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long, 13-flowered, solitary to geminate or in fascicles of 2, borne at the defoliated nodes of older branchlets, in the leaf axils and at the bracteate nodes alternating with those bearing fully developed leaves; peduncles 17 (11) mm long; secondary axes
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!,
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)
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path),
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elevation
<quantity id="805F9B45C201092A329DF96BFC6AF8D4" box="[911,1002,1778,1803]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8199999999999998" pageId="7" pageNumber="158" unit="m" value="1820.0">1820 m</quantity>
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,
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,
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<collectorName id="EA525376C201092A35F8F96BFA2BF8D4" box="[1258,1451,1778,1803]" pageId="7" pageNumber="158">Dowsett-Lemaire</collectorName>
1026
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(
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!)
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;
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<collectingMunicipality id="A77CACDAC201092A306CF88CFD85F8F1" box="[382,517,1813,1838]" pageId="7" pageNumber="158">Mt. District</collectingMunicipality>
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,
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,
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elevation
<quantity id="805F9B45C201092A3242F88CFC28F8F1" box="[848,936,1813,1838]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.25" pageId="7" pageNumber="158" unit="m" value="1250.0">1250 m</quantity>
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,
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,
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<collectorName id="EA525376C201092A3549F88CFA9CF8F1" box="[1115,1308,1813,1838]" pageId="7" pageNumber="158">Dowsett-Lemaire</collectorName>
1159
</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode id="21B6AE65C201092A3479F88CFA19F8F1" box="[1387,1433,1813,1838]" country="Brazil" name="Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collection" pageId="7" pageNumber="158">BR</collectionCode>
!)
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;
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,
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at
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stream crossing,
<elevation id="CC8AD193C201092A3212F8A0FC49F88D" box="[768,969,1849,1874]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.25" pageId="7" pageNumber="158" unit="m" value="1250.0">
elevation
<quantity id="805F9B45C201092A3262F8A0FC49F88D" box="[880,969,1849,1874]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.25" pageId="7" pageNumber="158" unit="m" value="1250.0">1250 m</quantity>
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,
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<collectingDate id="235DE988C201092A32C5F8A0FB39F88D" box="[983,1209,1849,1874]" pageId="7" pageNumber="158" value="1986-09-30">30 September 1986</collectingDate>
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,
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<collectorName id="EA525376C201092A35D4F8A0FAB3F88D" box="[1222,1331,1849,1874]" pageId="7" pageNumber="158">Chapman</collectorName>
8098
</emphasis>
(
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!,
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!,
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!)
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;
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,
<collectingMunicipality id="A77CACDAC201092A30DBF8C4FD12F8A9" box="[457,658,1885,1910]" pageId="7" pageNumber="158">Chisongeli Forest</collectingMunicipality>
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),
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elevation
<quantity id="805F9B45C201092A327BF8C4FC43F8A9" box="[873,963,1885,1910]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="7" pageNumber="158" unit="m" value="1500.0">1500 m</quantity>
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,
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,
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<collectorName id="EA525376C201092A35D6F8C4FAB1F8A9" box="[1220,1329,1885,1910]" pageId="7" pageNumber="158">Chapman</collectorName>
9292
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(
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!,
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!,
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!,
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!)
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;
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, above
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, along
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elevation
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,
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&amp;
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171
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(
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!)
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.
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. Prov.
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:
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<collectingCounty id="AE794E2CC201092A344CF83CFA27F861" box="[1374,1447,1957,1982]" pageId="7" pageNumber="158">Guruè</collectingCounty>
, encosta da serra do
<collectingMunicipality id="A77CACDAC201092A3070F850FE28F83D" box="[354,424,1993,2018]" pageId="7" pageNumber="158">Guruè</collectingMunicipality>
via fábrica
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a
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, próx. do
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, elevation
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&amp;
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15956
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(
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!,
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.
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FIGURE 4.
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. Image of the holotype (
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&amp;
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16431
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, LISC). Source: Herbario, Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal.
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20F092431AFFF39FE73FF66" bold="true" box="[189,499,160,185]" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">Distribution and habitat:</emphasis>
—Known from two granitic inselbergs in northern
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, i.e., the Namúli massif (
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) and Monte Mepáluè (
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), in cloud forest at
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elevation (
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). The collecting localities of Torre and
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in
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were on the eastern side of the Namúli massif, on slopes and in riverine forests of Mt Namúli (
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Timberlake
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20F09243210FE94FCBBFEF9" box="[770,827,269,294]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">et al.</emphasis>
2009: 24
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).
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Also known from the
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massif, a granitic inselberg in southern
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, at elevations of
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, in forests classified as either “mid-altitude” or “submontane” (
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,
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). At
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, most collections of
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20F0924303AFEE2FE4BFE4B" box="[296,459,379,404]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">M. nubigenum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are from the Ruo Gorge at the southern end of the massif, with other forested localities represented by single collections (Lichenya Plateau, Chisongeli, Pamba Gorge).
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20F092431AFFE5AFEC3FE03" bold="true" box="[189,323,451,476]" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">Phenology:</emphasis>
—Flowers in December. Fruiting collections in MayJuly, also in September and November.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20F092431AFFE71FE31FDDE" bold="true" box="[189,433,488,513]" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">Conservation status:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20F092430DFFE71FD4EFDDE" box="[461,718,488,513]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">Memecylon nubigenum</emphasis>
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is known from six locations including two in northern
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and four in southern
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(
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massif). It has an EOO of
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and an AOO of
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(assuming a
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grid cell size).
