identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
AF0287CA846E5774F98AF8DE169B3C8F.text	AF0287CA846E5774F98AF8DE169B3C8F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sedum keniense Y. D. Zhou, G. W. Hu & Q. F. Wang 2016	<div><p>Sedum keniense Y.D.Zhou, G.W.Hu &amp; Q.F.Wang, sp. nov. (Fig. 2B &amp; D; Fig. 3A–E)</p> <p>Perennial succulent herb, woody at base; stems and leaves farinose; inflorescences of terminal corymbose cymes, many-flowered; flowers yellow. Nearly always in wet places on cliff faces, rarely on trees.</p> <p>Type: — Kenya. Meru District, Mt. Kenya, eastern slope, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=37.40911&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-0.15060279" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 37.40911/lat -0.15060279)">Chogoria Route Waterfall</a>, 00°09’02.17’’S, 37°24’32.80’’E, elevation 3184 m, 25 Jan. 2015, SAJIT 002822 (holotype HIB!; isotypes EA!, PE!). The same locality, 12 Aug. 2016, SAJIT 003998 (paratypes HIB!; EA!; PE!).</p> <p>Perennial succulent woody herb (Fig. 3A); stems much-branched, up to 50 cm long, covered with white powder (Fig. 3B). Leaves sessile, alternate, narrowly oblong, 10–40 × 3–8 mm, apex obtuse to acute, base shortly auriculate-peltate, covered with white powder (Fig. 3B). Inflorescences of terminal corymbose cymes, many-flowered, up to 10 cm long (Fig. 3C); bracts similar to leaves, but smaller (Fig. 3D); pedicels 2–10 mm long. Flowers 5-merous (Fig. 3E). Calyx-lobes oblong-lanceolate, 5–7 × 1–2 mm, base united for 1 mm, spurs absent or slightly spurred (Fig. 3D). Petals bright yellow, lanceolate, 7–11 × 2–3.5 mm, base united, apex obtuse, slightly reflexed in open flowers (Fig. 3E). Stamens 10, with antisepalous filaments 3–5.5 mm long; antipetalous filaments inserted 1.3–2 mm above the base of the petals and free for 2–4.5 mm; anthers oval, 0.8–1 mm long (Fig. 3E). Nectary scales ca. 0.6–0.8 × 0.6–0.9 mm, shallowlly 2–lobed at the tip. Carpels 5, shortly united at the base, 2–4 × 0.8–1.5 mm; styles ca. 1 mm long (Fig. 3E). Seeds numerous, brown to black, oblong to narrowly oblong, 0.5–0.7 mm long (Fig. 2B &amp; D).</p> <p>Etymology: —The specific epithet “ keniense ” is from the name of the country, “ Kenya ”. It also could be interpreted as derived from the name of Mt. Kenya.</p> <p>Distribution and ecology: — Sedum keniense is only known from Chogoria Waterfall, Mt. Kenya, at an elevation of ca. 3184 m (Fig. 4). The species grows luxuriantly in wet places on the cliff wall close to the waterfall (Fig. 4C) and occasionally on trees (Fig. 4D).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AF0287CA846E5774F98AF8DE169B3C8F	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;Hu, Guang-Wan;Yan, Xue;Mwachala, Geoffrey;Gituru, Robert Wahiti;Wang, Qing-Feng	Zhou, Ya-Dong, Hu, Guang-Wan, Yan, Xue, Mwachala, Geoffrey, Gituru, Robert Wahiti, Wang, Qing-Feng (2016): Sedum keniense (Crassulaceae), a new species from Mt. Kenya, East Africa. Phytotaxa 261 (2): 177-184, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.261.2.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.261.2.7
