Dinophora montana (Troupin) Eb.Fisch., 2024

Fischer, Eberhard, Nsanzurwimo, Aimable, Dumbo, Bonny, Richter, Ronny & Weghe, Jean Pierre Vande, 2024, An updated checklist of vascular plants (lycophytes, ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms) from Nyungwe National Park (incl. Cyamudongo Forest), Rwanda, Phytotaxa 673 (1), pp. 1-113 : 102

Dinophora montana (Troupin) Eb.Fisch. comb. et stat. nov. ( Fig. 20 )

Basionym:— Dinophora spenneroides subsp. montana Troupin (1982: 464)

Type: — RWANDA. Western Province, Nyungwe National Park, Rangiro (Rutabanzogera), 1700 m, 8 May 1980, G . Troupin 16245 (holotype BR [ BR0000008953322 ]; isotype LG, K, NHR) .

Note:— Dinophora montana differs from D. spenneroides Bentham (1849: 355) ( Fig. 20 ), known from Guinea to Ivory Coast, Nigeria to Western and Central D. R. Congo and Angola ( POWO 2023), in the erect and much larger habit, the papyraceous leaves that are wider than in D. spenneroides , the leaf base that is not or rarely cordate, and the white petals. It is a local endemic of Nyungwe National Park.

Figures

FIGURE 20. A–C. Dinophora spenneroides. A–B. Detail of habit. C. Flower. D–F. Dinophora montana. D–E. Detail of habit. F. Flower. Photographs: E. Fischer.A–C. Gabon, Forêt de Mondah. D–F. Rwanda, Gisakura.