A new species of Leptadenia (Apocynaceae) and two other new records from southwestern Saudi Arabia

Leptadenia jazanica Y. Masrahi from the province of Jazan, southwestern Saudi Arabia is described as a new species and illustrated. The species differs from the other known nearest species of the genus, Leptadenia pyrotechnica, by decumbent to scrambling habit of stems and persistent leaves. In the...

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Autor principal: Masrahi, Yahya S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4537872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26288569
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2015.02.003
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description Leptadenia jazanica Y. Masrahi from the province of Jazan, southwestern Saudi Arabia is described as a new species and illustrated. The species differs from the other known nearest species of the genus, Leptadenia pyrotechnica, by decumbent to scrambling habit of stems and persistent leaves. In the same province also two new records belonging to the genera Canavalia (Fabaceae) and Craterostigma (Scrophulariaceae) were collected; they were identified as Canavalia virosa (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. and Craterostigma plantagineum Hochst.
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spelling pubmed-45378722015-08-18 A new species of Leptadenia (Apocynaceae) and two other new records from southwestern Saudi Arabia Masrahi, Yahya S. Saudi J Biol Sci Original Article Leptadenia jazanica Y. Masrahi from the province of Jazan, southwestern Saudi Arabia is described as a new species and illustrated. The species differs from the other known nearest species of the genus, Leptadenia pyrotechnica, by decumbent to scrambling habit of stems and persistent leaves. In the same province also two new records belonging to the genera Canavalia (Fabaceae) and Craterostigma (Scrophulariaceae) were collected; they were identified as Canavalia virosa (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. and Craterostigma plantagineum Hochst. Elsevier 2015-09 2015-02-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4537872/ /pubmed/26288569 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2015.02.003 Text en © 2015 The Author http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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A new species of Leptadenia (Apocynaceae) and two other new records from southwestern Saudi Arabia
title A new species of Leptadenia (Apocynaceae) and two other new records from southwestern Saudi Arabia
title_full A new species of Leptadenia (Apocynaceae) and two other new records from southwestern Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr A new species of Leptadenia (Apocynaceae) and two other new records from southwestern Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed A new species of Leptadenia (Apocynaceae) and two other new records from southwestern Saudi Arabia
title_short A new species of Leptadenia (Apocynaceae) and two other new records from southwestern Saudi Arabia
title_sort new species of leptadenia (apocynaceae) and two other new records from southwestern saudi arabia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4537872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26288569
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2015.02.003
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