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In
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, the
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locality in
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is formally protected in the Mepáluè [Mpáluè] Forest Reserve which has a reported area of
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(
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). At the base of the mountain, the village of Ribáuè lies in a densely populated valley. Natural vegetation on the lower slopes has already been converted to subsistence agriculture, but human intrusion at the higher elevations (above
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) is impeded by steep slopes and lack of road access (
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Müller
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20F092431F7FD71FE9DFCDE" box="[229,285,744,769]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">et al.</emphasis>
2005
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). The second Mozambican location, in the Namúli massif near Guruè (
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), is not formally protected but has been recommended for such status (
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Timberlake
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20F092432DBFC95FB81FCFA" box="[969,1025,780,805]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">et al.</emphasis>
2009
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). Much of the natural vegetation below
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elevation has already been transformed, but
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was covered by montane forest at elevations of
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(determined from 2005 Landsat imagery). Major threats in forested habitats above
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include potato cultivation, frequent wildfires, and logging.
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The locations in
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are protected in the
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Mountain Forest Reserve, first gazetted in 1927 but with later boundary adjustments due to on-going human encroachment on the lower slopes. The massif is surrounded by villages of the
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and
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districts, tea estates, and small-scale cultivation. According to
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, forest cover (estimated from aerial photographs) was
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on the upper slopes and plateaux (
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). Continuing threats include clearing of forest for subsistence agriculture and charcoal production, wildfires, extraction of the commercially valuable
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cypress (
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Rendle
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), and spread of the naturalized Mexican weeping pine (
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Schiede ex Schltdl. &amp; Cham.
</taxonomicName>
). Deforestation has been most severe on the southern and southeastern slopes of the massif, in or near areas where
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has been collected in the past, i.e., Chisongeli and near the entrance to the Ruo Gorge (
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). This trend of environmental deterioration and unsustainable resource exploitation led to the establishment of the non-governmental
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Mountain Conservation Trust around 1994. This organization has attracted substantial funding from the World Bank (20012008) and more recently the Norwegian government (
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).
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20F092431AFFACCFE43FAB1" box="[189,451,1365,1390]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">Memecylon nubigenum</emphasis>
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is thus provisionally assessed as Vulnerable [VU B1ab(iii)+B2ab(iii); D2] according to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria (
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).
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20F092431AFFA07FEC8FA68" bold="true" box="[189,328,1438,1463]" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">Etymology:</emphasis>
—The epithet
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20F092430FAFA07FDE4FA68" box="[488,612,1438,1463]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">nubigenum</emphasis>
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is a compound derived from the Latin noun
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meaning “cloud” and the verb
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meaning “to be born.” It functions as an adjective and means “born of or originating from the clouds.” It is a reference to the habitat in mountains of northern
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and southern
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.
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20F092431AFF992FEC5F9FB" bold="true" box="[189,325,1547,1572]" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">Discussion:</emphasis>
—The
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populations from mountains of northern
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and southern
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(Mt
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), described herein as
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20F092430F2F9A9FD02F996" box="[480,642,1584,1609]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">M. nubigenum</emphasis>
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, were earlier identified as
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20F092432A6F9A9FBC5F996" box="[948,1093,1584,1609]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">M. natalense</emphasis>
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(
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,
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,
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) but are evidently not very closely related to that species (Stone
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20F092432FFF9CDFBA7F9B2" box="[1005,1063,1620,1645]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="160">et al.</emphasis>
2017), clearly indicating the need to recognise them as a distinct taxon.
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also differs morphologically from South African
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in the shape of the leaf apex (mostly obtuse in
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vs acute in
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), the shape of the corolla in bud (distinctly apiculate vs rounded to subacute), and the shape of the fruits (strictly globose vs ± ellipsoid or tending to be somewhat longer than wide) (
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).
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The new species was previously illustrated by
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:
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, as
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FIGURE 1.
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Flowering branch.
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Leaf.
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Floral bud.
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Open flower.
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Petal.
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Stamen.
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Fruit. (
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from
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, BNRH;
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from
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, BNRH). Drawing by Sandie Burrows.
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FIGURE 2.
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Leafy branchlet;
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Trunk showing character of the bark.
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Flower.
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Fruiting branchlet. Photographs in
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by John Burrows; in
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by Hermenegildo Matimele.
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):—
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. Prov.
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: M-cel tower, ±
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from
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on road to
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,
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elevation
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,
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,
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9050
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(
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!)
</materialsCitation>
;
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next to M-cel tower
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from
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on road to
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,
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elevation
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,
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,
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,
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,
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et al. 11512
</emphasis>
(
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!,
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!)
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;
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M-cel tower forest,
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C202092930A3FE95FE53FEFA" box="[433,467,268,293]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="155">ca.</emphasis>
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from
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beach to
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,
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,
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,
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elevation
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,
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,
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&amp;
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2208
</emphasis>
(
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,
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?,
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!)
