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Tephrosia uzondoensis (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae): a new species from the Uzondo Plateau of Tanzania

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The new species Tephrosia uzondoensis F. M. Crawford (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae), endemic to Uzondo Plateau Tanzania, is described and illustrated. Differences to closely related species are discussed and its conservation status is assessed.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the primary collector Sally Bidgood, who collected this species repeatedly from numerous field trips to Uzondo plateau from 1997 to 2008; and more recently Quentin Luke from a collecting trip in 2014. We thank the Tanzanian Commission of Science and Technology (COSTECH) for issuing research clearance and the National Herbarium of Tanzania (TPRI, Arusha) for allowing Godson Leliyo to participate on these trips. We would also like to thank Andrew Brown for providing the excellent illustration.

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  1. Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE, UK

    F. M. Crawford, I. Darbyshire & K. Vollesen

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Crawford, F.M., Darbyshire, I. & Vollesen, K. Tephrosia uzondoensis (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae): a new species from the Uzondo Plateau of Tanzania. Kew Bull 71, 12 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-016-9621-1

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