identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
5C0F87B59570382798CA1FD9FC6DF9E3.text	5C0F87B59570382798CA1FD9FC6DF9E3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cissampelos keniensis Y. D. Zhou & Q. F. Wang 2017	<div><p>Cissampelos keniensis Y.D.Zhou &amp; Q.F.Wang, sp. nov. Fig. 3 &amp; 4.</p> <p>Liana. Leaves subpetiolate, heart-shaped.Male inflorescences comprising corymbose cymules. Male flowers: sepals 4(–7), obovate; corolla cupuliform; synandrium 4-loculor. Female inflorescence of several 5- or 6-flowered cymes arranged in racemes. Female flowers: sepal 1, obovate; petal 1, sub-rounded; carpel oval; stigmas 3. Drupes glabrous, oblate spheroid. Endocarp single, suborbicular-bilaterally compressed.</p> <p>Type:— KENYA. Meru District: eastern slope of Mt. Kenya, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=37.54947&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-0.13736" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 37.54947/lat -0.13736)">Kaburia Track</a>, S 0.13736, E 37.54947, elevation 2241 m, 29 Jun. 2016, Zhou &amp; Mbuni 16/14 (holotype HIB!; isotypes EA!, PE!).</p> <p>Liana up to 5 m or longer, with woody rootstock; stems and branchlets glabrous to slightly subtomentose. Leaves subpetiolate, with petioles 25–50 mm long and inserted 0.5–5 mm above the base of the blade; blade heart-shaped, sometimes asymmetric, 40–80 × 35–70 mm, bright green and glabrous or slightly pubescent above, pale green and with grey indumentum beneath; basal nerves 5–7, palmate. Male inflorescences of axillary, solitary or rarely up to 3, corymbose cymules, slightly pubescent; peduncles 2–8(–15) mm long. Male flowers with pedicels 2–5 mm long; sepals 4(–7), obovate, 1–2 × 0.8–1.6 mm, pale green central, transparent at the margins, slightly pubescent outside, glabrous inside; corolla cupuliform, glabrous, 0.5–1 × 1–1.5 mm; synandrium 1–1.5 mm long, 4-locular. Female inflorescences of several 5- or 6-flowered cymes arranged in axillary false racemes 30–90 mm long, solitary; bracts cordate to lanceolate, 7–20 × 6–17 mm. Female flowers with pedicels up to 3 mm long; sepal 1, obovate, 1–2 × 0.8–1.5 mm, pubescent outside, glabrous inside; petal 1, sub-rounded, 0.5–1 mm in diameter, glabrous; carpel oval, 0.5–0.8 × 0.3–0.5 mm, pubescent; stigmas 3. Drupes glabrous, oblate spheroid, ca. 5 × 5 × 4 mm, with persistent style ca. 0.5 mm long. Endocarp suborbicular-bilaterally compressed, ca. 4.3 × 3.8 × 3.5 mm.</p> <p>Etymology:— The specific epithet “ keniensis ” refers to Mt. Kenya.</p> <p>Distribution and ecology:— Known only from the type locality. It was found in montane rainforest, climbing on ferns, woody herbs, shrubs and small trees, from 2100 to 2250 m.</p> <p>Additional specimens examined (paratypes):— KENYA. Meru District: eastern slope of Mt. Kenya, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=37.55486&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-0.13905" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 37.55486/lat -0.13905)">Kaburia Track</a>, S 0.13905, E 37.55486, elevation 2180 m, 29 Jun. 2016, Zhou &amp; Mbuni 16/17 (HIB!, EA!, PE!); <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=37.54861&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-0.13718" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 37.54861/lat -0.13718)">Kaburia Track</a>, S 0.13718, E 37.54861, elevation 2211 m, 29 Jun. 2016, Zhou &amp; Mbuni 16/20 (HIB!, EA!); <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=37.55548&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-0.14114" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 37.55548/lat -0.14114)">Kaburia Track</a>, S 0.14114, E 37.55548, elevation 2148 m, 10 Aug. 2015, SAJIT 003939 (HIB!).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5C0F87B59570382798CA1FD9FC6DF9E3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Zhou, Ya-Dong;Mbuni, Yuvenalis;Hu, Guang-Wan;Zhong, Zhi-Xiang;Yan, Xue;Mwachala, Geoffrey;Wang, Qing-Feng	Zhou, Ya-Dong, Mbuni, Yuvenalis, Hu, Guang-Wan, Zhong, Zhi-Xiang, Yan, Xue, Mwachala, Geoffrey, Wang, Qing-Feng (2017): Cissampelos keniensis (Menispermaceae), a new species from Mt. Kenya, East Africa. Phytotaxa 292 (1): 57-64, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.292.1.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.292.1.5
5C0F87B59577382298CA1AA0FA40FA72.text	5C0F87B59577382298CA1AA0FA40FA72.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cissampelos	<div><p>Key to the species of Cissampelos in tropical East Africa</p> <p>1. Leaves subpeltate (petioles inserted less than 5 mm above the base of the blade)............................................................................2</p> <p>- Leaves clearly peltate (petioles inserted more than 5 mm above the base of the blade)....................................................................6</p> <p>2. Leaves rounded, emarginate or obtuse at the apex.............................................................................................................................3</p> <p>- Leaves clearly acuminate at the apex.................................................................................................................................................5</p> <p>3. Branchlets sparsely hairy; leaves reniform to deltoid, glabrous........................................................................................ C. torulosa</p> <p>- Branchlets pubescent to puberulous; leaves cordate or suborbicular.................................................................................................4</p> <p>4. Leaves cordate to suborbicular; synandrium 4-locular; endocarp small, ca. 4 × 3.5 mm................................................... C. pareira</p> <p>- Leaves cordate; synandrium (6–)8(–9)-locular; endocarp large, ca. 6 × 4 mm............................................................. C. mucronata</p> <p>5. Leaves ovate-elliptic; indumentum of the leaf abaxial surface sparse........................................................................... C. friesiorum</p> <p>- Leaves cordate; indumentum of the leaf abaxial surface dense....................................................................................... C. keniensis</p> <p>6. Petioles less than 25 mm long......................................................................................................................................... C. rigidifolia</p> <p>- Petioles more than 40 mm long..........................................................................................................................................................7</p> <p>7. Leaves ovate to suborbicular; male inflorescences up to 400 mm long........................................................................ C. owariensis</p> <p>- Leaves cordate; male inflorescences less than 50 mm long............................................................................................ C. rigidifolia</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5C0F87B59577382298CA1AA0FA40FA72	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Zhou, Ya-Dong;Mbuni, Yuvenalis;Hu, Guang-Wan;Zhong, Zhi-Xiang;Yan, Xue;Mwachala, Geoffrey;Wang, Qing-Feng	Zhou, Ya-Dong, Mbuni, Yuvenalis, Hu, Guang-Wan, Zhong, Zhi-Xiang, Yan, Xue, Mwachala, Geoffrey, Wang, Qing-Feng (2017): Cissampelos keniensis (Menispermaceae), a new species from Mt. Kenya, East Africa. Phytotaxa 292 (1): 57-64, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.292.1.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.292.1.5