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="0FBD652BC202092831AFFECDFF51FE4A" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="156" pageId="4" pageNumber="155" type="distribution">
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C202092931AFFECDFE6AFEB2" bold="true" box="[189,490,340,365]" pageId="4" pageNumber="155">Distribution and habitat:</emphasis>
—Known only from the
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locality in
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, southern
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, about
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inland from Praia do Bilene (
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). Small remnant of tall coastal forest occupying the slopes of a low sand hill (ancient dune) at
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elevation. In
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there were 42 individuals of
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20209293531FE05FB4CFE6A" box="[1059,1228,412,437]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="155">M. incisilobum</emphasis>
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counted (according to the collection-label of
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C2020929319AF83FFE80F864" bold="true" box="[136,256,1958,1979]" pageId="4" pageNumber="155">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Distribution of species of
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section
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in Mozambique and adjacent parts of Malawi and Tanzania:
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20209293483F83FFF78F800" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="155">M. incisilobum</emphasis>
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(black star);
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(black triangles);
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C202092933D8F853FCD5F800" box="[714,853,1994,2015]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="155">M. rovumense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(black circles);
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C202092932E9F853FB26F800" box="[1019,1190,1994,2015]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="155">M. aenigmaticum</emphasis>
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(open diamond). Political boundaries are indicated by solid lines, and selected cities by open squares.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C203092831AFFF39FEC3FF66" bold="true" box="[189,323,160,185]" pageId="5" pageNumber="156">Phenology:</emphasis>
—Flowers in late October. Immature fruits in mid-March.
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C203092831AFFF5DFE34FF02" bold="true" box="[189,436,196,221]" pageId="5" pageNumber="156">Conservation status:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C203092830C2FF5DFD5BFF02" box="[464,731,196,221]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="156">Memecylon incisilobum</emphasis>
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is known from a single location and has an extent of occurrence (EOO) and area of occupancy (AOO) of
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or less, according to
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who has further noted that the species is threatened by forest clearing for subsistence agriculture, wood-cutting for charcoal production, and runaway fires. For these reasons,
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has assessed
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C203092833E7FEAAFB81FE93" box="[757,1025,307,332]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="156">Memecylon incisilobum</emphasis>
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(as
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</taxonomicName>
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) as Critically Endangered [CR A3cd; B1ab(i, ii, iii, v)+2b(iii); C2a(ii)] following the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C203092831AFFE38FEC8FE65" bold="true" box="[189,328,417,442]" pageId="5" pageNumber="156">Etymology:</emphasis>
—The epithet
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C203092830FFFE38FDF0FE65" box="[493,624,417,442]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="156">incisilobum</emphasis>
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is an adjective referring to the incised calyx-lobes, this being one of the main features distinguishing this species from
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20309283383FE5FFCA1FE00" box="[657,801,454,479]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="156">M. natalense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C203092831AFFE72FEC5FDDB" bold="true" box="[189,325,491,516]" pageId="5" pageNumber="156">Discussion:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20309283073FE72FDEDFDDB" box="[353,621,491,516]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="156">Memecylon incisilobum</emphasis>
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is closely related to another new species, still undescribed, that is known from a single locality in the Kosi Bay Nature Reserve, northeastern
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,
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. The two populations are separated by an airline distance of
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, yet their nrDNA spacer sequences, obtained from the samples
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(BNRH) and
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(NH), have 100% identity with respect to each other, seemingly an indication of recent divergence. Molecular phylogenetic analyses suggest that the Gaza and Kosi Bay populations are more closely related to the Mt
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population in southern
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(described below as
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R.D. Stone &amp; I.G. Mona
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,
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) than they are to typical
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C203092833B7FD51FCB7FD3E" box="[677,823,712,737]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="156">M. natalense</emphasis>
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sampled further to the south in KwaZulu-Natal (
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, Stone
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2017). In the present study, we have found that the Gaza and Kosi Bay populations share the features of calyx-lobes with scarious margin and anther connectives yellow in color, which clearly sets them apart from
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C2030928349FFC88FF73FC90" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="156">M. natalense</emphasis>
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in which the calyx-lobes remain subcoriaceous throughout and green (sometimes suffused with dark purple) and the anther connectives are white.
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Morphologically,
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20309283094FC19FDAFFC46" box="[390,559,896,921]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="156">M. incisilobum</emphasis>
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is clearly distinguished from the Kosi Bay
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20309283509FC19FB1CFC46" box="[1051,1180,896,921]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="156">Memecylon</emphasis>
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by its cymes solitary or rarely geminate (vs cymes solitary or in fascicles of 23); longer inflorescence axes (peduncles mostly
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, secondary axes mostly
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); more numerous flowers (up to 9 flowers per cyme vs flowers mostly 13, rarely 4 or 5 per cyme); hypantho-calyx differently shaped (broadly cupuliform vs obconic to cupulopatellate); calyx-lobes with scarious margin
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high and regularly incised ± to the base (vs scarious margin
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high and irregularly erose-denticulate or occasionally with one lobe shallowly incised); corolla in bud sharply apiculate with apiculum
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high (vs rounded-apiculate); shorter styles (
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vs
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); and fruits with calycinal crown thickened and collar-like with lobes curved inwards (vs calycinal crown not thickened and collar-like, lobes erect). There also seems to be a difference in their respective flowering times (late October for
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C203092835EEFB3FFA25FB60" box="[1276,1445,1190,1215]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="156">M. incisilobum</emphasis>
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, early December for the Kosi Bay
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).
