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Eureiandra orientalis (Cucurbitaceae), a new species from Kenya and Tanzania.
8 affiliations
- 1State 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.
- 2College 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.
- 3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China https://ror.org/05qbk4x57.
- 4Plant 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.
- 5East 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.
- 6Tanzania 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.
- 7National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Fifth Street Extension, Alexandra Park, P.O. Box A889, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe National Herbarium and Botanic Garden Harare Zimbabwe.
- 8Sino-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.
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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BibTeX
@article{wang2026eureiandra,
title = {{Eureiandra orientalis (Cucurbitaceae), a new species from Kenya and Tanzania.}},
author = {Ruo-Zhou Wang and Zhao-Hui Ran and Hanno Schaefer and Quentin Luke and Neduvoto Piniel Mollel and Paul Muigai Kirika and Christopher Chapano and Xue Yan and Sheng-Wei Wang and Neng Wei and Qing-Feng Wang},
journal = {PhytoKeys},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.3897/phytokeys.280.206680},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42959736},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Eureiandra orientalis (Cucurbitaceae), a new species from Kenya and Tanzania.
AU - Ruo-Zhou Wang
AU - Zhao-Hui Ran
AU - Hanno Schaefer
AU - Quentin Luke
AU - Neduvoto Piniel Mollel
AU - Paul Muigai Kirika
AU - Christopher Chapano
AU - Xue Yan
AU - Sheng-Wei Wang
AU - Neng Wei
AU - Qing-Feng Wang
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/15
JO - PhytoKeys
DO - 10.3897/phytokeys.280.206680
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42959736
AB - 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.
SN - 1314-2011
SN - 1314-2003
ER -