Title：
A New Species of Croton (Euphorbiaceae) from a Madagascan Lineage Discovered in Coastal Kenya
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Author：
Ngumbau Veronicah Mutele， Nyange Mwadime， Wei Neng， van Ee Benjamin W.， Berry Paul E.， Malombe Itambo， Hu GuangWan*， Wang QingFeng.
Pubyear：
2020
Title of
Journal：
Systematic Botany
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Volume：
45
Number：
2
Page：
242-248
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Abstract：
Croton kinondoensis, a new species from Kenya, is described and illustrated here with photographs. It is found in the sacred Kaya Kinondo Forest, one of the last remaining coastal forests patches in Kenya. Its morphology and systematic position based on ITS and trnL-F DNA sequence data clearly place it within the Adenophorus Group of Croton, a Glade of ca. 15 species otherwise known only from Madagascar and the Comoros Archipelago. Its closest affinities appear to lie with Croton mayottae, from the island of Mayotte, and C. menabeensis, from northwestern Madagascar. This new species likely represents an independent dispersal of Croton from Madagascar to mainland Africa.
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