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differs from
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by its elliptic leaf-blades with transverse veins prominent on both surfaces in dried material (vs blades ovate with transverse veins ± obscure especially on the lower surface); cymes borne mostly at the defoliated nodes of older branchlets (vs cymes mostly axillary and at the bracteate nodes alternating with those bearing fully developed leaves), on peduncles mostly 510 (13) mm long and up to 9-flowered (vs peduncles mostly
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long and 14-flowered); hypantho-calyx broadly cupuliform with calyx-lobes scarious and regularly incised ± to the base (vs hypantho-calyx obconic, the margin slightly and obtusely 4-lobed); corolla in bud sharply apiculate (vs rounded); anther connectives yellow (vs white); and fruits with calycinal crown thickened and collar-like with lobes curved inwards (vs calycinal crown not thickened and collar-like, lobes spreading) (
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).
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In comparison to
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20309283094F9A2FD88F98B" box="[390,520,1595,1620]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="156">M. insulare</emphasis>
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it has a larger stature (a tree to
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vs a shrub to
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); larger leaves (mostly 57 ×
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vs 1.54.5 ×
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) that are ± broadly and obtusely acuminate at apex (vs leaf apices obtuse to rounded) and have transverse veins faintly visible on both surfaces (vs transverse veins obscure); and somewhat larger flowers (hypantho-calyx 22.5 ×
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vs 2 ×
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, petals 4 ×
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vs 3.5 ×
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). However,
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20309283411F930FA2CF91D" box="[1283,1452,1705,1730]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="156">M. incisilobum</emphasis>
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and
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are rather similar in their inflorescence dimensions (19-flowered vs up to 12-flowered), the acutely apiculate shape of the corolla in bud, and in having petals keeled on the back (
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).
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C200092B319AFF39FF7EFF68" bold="true" box="[136,254,160,183]" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Comparison of geographic distribution and morphology between
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section
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</th>
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<taxonomicName id="80A74D23C200092B33E9FF70FC04FF24" box="[763,900,232,252]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Memecylon" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="6" pageNumber="157" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="incisilobum">
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C200092B33E9FF70FC04FF24" bold="true" box="[763,900,232,252]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">M. incisilobum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="BA465D9EC200F6D232B6FF71FBC1FF23" box="[932,1089,232,252]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<taxonomicName id="80A74D23C200092B32B6FF70FBACFF24" box="[932,1068,232,252]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Memecylon" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="6" pageNumber="157" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nubigenum">
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C200092B32B6FF70FBACFF24" bold="true" box="[932,1068,232,252]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">M. nubigenum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="BA465D9EC200F6D23540FF71FB63FF23" box="[1106,1251,232,252]" gridcol="6" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<taxonomicName id="80A74D23C200092B3540FF70FB55FF23" box="[1106,1237,233,252]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Memecylon" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="6" pageNumber="157" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="rovumense">
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C200092B3540FF70FB55FF23" bold="true" box="[1106,1237,233,252]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">M. rovumense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="BA465D9EC200F6D235E6FF71FA17FF23" box="[1268,1431,232,252]" gridcol="7" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<taxonomicName id="80A74D23C200092B35E6FF70FA15FF23" authorityName="R. D. Stone. In" authorityYear="2017" box="[1268,1429,233,252]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Memecylon" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="6" pageNumber="157" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="aenigmaticum">
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C200092B35E6FF70FA15FF23" bold="true" box="[1268,1429,233,252]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">M. aenigmaticum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
</tr>
<tr id="F99734E2C200F6D23182FE97FA17FDD3" box="[144,1431,270,524]" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<th id="BA465D9EC200F6D23182FE97FE99FDD3" box="[144,281,270,524]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C200092B3182FE97FE84FEFE" bold="true" box="[144,260,270,289]" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">Distribution</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D2303DFE97FE35FDD3" box="[303,437,270,524]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">South African endemic (in KwaZulu- Natal, Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga &amp; Limpopo)</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D230D1FE97FDCDFDD3" box="[451,589,270,524]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">coastal forests of N Mozambique (Nampula &amp; Cabo Delgado provinces)</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D23372FE97FD66FDD3" box="[608,742,270,524]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">Magaruque Island near Vilanculos (Inhambane Province)</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D233E9FE97FC13FDD3" box="[763,915,270,524]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">coastal forest remnant near Praia do Bilene, S Mozambique (Gaza Province)</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D232B6FE97FBC1FDD3" box="[932,1089,270,524]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">N Mozambique (Nampula &amp; Zambézia provinces) &amp; S Malawi (Mt. Mulanje) at 10001800 m elevation</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D23540FE97FB63FDD3" box="[1106,1251,270,524]" gridcol="6" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">N Mozambique, Namacubi coastal dry forest near Quiterajo (Cabo Delgado Province); also in S Tanzania (Lindi Region)</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D235E6FE97FA17FDD3" box="[1268,1431,270,524]" gridcol="7" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">N Mozambique, Namparamnera coastal dry forest near Quiterajo (Cabo Delgado Province)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F99734E2C200F6D23182FD87FA17FD55" box="[144,1431,542,650]" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<th