IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77357687-1

Publication

Plant Ecology and Evolution

Collation

158(1): 96

Date of Publication

10 Mar 2025

Family as entered in IPNI

Ebenaceae

Type Information

Collector Team

Robertson & Luke 5528

Locality

Kenya: Coast Province, Lamu Dist., Witu Forest, 16 m

Collection Date

17 Nov 1988

Type Herbaria

holotype MO MO-4240972
isotype EA
isotype K
isotype US US03133205
isotype WAG WAG.1778716

Latitude

2° 20' 50" S

Longitude

40° 29' 45" E

Distribution Of Types

Kenya (East Tropical Africa, Africa)
Tanzania (East Tropical Africa, Africa)
Mozambique (South Tropical Africa, Africa)

Nomenclatural Notes

[epublished]

Remarks

doi:10.5091/plecevo.140561 Etymology: the specific epithet reflects the geographic distribution of the taxon, which corresponds very closely to the Swahilian regional centre of endemism.