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Vernonia bayensis (Asteraceae/Compositae), a new species from Somalia and a key to the Somali species of Vernonia

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The new species Vernonia bayensis Thulin & Beentje from southern Somalia is described and illustrated, and a new key to the Somali species of the genus is presented.

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Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Margaret Tebbs for the drawing and to the Swedish Research Council for financial support to MT.

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  1. Department of Systematic Biology, EBC, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden

    Mats Thulin

  2. Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK

    Henk Beentje

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Correspondence to Mats Thulin.

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Thulin, M., Beentje, H. Vernonia bayensis (Asteraceae/Compositae), a new species from Somalia and a key to the Somali species of Vernonia . Kew Bull 66, 175–178 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-011-9260-5

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