id="BA465D9EC200F6D23182FD87FE99FD55" box="[144,281,542,650]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C200092B3182FD87FF46FDEE" bold="true" box="[144,198,542,561]" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">Habit</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D2303DFD87FE35FD55" box="[303,437,542,650]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">small tree mostly 24 m (rarely to 15 m)</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D230D1FD87FDCDFD55" box="[451,589,542,650]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">shrub or small tree 1.53 m</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D23372FD87FD66FD55" box="[608,742,542,650]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">shrub to 2 m</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D233E9FD87FC13FD55" box="[763,915,542,650]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">tree to 7 m</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D232B6FD87FBC1FD55" box="[932,1089,542,650]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">tree 47 (17) m</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D23540FD87FB63FD55" box="[1106,1251,542,650]" gridcol="6" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">shrub or tree to 6 m</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D235E6FD87FA17FD55" box="[1268,1431,542,650]" gridcol="7" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">shrub to 3 m</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F99734E2C200F6D23182FD00FA17FD15" box="[144,1431,665,714]" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<th id="BA465D9EC200F6D23182FD00FE99FD15" box="[144,281,665,714]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C200092B3182FD00FF49FD15" bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">Texture of leaves</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D2303DFD00FE35FD15" box="[303,437,665,714]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">thinly coriaceous</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D230D1FD00FDCDFD15" box="[451,589,665,714]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">coriaceous</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D23372FD00FD66FD15" box="[608,742,665,714]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">coriaceous</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D233E9FD00FC13FD15" box="[763,915,665,714]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">subcoriaceous</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D232B6FD00FBC1FD15" box="[932,1089,665,714]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">subcoriaceous</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D23540FD00FB63FD15" box="[1106,1251,665,714]" gridcol="6" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">coriaceous</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D235E6FD00FA17FD15" box="[1268,1431,665,714]" gridcol="7" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">thickly coriaceous</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F99734E2C200F6D23182FD7AFA17FCB3" box="[144,1431,739,876]" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<th id="BA465D9EC200F6D23182FD7AFE99FCB3" box="[144,281,739,876]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C200092B3182FD7AFF7CFD29" bold="true" box="[144,252,739,758]" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">Leaf blades</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D2303DFD7AFE35FCB3" box="[303,437,739,876]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">ovate, 36 × 1.53 cm</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D230D1FD7AFDCDFCB3" box="[451,589,739,876]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">elliptic to obovate, 47 × 24 cm</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D23372FD7AFD66FCB3" box="[608,742,739,876]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">elliptic to obovate, 1.5 4.5 × 0.52.7 cm</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D233E9FD7AFC13FCB3" box="[763,915,739,876]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">elliptic, mostly 57 × 2.53.5 cm</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D232B6FD7AFBC1FCB3" box="[932,1089,739,876]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">ovate to ± elliptic, mostly 3.55 × 1.82.5 cm</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D23540FD7AFB63FCB3" box="[1106,1251,739,876]" gridcol="6" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">elliptic to ± ovate or obovate, mostly 3.35.5 × 1.7 3.3 cm</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D235E6FD7AFA17FCB3" box="[1268,1431,739,876]" gridcol="7" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">obovate, 1.753 × 11.75 cm</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F99734E2C200F6D23182FCE2FA17FBDC" box="[144,1431,891,1027]" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<th id="BA465D9EC200F6D23182FCE2FE99FBDC" box="[144,281,891,1027]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C200092B3182FCE2FF6CFC51" bold="true" box="[144,236,891,910]" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">Leaf apex</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D2303DFCE2FE35FBDC" box="[303,437,891,1027]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">acutely acuminate</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D230D1FCE2FDCDFBDC" box="[451,589,891,1027]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">obtuse to rounded</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D23372FCE2FD66FBDC" box="[608,742,891,1027]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">obtuse to rounded</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D233E9FCE2FC13FBDC" box="[763,915,891,1027]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">± broadly and obtusely acuminate</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D232B6FCE2FBC1FBDC" box="[932,1089,891,1027]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">± obtusely acuminate</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D23540FCE2FB63FBDC" box="[1106,1251,891,1027]" gridcol="6" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">± broadly obtuse- acuminate or rounded and obtuse</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D235E6FCE2FA17FBDC" box="[1268,1431,891,1027]" gridcol="7" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">rounded to obtuse</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F99734E2C200F6D23182FB8DFA17FB42" box="[144,1431,1044,1181]" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<th id="BA465D9EC200F6D23182FB8DFE99FB42" box="[144,281,1044,1181]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C200092B3182FB8DFF40FB9B" bold="true" box="[144,248,1044,1092]" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">Transverse veins</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D2303DFB8DFE35FB42" box="[303,437,1044,1181]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">± obscure, especially on the lower surface</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D230D1FB8DFDCDFB42" box="[451,589,1044,1181]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">inconspicuous</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D23372FB8DFD66FB42" box="[608,742,1044,1181]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">obscure</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D233E9FB8DFC13FB42" box="[763,915,1044,1181]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C200092B33E9FB8CFC96FBF8" box="[763,790,1045,1063]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">ca.</emphasis>
5 pairs, faintly visible, prominent on both surfaces in dried material
