Cyperus kilelai Mesterházy & Reynders

, Pl. Ecol. Evol. 157(3): 339 (2024).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77347854-1
Publication
Plant Ecology and Evolution
Collation
157(3): 339
Date of Publication
12 Sep 2024
Family as entered in IPNI
Cyperaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
J.Kilela 25
Locality
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Haut-Lomami, Upemba region, 22 km SW of Kanonga village, edges of a thermal spring called “Mayi ya moto” (which means warm water in Swahili), 665 m
Collection Date
26 Jun 2018
Type Herbaria
holotype LSHI
isotype BP
isotype BR BR0000026212845V
Latitude
9° 22' 44" S
Longitude
25° 59' 8" E
Distribution Of Types
Zaïre (West-Central Tropical Africa, Africa)

Nomenclatural Notes

[epublished]

Remarks

doi:10.5091/plecevo.127131 Etymology: 'The species name commemorates Jacques Kilela Mwanasomwe, a plant ecologist of the University of Lubumbashi, who collected the type material of the species'.