- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77150102-1
- Publication
- Phytotaxa
- Collation
- 226(2): 170
- Date of Publication
- 11 Sep 2015
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Melastomataceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- D.W.Thomas 3773
- Locality
- Morogoro region, Kilombero district, Mwanihana Forest Reserve above Sanje village, 1400−1700 m
- Collection Date
- 10 Oct 1984
- Type Herbaria
- holotype P P00257930
isotype K
isotype MO 3298576 - Distribution Of Types
- Tanzania (East Tropical Africa, Africa)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.226.2.6 The species epithet udzungwarum is a feminine, plural noun (Declension I) in the genitive case. It is used to indicate geographical origin, i.e. to emphasize that the new species is a local endemic of Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains.