 |
| Uvaria botryoides Paiva
in Paiva & Bárrios, 2019.
|
Summary
Uvaria botryoides Paiva, a new species from Angola is described and illustrated. The species distribution is mapped, and its conservation status assessed. It is compared to all species of the genus Uvaria that occur in Angola and a key to Angolan species is presented.
Key Words: Data Deficient, endemic, new taxa, red list, tribe Uvariae
 |
| Fig. 1 Uvaria botryoides. A habit; B fruit; C bud; D flower; E stamen; F carpel; G detail of pubescence on the pedicel surface; H detail from undersurface of petal; J detail from upper surface of petal; K detail from upper surface of leaf; L detail from undersurface of leaf; M calyx; N detail from upper (inner) surface of sepal; P detail from under (external) surface of sepal.
Drawn by Inês S. M. Carneiro.
|
Uvaria botryoides Paiva sp. nov.
Recognition. This species belongs to a complex, in which the species, Uvaria angolensis Oliv., U. botryoides, U. cuanzensis, U. lucida Benth. and U. versicolor Pierre ex Engl. & Diels are not easy to distinguish without flowers. Uvaria botryoides is the only one with a pubescent stigma.
Jorge Paiva and Sara Bárrios. 2019. Uvaria botryoides (Annonaceae), A New Species from Angola. Kew Bulletin. DOI: 10.1007/s12225-019-9794-5
