identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
0ADE0A6A2B505756A706E9B80EF9D41A.text	0ADE0A6A2B505756A706E9B80EF9D41A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Adenia sajoreciae N. Wei, S. W. Wang, Kirika & Q. F. Wang 2026	<div><p>Adenia sajoreciae N. Wei, S. W. Wang, Kirika &amp; Q. F. Wang sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 2, 3, 4</p><p>Type.</p><p>Kenya. • Baringo County, Kapkoror, the headquarters of Baringo Fuel &amp; Fodder Project (BFFP), 28 Feb. 1990, Rachel BFFP -682 (holotype: EA!; isotype: K barcode K 005188453!) .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Adenia sajoreciae is close to A. ellenbeckii but can be distinguished by its entirely glabrous habit (excluding the perianth lobes) (vs. subglabrous to pubescent), caducous subulate stipules (vs. persistent triangular stipules), entire leaves (vs. entire to deeply palmately 3–7 lobed or pinnatifid), absence of laminar glands on leaf blade (vs. presence of lamina glands on leaf blade), spinose-dentate leaf margins (vs. dentate or dissected leaf margin), male flowers 2–3 mm in width (vs. 3.0– 6.5 mm in width), female flowers 3–5 mm in width (vs. 4.5–8.0 mm in width), globose fruits, 2–3 cm in diameter when mature (vs. subglobose to ellipsoid, 3.5–5.5 × 3.0– 4.5 cm).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Perennial, entirely glabrous herb or scandent subshrub, to 1.7–2.0 m high, arising from a tuberous rootstock. Stems succulent at base, to ca. 0.3 m high; older stems striate, corky, cylindrical; young shoots slender, terete, green, sparsely lenticellate. Tendrils filiform, to 10 cm long, green with brownish cast, opposite or adjacent to the inflorescences. Stipules minute, subulate, caducous. Petiole 1–9 cm, with 2 sessile, opposite petiolar blade-junction glands. Leaves simple, entire, narrowly-broadly ovate, 6–12 × 2–9 cm, laminar glands absent, margins spinose-dentate; base obtuse to subcordate, apex acute to shortly acuminate, adaxial surface dark green, abaxial paler; venation cladodromous with brochidodromous secondaries. Inflorescence an axillary lax raceme, in both male and female flowers. Peduncle not sessile, 1.5–3.2 cm long in male flowers, and to 3.0– 5.5 cm long in female flowers. Male flowers 1–7 together, tubular-cylindrical, 16–22 × 2–3 mm; hypanthium cylindrical to narrowly cup-shaped, 3.0– 4.5 mm; perianth lobes five, pubescent, triangular, 2–3 mm long; perianth tube white fimbriate from the inner upper ¼, extending to cover the inner part of the lobes; petals five, linear-lanceolate, 8–12 mm long, greenish-yellow; stamens five, filaments five, whitish, ca. 3 mm; anthers five, bright yellow, linear, versatile, 5–6 mm long; pistiloids, ca. 1.5 cm; receptacle cupular, ca. 1 cm. Female flowers 1–4 together, tubular-cylindrical, 12–36 × 3–5 mm; hypanthium cylindrical to narrowly cup-shaped, 3–4 mm; perianth lobes five, pubescent, triangular, 1.5–3.0 mm long; perianth tube as in male flowers; petals five, linear-lanceolate, 8–12 mm long, greenish-yellow; gynophore 1–2 mm; ovary ellipsoid-prolate, 4–5 × 2–3 mm; styles 3, 7–9 mm long, fused at base, lobed – papillate, 3.5–4.0 mm in diameter; staminodes slender, ca. 3 mm long; receptacle cupular, ca. 1 cm. Fruit a berry, globose, 2–3 cm in diameter when mature, brown when ripe, spongy inside. Seeds ovate, ca. 7 mm long, testa pitted.</p><p>Specimens examined</p><p>(paratypes). Kenya. • Baringo County, Kapkoror, the headquarters of BFFP, Rachel BFFP -681 (EA!, K barcode K 005188451!, PZ 392832) ; • Baringo County, Kapkoror, the headquarters of BFFP, 19 Mar. 1990, Rachel BFFP -711 (EA!, K barcode K 005188452!, PZ 392830) ; • Baringo County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=36.127224&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.642425" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 36.127224/lat 0.642425)">Ruko Community Conservancy</a>, 0°38'32.73"N, 36°7'38.01"E, Alt. 971 m, 10 Mar. 2025, Kipkemoi E.KE-KE-002 (HIB!) ; • topotyp., 23 Jan. 2024, Wang et al. KE-WSW 83 (HIB!); • Samburu County, Lonjorin, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=36.796387&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=2.295889" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 36.796387/lat 2.295889)">along Tuum Lonjorin road</a>, 2°17'45.2"N, 36°47'47.0"E, Alt. 1220 m, 6 Feb. 2010, Luke Q. et al. 14016 (EA!, K barcode K 005188459!, PZ 392831) .</p><p>Other specimens examined for Adenia ellenbeckii .</p><p>Kenya. • <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=39.9&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=3.4333334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 39.9/lat 3.4333334)">Dandu</a>, 3°26'N, 39°54'E, Alt. 750 m, 8 Apr. 1952, Gilbert 12722 (EA!, K barcode K 005188223!) ; • <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=39.9&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=3.4333334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 39.9/lat 3.4333334)">Dandu</a>, 3°26'N, 39°54'E, Alt. 750 m, 14 Apr. 1952, Gilbert 12787 (EA!, K barcode K 005188219!) ; • <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=38.0&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=3.7" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 38.0/lat 3.7)">Furroli</a>, 3°42'N, 38°00'E, Alt. 