</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D232B6FB8DFBC1FB42" box="[932,1089,1044,1181]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">45 pairs, obscure or ± faintly visible on upper surface</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D23540FB8DFB63FB42" box="[1106,1251,1044,1181]" gridcol="6" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">35 pairs, faintly visible</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D235E6FB8DFA17FB42" box="[1268,1431,1044,1181]" gridcol="7" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">± obscure</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F99734E2C200F6D23182FB28FA17FB3D" box="[144,1431,1201,1250]" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<th id="BA465D9EC200F6D23182FB28FE99FB3D" box="[144,281,1201,1250]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C200092B3182FB28FF55FB3D" bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">Lower leaf surface</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D2303DFB28FE35FB3D" box="[303,437,1201,1250]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">pale green</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D230D1FB28FDCDFB3D" box="[451,589,1201,1250]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">vivid yellowish green</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D23372FB28FD66FB3D" box="[608,742,1201,1250]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">yellowish green</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D233E9FB28FC13FB3D" box="[763,915,1201,1250]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">pale green</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D232B6FB28FBC1FB3D" box="[932,1089,1201,1250]" gridcol="5" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">pale green</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D23540FB28FB63FB3D" box="[1106,1251,1201,1250]" gridcol="6" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">pale green</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D235E6FB28FA17FB3D" box="[1268,1431,1201,1250]" gridcol="7" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">pale green</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F99734E2C200F6D23182FB64FA17FA7C" box="[144,1431,1277,1443]" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<th id="BA465D9EC200F6D23182FB64FE99FA7C" box="[144,281,1277,1443]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C200092B3182FB64FF5BFAF2" bold="true" box="[144,269,1277,1325]" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">Inflorescence position</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D2303DFB64FE35FA7C" box="[303,437,1277,1443]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">mostly axillary and at the intervening “aphyllous” nodes</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D230D1FB64FDCDFA7C" box="[451,589,1277,1443]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">mostly axillary and at the intervening “aphyllous” nodes</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D23372FB64FD66FA7C" box="[608,742,1277,1443]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">mostly axillary and at the intervening “aphyllous” nodes</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D233E9FB64FC13FA7C" box="[763,915,1277,1443]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">mostly at the defoliated nodes of older branchlets</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D232B6FB64FBC1FA7C" box="[932,1089,1277,1443]" gridcol="5" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">at the defoliated nodes of older branchlets, in the leaf axils and at “aphyllous” nodes</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D23540FB64FB63FA7C" box="[1106,1251,1277,1443]" gridcol="6" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">mostly at the defoliated nodes of older branchlets</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D235E6FB64FA17FA7C" box="[1268,1431,1277,1443]" gridcol="7" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">at the defoliated nodes of older branchlets, in the leaf axils and at “aphyllous” nodes</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F99734E2C200F6D23182FA21FA17FA36" box="[144,1431,1464,1513]" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<th id="BA465D9EC200F6D23182FA21FE99FA36" box="[144,281,1464,1513]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C200092B3182FA21FF6FFA14" bold="true" box="[144,239,1464,1483]" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">Peduncles</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D2303DFA21FE35FA36" box="[303,437,1464,1513]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">mostly 0.55 mm</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D230D1FA21FDCDFA36" box="[451,589,1464,1513]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C200092B30D1FA20FE5FFA14" box="[451,479,1465,1483]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">ca.</emphasis>
2 mm
</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D23372FA21FD66FA36" box="[608,742,1464,1513]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">up to 6 mm</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D233E9FA21FC13FA36" box="[763,915,1464,1513]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">mostly 510 (13)</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D232B6FA21FBC1FA36" box="[932,1089,1464,1513]" gridcol="5" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">17 (11) mm</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D23540FA21FB63FA36" box="[1106,1251,1464,1513]" gridcol="6" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">1.52 mm</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D235E6FA21FA17FA36" box="[1268,1431,1464,1513]" gridcol="7" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C200092B35E6FA20FA8FFA14" box="[1268,1295,1465,1483]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">ca.</emphasis>
2 mm
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F99734E2C200F6D23182FA63FA17F998" box="[144,1431,1530,1607]" gridrow="10" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<th id="BA465D9EC200F6D23182FA63FE99F998" box="[144,281,1530,1607]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C200092B3182FA63FE8BF998" bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">No. of flowers per inflorescence</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D2303DFA63FE35F998" box="[303,437,1530,1607]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">14</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D230D1FA63FDCDF998" box="[451,589,1530,1607]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">13</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D23372FA63FD66F998" box="[608,742,1530,1607]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">up to 12</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D233E9FA63FC13F998" box="[763,915,1530,1607]" gridcol="4" gridrow="10" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">19</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D232B6FA63FBC1F998" box="[932,1089,1530,1607]" gridcol="5" gridrow="10" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">13</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D23540FA63FB63F998" box="[1106,1251,1530,1607]" gridcol="6" gridrow="10" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">13 (4)</td>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D235E6FA63FA17F998" box="[1268,1431,1530,1607]" gridcol="7" gridrow="10" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">[no data]</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F99734E2C200F6D23182F9F0FA17F946" box="[144,1431,1641,1689]" gridrow="11" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<th id="BA465D9EC200F6D23182F9F0FE99F946" box="[144,281,1641,1689]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C200092B3182F9F0FF41F946" bold="true" box="[144,246,1641,1689]" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">Hypantho- calyx</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="BA465D9EC200F6D2303DF9F0FE35F946" box="[303,437,1641,1689]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">
obconical,
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Evergreen shrub to
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). Coastal dry forest at
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elevation.
