- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77212672-1
- Publication
- Phytotaxa
- Collation
- 468(2): 227
- Date of Publication
- 28 Oct 2020
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Moraceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- Malombe, Matheka & Nyange FOKP 1940
- Locality
- Makueni County, Makueni sub-county, Kavingo Hill, below Ngilu’s sand dam, on bank of Kavingo seasonal stream, 1285m
- Collection Date
- 7 Jan 2019
- Type Herbaria
- holotype EA
isotype HIB
isotype K - Latitude
- 1° 48' 52" S
- Longitude
- 37° 34' 58" E
- Distribution Of Types
- Kenya (East Tropical Africa, Africa)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.468.2.7 The specific epithet is coined from the spider-like structure of the inflorescence: the receptacle is reminiscent of orb-weaver spiders in the Araneidae family.