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Inversodicraea Engl. resurrected and I. pepehabai sp. nov. (Podostemaceae), a submontane forest species from the Republic of Guinea

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Inversodicraea, shown by previous workers to merit resurrection, is restored here, to include all those species previously included in Ledermanniella subg. Phyllosma. The final seven species remaining in subg. Phyllosma are formally transferred to Inversodicraea as I. mortonii, I. gabonensis, I. boumiensis, I. harrisii, I. paulsitae, I. torrei and I. thollonii. A new species from the submontane forest of Mt Ziama, in Guinea-Conakry is formally described as I. pepehabai. Similar to I. adamesii, it is assessed as Endangered according to the IUCN 2012 standard.

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Professor Basile Camara and Dr Seydou Magassouba, respectively Director General and Director-Adjoint, Université de Gamal Abdel Nasser-Herbier National de Guinée, are thanked for arranging permits and for their long term support and collaboration. Janis Shillito is thanked for typing the manuscript. George Gosline assisted with access to electronic specimen data. This paper was completed under the project Important Plant Areas in the Republic of Guinea supported by the Darwin Initiative of the Department of the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), UK government (project Ref. 23 – 002). Two anonymous reviewers are thanked for constructive comments on an earlier draft of the paper.

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  1. Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE, UK

    Martin Cheek

  2. Herbier National de Guineé, Université de Gamal Abdel Nasser, BP 680, Conakry, République de Guinée

    Pepe Haba

  3. Guinée-Biodiversité., Conakry, République de Guinée

    Pepe Haba

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Cheek, M., Haba, P. Inversodicraea Engl. resurrected and I. pepehabai sp. nov. (Podostemaceae), a submontane forest species from the Republic of Guinea. Kew Bull 71, 55 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-016-9673-2

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