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Two new names in West-Central African Quassia L. (Simaroubaceae)

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Two West-Central African species of Hannoa Planch. are formally resurrected in the genus Quassia L. and the necessary new names provided.

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Acknowledgements

This paper arose from two separate research projects. MC thanks the Darwin Initiative of DEFRA, U.K. government and Earthwatch, supporters of the “Conservation of the Plant Diversity of Western Cameroon” programme operated by R.B.G., Kew with the National Herbarium of Cameroon, led by Dr Achoundong. CJ thanks the European Community (CEC-DG Development Action Plan) for funding ECOSYN, a research project on plant diversity and management of West African forests carried out by the Universities of Wageningen and Cocody, Abidjan.

Iain Darbyshire, Daniela Zappi, Eimear Nic Lughadha, Mike Lock and two anonymous reviewers are thanked for comments on an earlier version of this manuscript.

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  1. Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, U.K

    Martin Cheek

  2. Biosystematics Group, Wageningen University, Generaal Foulkesweg 37, 6703 BL, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Carel C. H. Jongkind

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Cheek, M., Jongkind, C.C.H. Two new names in West-Central African Quassia L. (Simaroubaceae). Kew Bull 63, 247–250 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-008-9022-1

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