950 m, 17 Sept. 1952, Gillette 13926 (EA!, K barcode K 005188216!, K 005188217!) ; • Isiolo, 0°23'N, 37°32'E, Alt. 1080 m, 19 Feb. 1953, Gilbert 15149 (K barcode K 005188221!); • <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=37.75&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=3.4" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 37.75/lat 3.4)">Huri Hills</a>, 3°24'N, 37°45'E, 25 Feb. 1963, Bally 12516 (EA!, K barcode K 005188225!) ; • Machakos District, 12 Nov. 1968, Greenway &amp; Duvigneaud 12622 (EA!, K barcode K 005188218!); • Nairobi, 18 Jan. 1943, Bally 2201 (EA!, K!) ; • <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=37.816666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=1.6166667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 37.816666/lat 1.6166667)">Marsabit – Isiolo Road</a>, 1°37'N, 37°49'E, Alt. 500 m, 1 Nov. 1978, Gilbert et al. 5290 (EA!, K barcode K 005188213!) ; • Marsabit, outskirts of Serolewi, Marsabit – Isiolo Road, Alt. ca. 1613 m, 2 Nov. 1978, Gilbert et al. 5295 (EA!, K barcode K 005188214!) ; • Marsabit, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=37.616665&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=1.1166667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 37.616665/lat 1.1166667)">outskirts of Serolewi, Marsabit – Isiolo Road</a>, 1°07'N, 37°37'E, Alt. 500 m, 2 Nov. 1978, Gilbert et al. 5294 (EA!, K barcode K 005188215!) ; • Mt. Kulal, Alt. 1558–1798 m., 8 Oct. 1947, Bally 5488 (EA!, K barcode K 005188220!) .</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The specific epithet “ sajoreciae ” is in recognition of the Sino-Africa Joint Research Center (SAJOREC), which was established in Kenya and headquartered in Nairobi in 2013 by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, for its significant contribution to plant diversity documentation and conservation in Africa.</p><p>Phenology.</p><p>The new species was observed flowering in the field between January and March, while fruiting has been observed between February and March.</p><p>Distribution and habitat.</p><p>Adenia sajoreciae has so far been recorded from Kapkoror Sub-County, Baringo Fuel &amp; Fodder Project (BFFP) headquarters, Ruko Community Conservancy (a protected area managed by the local community) in Baringo County, Kenya, and Lonjorin in Samburu County, Kenya (Fig. 5). The species was documented from well-drained, rocky soils in open, dry bushlands with minimal anthropogenic disturbance, characterized by Vachellia spp., Boscia spp., Grewia spp., Commiphora spp., and Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roem. &amp; Schult., in association with xerophytic shrubs and succulent species, at an elevation of ca. 900–1,200 m.</p><p>Conservation status.</p><p>Adenia sajoreciae is assessed as Endangered (EN; B 2 ab (ii, iii)) following the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. The AOO was estimated at 12 km 2 and EOO at 943.1 km 2 using a 2 × 2 km grid cell method in GeoCAT (Bachman et al. 2011), satisfying the EN threshold of AOO &lt;500 km 2. The assessment is justified by (a) ≤ 5 threat-defined locations representing severe fragmentation and (b) a projected continuing decline in (ii) AOO and (iii) habitat area, extent, and quality. The species is known from five herbarium specimens and one population of approximately 15 individuals restricted to well-drained, rocky soils in open, dry bushlands. Ongoing habitat degradation from livestock grazing and possible airstrip expansion indicates a continuing decline in its suitable habitat.</p><p>Uses.</p><p>Its leaves are cooked as vegetables in Baringo County, Kenya.</p><p>Notes.</p><p>The new species, A. sajoreciae (Figs 2, 3, 4), is morphologically close to A. ellenbeckii (Fig. 6) but differs mainly in leaf morphology. A. sajoreciae bears entire leaves without laminar glands and with spinose-dentate margins (vs. deeply palmately 3–7 - lobed or pinnatifid leaves bearing submarginal laminar glands and non-spinose margins), glabrous indumentum except for the perianth lobes (vs. subglabrous to pubescent throughout), minute, subulate, caducous stipules (vs. persistent, triangular, dark brown stipules), male flowers 2–3 mm in width and female flowers 3–5 mm in width (vs. male flowers 3.0– 6.5 mm in width and female flowers 4.5–8.0 mm in width), and smaller, globose fruit, 2–3 cm (vs. larger, subglobose-ellipsoid fruit, 3.5–5.5 × 3.0– 4.5 cm). The diagnostic characters separating the two species are summarized in Table 2. A morphological key to the identification of Adenia in Kenya, including the new species, is presented below.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0ADE0A6A2B505756A706E9B80EF9D41A	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.		Pensoft via Plazi	Kipkemoi, Emmanuel;Munyao Mutie, Fredrick;Qiu, Xiang-Dong;Kirika, Paul Muigai;Muchuku, John Kamau;Nyakudya, Elijah;Yan, Xue;Wang, Sheng-Wei;Wei, Neng;Wang, Qing-Feng	Kipkemoi, Emmanuel, Munyao Mutie, Fredrick, Qiu, Xiang-Dong, Kirika, Paul Muigai, Muchuku, John Kamau, Nyakudya, Elijah, Yan, Xue, Wang, Sheng-Wei, Wei, Neng, Wang, Qing-Feng (2026): Adenia sajoreciae (Passifloraceae), a new species from Kenya and its phylogenetic placement. PhytoKeys 276: 197-216, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.276.190059
