Dorstenia arachniformis Matheka, Malombe, T.Mwadime & Mwachala

, Phytotaxa 468(2): 227 (2020).
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.