TY - JOUR
T1 - A new species of Leucas, L. gypsicola (Lamiaceae), from gypsum outcrops in eastern Ethiopia
AU - Paton, Alan
AU - Friis, Ib
AU - Demissew, Sebsebe
PY - 2018/12/1
Y1 - 2018/12/1
N2 - A new species of Leucas, here described as L. gypsicola A. J. Paton, Friis & Sebsebe, was collected in 2015, on gypsum outcrops of the Gorrahei Formation at the Lele Hills between Ginir and Imi, Oromia National Regional State,
Ethiopia. The closest relatives of L. gypsicola are two species, which occur in the dry parts of Ethiopia and Somalia (L. abyssinica) and in the Rift Valley of Kenya (L. hirundinaris). Leucas gypsicola seems to be a narrow endemic, restricted
to outcrops of gypsum dominated by the tree Commiphora guidottii in Acacia-Commiphora woodland and bushland east of the Ethiopian highlands, similar to the narrowly restricted ranges of two recently described species of Commicarpus, C. macrothamnus Friis & O. Weber and C. leleensis Friis & Sebsebe (Nyctaginaceae).
AB - A new species of Leucas, here described as L. gypsicola A. J. Paton, Friis & Sebsebe, was collected in 2015, on gypsum outcrops of the Gorrahei Formation at the Lele Hills between Ginir and Imi, Oromia National Regional State,
Ethiopia. The closest relatives of L. gypsicola are two species, which occur in the dry parts of Ethiopia and Somalia (L. abyssinica) and in the Rift Valley of Kenya (L. hirundinaris). Leucas gypsicola seems to be a narrow endemic, restricted
to outcrops of gypsum dominated by the tree Commiphora guidottii in Acacia-Commiphora woodland and bushland east of the Ethiopian highlands, similar to the narrowly restricted ranges of two recently described species of Commicarpus, C. macrothamnus Friis & O. Weber and C. leleensis Friis & Sebsebe (Nyctaginaceae).
KW - Acacia-Commiphora bushland
KW - Commiphora guidottii
KW - conservation
KW - endemism
KW - Gorrahei Formation
KW - Leucas sect. Lasiocorys
KW - Somalia-Masai floristic region
U2 - 10.1007/S12225-018-9781-2
DO - 10.1007/S12225-018-9781-2
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0075-5974
VL - 73
JO - Kew Bulletin
JF - Kew Bulletin
IS - 4
M1 - 59
ER -