Empogona jenniferae Cheek

, Blumea 2018 preprint: 6 (2018).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77178687-1
Publication
Blumea; Tijdschrift voor de Systematiek en de Geografie der Planten (A Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Plant Geography). Leiden
Collation
2018 preprint: 6
Date of Publication
17 Apr 2018
Family as entered in IPNI
Rubiaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
Wursten 1070
Locality
Mozambique: Manica, slopes of 'Mt Chimanimani', western side Mevumodzi Valley, Eastern Chimanimani Mts
Collection Date
30 Oct 2014
Type Herbaria
holotype K
isotype BR
isotype LMA
Latitude
19° 47' 51" S
Longitude
33° 7' 21" E
Distribution Of Types
Mozambique (South Tropical Africa, Africa)
Zimbabwe (South Tropical Africa, Africa)

Remarks

the specific epithet is named in memory of Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer who was a philanthropist, committed conservationist & supporter of Kew's Tropical Important Plant Areas work in Mozambique; Preprint distributed to K & WSY on 17 Apr 2018 (M.Cheek pers. comm.), published in Blumea 63(1): 87-92. 5 Jul 2018.