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Evergreen shrub to
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high; young branchlets whitish grey, quadrangular, soon becoming terete with age; nodes thickened; internodes between normal leafy nodes 1–3.5 (–6.5) cm long. Leaves thickly coriaceous, on petioles
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, cuneate at base, rounded to obtuse at apex; only the midnerve clearly visible, impressed on the upper surface, ± prominent on the lower (especially toward the leaf base); intramarginal nerves and transverse veins ± obscure. Flowering cymes and flowers not seen. Fruits baccate, 1-seeded, solitary at the defoliated nodes of older branchlets, in the leaf axils and at the bracteate nodes alternating with those bearing fully developed leaves, borne on a very short, stout axis (length
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), pale green before maturity, elliptic to obovoid in outline, 9–10.5 ×
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, conspicuously verrucose-wrinkled; calycinal crown very short (
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A092131AFF9D9FE70F986" bold="true" box="[189,496,1600,1625]" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Distribution and habitat:</emphasis>
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—Known only from the
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collection made in
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, northern
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(
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). Coastal dry forest at
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elevation.
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—Flowers unknown; fruits in November.
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—
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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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<bibRefCitation id="23364B51C20A09213242F881FBD5F8EE" author="Timberlake, J. & Goyder, D. & Crawford, F. & Burrows, J. & Clarke, G. P. & Luke, Q. & Matimele, H. & Muller, T. & Pascal, O. & de Sousa, C. & Alves, T." box="[848,1109,1816,1841]" pageId="12" pageNumber="163" pagination="126 - 137" refId="ref12414" refString="Timberlake, J., Goyder, D., Crawford, F., Burrows, J., Clarke, G. P., Luke, Q., Matimele, H., Muller, T., Pascal, O., de Sousa, C. & Alves, T. (2011) Coastal dry forests in northern Mozambique. Plant Ecology and Evolution 144: 126 - 137. https: // doi. org / 10.5091 / plecevo. 2011.539" type="journal article" year="2011">
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Timberlake
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2011
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).
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<taxonomicName id="80A74D23C20A0921357BF881FA11F8EE" authorityName="R. D. Stone. In" authorityYear="2017" box="[1129,1425,1816,1841]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Memecylon" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="12" pageNumber="163" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="aenigmaticum">
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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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</taxonomicName>
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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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<bibRefCitation id="23364B51C20A092131FEF8F9FEF6F8A6" author="IUCN & Species Survival Commission, IUCN & Cambridge, U. K." box="[236,374,1888,1913]" pageId="12" pageNumber="163" refId="ref11247" refString="IUCN (2012) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Version 3.1 (2 nd ed.). IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, U. K. Available from: http: // www. iucnredlist. org / technical-documents / categories-and-criteria / 2001 - categories-criteria (accessed 12 December 2017)" type="url" year="2012">IUCN 2012</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="0FBD652BC20A092131AFF81DFDEEF83A" pageId="12" pageNumber="163" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="471836A0C20A092131AFF81DFDEEF83A" blockId="12.[136,1452,1276,2021]" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A092131AFF81DFEC8F842" bold="true" box="[189,328,1924,1949]" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Etymology:</emphasis>
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—The epithet
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<taxonomicName id="80A74D23C20A092130FAF81DFD07F842" authorityName="R. D. Stone. In" authorityYear="2017" box="[488,647,1924,1949]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Memecylon" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="12" pageNumber="163" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="aenigmaticum">
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A092130FAF81DFD07F842" box="[488,647,1924,1949]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">aenigmaticum</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is an adjective based on the Greek noun
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20A09213558F81DFB26F842" box="[1098,1190,1924,1949]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">ainigma</emphasis>
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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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<taxonomicName id="80A74D23C20A092131D3F855FED1F83A" box="[193,337,1996,2021]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Memecylon" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="12" pageNumber="163" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="natalense">
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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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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="80A74D23C20A0921309AF855FDA5F83A" box="[392,549,1996,2021]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Memecylon" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="12" pageNumber="163" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="rovumense">
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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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</taxonomicName>
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(q.v.).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<caption id="13D86628C20B0920319AF839FF62F806" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13722900" ID-Zenodo-Dep="13722900" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13722900/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="164" startId="13.[136,229,1952,1973]" targetBox="[159,1428,191,1927]" targetPageId="13" targetType="figure">
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<paragraph id="471836A0C20B0920319AF839FF62F806" blockId="13.[136,1451,1951,2009]" pageId="13" pageNumber="164">
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20B0920319AF839FD88F86B" bold="true" box="[136,520,1951,1973]" pageId="13" pageNumber="164">
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FIGURE 6.
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<taxonomicName id="80A74D23C20B09203011F806FD88F86B" authorityName="R. D. Stone. In" authorityYear="2017" box="[259,520,1951,1973]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Memecylon" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="13" pageNumber="164" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="aenigmaticum">
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20B09203011F806FD88F86B" bold="true" box="[259,520,1951,1973]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="164">Memecylon aenigmaticum</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
</emphasis>
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||
.
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20B09203306F839FDABF86A" bold="true" box="[532,555,1952,1973]" pageId="13" pageNumber="164">A.</emphasis>
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Fruiting branch.
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20B092033C3F839FD67F86A" bold="true" box="[721,743,1952,1973]" pageId="13" pageNumber="164">B.</emphasis>
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Leaf.
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||
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20B09203236F839FCBBF86A" bold="true" box="[804,827,1952,1973]" pageId="13" pageNumber="164">C.</emphasis>
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||
Fruit. (
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||
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20B09203291F839FC31F86A" bold="true" box="[899,945,1952,1973]" pageId="13" pageNumber="164">A–C</emphasis>
|
||
from
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||
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20B092032FEF839FB42F86A" box="[1004,1218,1952,1973]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="164">Timberlake et al. 5574</emphasis>
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||
, K). Drawing by Sandie Burrows.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</caption>
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<subSubSection id="0FBD652BC208092331AFFF06FDF8FE07" pageId="14" pageNumber="165" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="471836A0C208092331AFFF06FC6DFEB3" blockId="14.[136,1452,159,472]" pageId="14" pageNumber="165">
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<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C208092331AFFF06FEC5FF67" bold="true" box="[189,325,159,184]" pageId="14" pageNumber="165">Discussion:</emphasis>
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||
—
|
||
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||
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20809233073FF06FD09FF67" box="[353,649,159,184]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="165">Memecylon aenigmaticum</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has been confused with the South African
|
||
<taxonomicName id="80A74D23C20809233565FF06FA89FF67" box="[1143,1289,159,184]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Memecylon" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="14" pageNumber="165" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="natalense">
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||
<emphasis id="75D3EAB2C20809233565FF06FA89FF67" box="[1143,1289,159,184]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="165">M. natalense</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
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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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="471836A0C208092331AFFEEEFDF8FE07" blockId="14.[136,1452,159,472]" pageId="14" pageNumber="165">
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This new species appears closely related to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="80A74D23C2080923338DFEEEFCBCFE4F" box="[671,828,375,400]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Memecylon" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="14" pageNumber="165" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="rovumense">
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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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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, but differs by its much smaller leaves (1.75–3 ×
|
||
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vs 3.3–5.5 ×
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||
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) and smaller, differently shaped fruits (ellipsoid to obovoid and 9–10.5 ×
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||
vs ovoid to broadly pyriform, 18 ×
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) (
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||
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).
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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