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  "abstract": "Eureiandra orientalis, a new species of Cucurbitaceae from Kenya and Tanzania, is described and illustrated. It was previously treated as Eureiandra sp. A by Charles Jeffrey in the \"Flora of Tropical East Africa\", and was later referred to as Eureiandra orientalis Q.Luke ined., but it has never been formally described and named. Morphologically, the new species is most similar to E. fasciculata, but is readily distinguished from other members of Eureiandra by its nearly glabrous habit, with hairs mainly restricted to the nodes, leaf veins and margins, dark-green glossy leaves, denser shortly pedunculate male inflorescences, ovate petals, larger fruits, and oblong-elliptic blackish brown seeds with indistinct margins and fibrous testa. In addition, the two species differ in phenology: in E. orientalis, the leaves are fully developed at flowering, whereas in E. fasciculata, the stems are leafless at anthesis. The new species is mostly known from coastal forests of Eastern Africa in Kenya and Tanzania, one of the globally recognized biodiversity hotspots.",
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    "State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences Wuhan China https://ror.org/02j0gyf89.",
    "College of Horticulture and Gardening, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing 163319, Heilongjiang, China College of Horticulture and Gardening, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University Daqing China https://ror.org/030jxf285.",
    "University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China https://ror.org/05qbk4x57.",
    "Plant Biodiversity, Department of Life Science Systems, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Emil-Ramann-Str. 2, D-85354 Freising, Germany Plant Biodiversity, Department of Life Science Systems, Technical University of Munich (TUM) Freising Germany.",
    "East African Herbarium, National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 45166-00100, Nairobi, Kenya East African Herbarium, National Museums of Kenya Nairobi Kenya https://ror.org/04sjpp691.",
    "Tanzania Plant Health and Pesticides Authority, National Herbarium of Tanzania, P.O. Box 3024, Arusha, Tanzania Tanzania Plant Health and Pesticides Authority, National Herbarium of Tanzania Arusha Tanzania.",
    "National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Fifth Street Extension, Alexandra Park, P.O. Box A889, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe National Herbarium and Botanic Garden Harare Zimbabwe.",
    "Sino-Africa Joint Research Center (SAJOREC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China Sino-Africa Joint Research Center (SAJOREC), Chinese Academy of Sciences Wuhan China."
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