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New species in Barleria sect. Stellatohirta (Acanthaceae) from Africa

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Three new species are described in Barleria L. sect. Stellatohirta M. Balkwill from tropical Africa: B. aristata from south-central Tanzania, B. aenea from south-western Tanzania and northeast Zambia, and B. purpureotincta from south-western Zambia. Their affinities and conservation status are discussed.

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Acknowledgements

I am grateful to David Goyder, Brian Schrire and an anonymous reviewer for comments on an earlier draft of the manuscript. Kaj Vollesen and Kim Hoenselaar are thanked for providing photographs of two of the new species. Ulrike Starck (B), Roy Vickery (BM), Olof Ryding (C) and Siro Masinde (EA) are thanked for providing access to herbarium collections at their respective institutions. I thank Andrew Brown for producing the illustrations and Maria Vorontsova for translating the Latin diagnoses.

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    Iain Darbyshire

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Darbyshire, I. New species in Barleria sect. Stellatohirta (Acanthaceae) from Africa. Kew Bull 63, 261–268 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-008-9028-8

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