Coccinia intermedia - a new Cucurbitaceae species from West Africa

By

Holstein, Norbert
Renner, Susanne, 1954-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

7

Pages

27-36

Subjects

Benin , Ghana , Ivory Coast , leaky dioecy , molecular phylogenetics , species monophyly , Togo

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.7.2032

 

Abstract

Nuclear and plastid sequences from two individuals of a suspected new species of Coccinia from West Africa were added to an available molecular phylogeny for the remaining 27 species of the genus. Phylogenetic analyses of these data indicate the new species' monophyletic status and closest relatives. Based on four fertile collections, we here describe and illustrate Coccinia intermedia Holstein. We also provide a key to the Coccinia species of West Africa and map their distributions.