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A092131AFF911FEC3F97E" bold="true" box="[189,323,1672,1697]" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Phenology:</emphasis>
—Flowers unknown; fruits in November.
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A092131AFF935FE36F91A" bold="true" box="[189,438,1708,1733]" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Conservation status:</emphasis>
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is known from a single location with an area of occupancy (AOO) of
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(assuming a
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grid cell size). Coastal forests in
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are virtually unprotected, and those in the Quiterajo vicinity are threatened by clearing for subsistence agriculture, logging of large timber trees and cutting of poles, and uncontrolled fires (Timberlake 2009,
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Timberlake
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2011
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).
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A0921357BF881FA11F8EE" box="[1129,1425,1816,1841]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Memecylon aenigmaticum</emphasis>
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is thus provisionally assessed as Critically Endangered [CR B2ab(iii)] according to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria (
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).
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A092131AFF81DFEC8F842" bold="true" box="[189,328,1924,1949]" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Etymology:</emphasis>
—The epithet
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A092130FAF81DFD07F842" box="[488,647,1924,1949]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">aenigmaticum</emphasis>
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is an adjective based on the Greek noun
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A09213558F81DFB26F842" box="[1098,1190,1924,1949]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">ainigma</emphasis>
meaning mysterious or difficult to interpret or understand. It is in reference to the fact that this new species has been previously confused with both
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A092131D3F855FED1F83A" box="[193,337,1996,2021]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">M. natalense</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A0921309AF855FDA5F83A" box="[392,549,1996,2021]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">M. rovumense</emphasis>
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(q.v.).
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FIGURE 6.
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Fruiting branch.
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20B092033C3F839FD67F86A" bold="true" box="[721,743,1952,1973]" pageId="13" pageNumber="164">B.</emphasis>
Leaf.
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20B09203236F839FCBBF86A" bold="true" box="[804,827,1952,1973]" pageId="13" pageNumber="164">C.</emphasis>
Fruit. (
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from
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20B092032FEF839FB42F86A" box="[1004,1218,1952,1973]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="164">Timberlake et al. 5574</emphasis>
, K). Drawing by Sandie Burrows.
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C208092331AFFF06FEC5FF67" bold="true" box="[189,325,159,184]" pageId="14" pageNumber="165">Discussion:</emphasis>
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has been confused with the South African
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but differs by its more thickly coriaceous leaves that are obovate in outline and rounded to obtuse at the apex (vs leaves thinly coriaceous, ovate in outline with apex acutely acuminate); by its cymes borne mostly at the defoliated nodes of older branchlets (vs cymes mostly axillary and at the bracteate nodes alternating with those bearing fully developed leaves); and by its ellipsoid to obovoid, verrucose-wrinkled fruits lacking a persistent calycinal crown (vs fruits ellipsoid to subglobose with smooth exterior and calycinal crown conspicuous) (
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This new species appears closely related to
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C2080923338DFEEEFCBCFE4F" box="[671,828,375,400]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="165">M. rovumense</emphasis>
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, but differs by its much smaller leaves (1.753 ×
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vs ovoid to broadly pyriform, 18 ×
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20C092731AFFB99FEC3FBC6" bold="true" box="[189,323,1024,1049]" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">Phenology:</emphasis>
—Floral buds in late November; fruits in June.
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(assuming a
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The coastal forests of East Africa are small and highly fragmented, most of them being less than
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Burgess
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). They are thought to be remnants of a more extensive forest cover that existed prior to the spread of dry climate in this region beginning
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16 Myr ago (
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); however, recent disturbance by human activities (especially increased fire frequency) has also contributed to the reduction and fragmentation of these forests (
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Burgess
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1998
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In
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,
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currently receives an uncertain level of protection, in spite of the fact that two of the three known locations lie within gazetted forest reserves. This is because the management budgets and staffing levels are extremely low (
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Burgess
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2012
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). The Chitoa Forest Reserve, which includes the
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locality, is
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west of the coastal town of
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Burgess
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). In total, the Chitoa Plateau and nearby Litipo Forest Reserve contain an estimated
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of mixed dry forest (
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). The Chitoa Forest Reserve is located
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away from the nearest villages and is only accessible by footpath; this suggests that threats to the forest may be limited, although
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noted some wood cutting of poles by local people and the possibility of uncontrolled bushfires. About
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further to the north, the Ngarama North Forest Reserve is larger (
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designated as “protective” forest and the remainder as “production” (
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Burgess
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2012
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). The reserve is situated on the Ruwawa Plateau largely covered by “scrub forest” over coral rag limestone, but with
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of mixed dry forest and legume-dominated dry forest (
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). Threats are minimal because of low human population density in the area, although some timber poaching has been seen (
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). The remaining coastal forests of the
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(SE
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) are also threatened by recent improvements in road infrastructure, which are opening up previously remote and relatively inaccessible areas for logging and charcoal production (
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,
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Burgess
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2012
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).
