevieria 40: 22 - 25.