</paragraph>
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In
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, the only known location of
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20C092733DBF8EEFCEAF84F" box="[713,874,1911,1936]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">M. rovumense</emphasis>
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is not in a protected area. Ongoing threats in the Namacubi Forest include continued clearing for subsistence agriculture, cutting of poles, uncontrolled fires, and possible road construction for oil-and-gas development which would increase access to and clearing of the forest (
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Timberlake
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20C0927300AF87AFED1F823" box="[280,337,2019,2044]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">et al.</emphasis>
2011
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,
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20D0926319AF85DFE68F806" bold="true" box="[136,488,1988,2010]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">
FIGURE 5.
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20D09263011F85DFE68F806" bold="true" box="[259,488,1988,2010]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Memecylon rovumense</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20D092630E6F85DFD8CF806" bold="true" box="[500,524,1988,2009]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">A.</emphasis>
Fruiting branch.
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20D092633A0F85DFD48F806" bold="true" box="[690,712,1988,2009]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">B.</emphasis>
Leaf.
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20D09263214F85DFC9DF806" bold="true" box="[774,797,1988,2009]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">C.</emphasis>
Fruit. (
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from
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20D092632DDF85DFBAFF806" box="[975,1071,1988,2009]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">Clarke 56</emphasis>
, K). Drawing by Sandie Burrows.
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A092131AFFF39FE3FFF66" box="[189,447,160,185]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Memecylon rovumense</emphasis>
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is thus provisionally assessed as Endangered [EN B1ab(iii)+B2ab(iii)] according to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria (
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).
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</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A092131AFFF71FEE4FEDE" bold="true" box="[189,356,232,257]" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Etymology:—</emphasis>
The epithet
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A092130F9FF71FDE3FEDE" box="[491,611,232,257]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">rovumense</emphasis>
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is an adjective used to indicate geographical origin, i.e., to emphasize that the new species is an endemic of the Rovuma region of northern
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and southeastern
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. The region itself gets its name from the Rovuma River which forms the border between these two countries.
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<subSubSection id="0FBD652BC20A092131AFFECDFF31FBC6" pageId="12" pageNumber="163" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A092131AFFECDFEC5FEB2" bold="true" box="[189,325,340,365]" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Discussion:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A09213073FECDFDDEFEB2" box="[353,606,340,365]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Memecylon rovumense</emphasis>
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has been previously confused with
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A092132F0FECDFBF0FEB2" box="[994,1136,340,365]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">M. natalense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but DNA evidence suggests it may have originated through hybridization between a lineage close to the Kenyan
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A0921355AFEE1FB4EFE4E" box="[1096,1230,376,401]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">M. fragrans</emphasis>
A. Fernandes &amp; R.
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and another, as-yet unidentified Mozambican lineage close to
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A09213552FE05FB25FE6A" box="[1088,1189,412,437]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">M. torrei</emphasis>
(Stone
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A092135ECFE05FAB7FE6A" box="[1278,1335,412,437]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">et al.</emphasis>
2017)
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. Its fruits are quite distinctive in being relatively large, yellow-green and warty-roughened on the exterior, appearing much like miniature avocados, seen in the collection
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A09213384FE7DFC85FE22" box="[662,773,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Clarke 56</emphasis>
(K).
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It differs from South African
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A09213307FD91FD28FDFE" box="[533,680,520,545]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">M. natalense</emphasis>
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by its more thickly coriaceous leaves that are rounded and obtuse to ± broadly obtuse-acuminate at the apex (vs thinly coriaceous with acumen acute), by its cymes borne mostly at the defoliated nodes of older branchlets (vs cymes mostly axillary and at the bracteate nodes alternating with those bearing fully developed leaves), and by its larger, broadly pyriform and conspicuously verrucose-wrinkled fruits lacking a persistent calycinal crown (vs fruits up to
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in diameter, ellipsoid to subglobose with smooth exterior and calycinal crown conspicuous) (
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).
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In comparison to the Kenyan
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A09213319FD79FD11FD26" box="[523,657,736,761]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">M. fragrans</emphasis>
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it has broader, differently shaped leaves (mostly 3.35.5 ×
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and ± elliptic vs 25.5 × 1.0
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and ± ovate), and the cymes are borne mostly at the defoliated nodes of older branchlets (vs cymes mostly axillary and at the bracteate nodes alternating with those bearing fully developed leaves). The fruits of
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A09213009FCD5FE20FCBA" box="[283,416,844,869]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">M. fragrans</emphasis>
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are also smaller and differently shaped (ovate to elliptic, 89.5 ×
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with exterior only slightly roughened and calycinal crown conspicuous).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="471836A0C20A092131AFFC0DFF31FBC6" blockId="12.[136,1452,160,1049]" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">
In comparison to the Mozambican
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A09213356FC0DFD28FC72" box="[580,680,916,941]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">M. torrei</emphasis>
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it has somewhat smaller leaves (mostly 3.35.5 ×
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vs 47 ×
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), and the lower leaf surface is pale green (vs vivid yellowish green) (
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). The fruits of
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A09213409FC21FA01FC0E" box="[1307,1409,952,977]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">M. torrei</emphasis>
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are similarly large (
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A0921302CFC45FEE0FC2A" box="[318,352,988,1013]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">ca.</emphasis>
18 ×
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) and also with exterior warty-roughened, seen in the collection
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A092135C6FC45FA2BFC2A" box="[1236,1451,988,1013]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Goyder et al. 6107</emphasis>
(P).
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