Acridocarpus

Nyange, Mwadime, Ngumbau, Veronicah Mutele & Luke, Quentin, 2020, Acridocarpus taitensis (Malpighiaceae), a new species from Taita Hills in Kenya, Eastern Arc Mountains, Phytotaxa 435 (1), pp. 81-84 : 83

Key to the species of Acridocarpus in Kenya.

1. Inflorescence axillary, axis up to 30 mm long; thickened ............................................................................................. A. alopecurus

- Inflorescence terminal, axis much longer; not thickened...................................................................................................................2

2. Inflorescence a corymbose raceme, plant of moist upland forest margins, above 1000 m above sea-level ...................... A. taitensis

- Inflorescence a pyramidal raceme, plants of dry habitats below 500 m above sea-level...................................................................3

3. Leaf up to 150 mm long, inflorescence axis up to 300 mm long ................................................................................ A. zanzibaricus

- Leaves much shorter, inflorescence axis shorter ................................................................................................................................4

4. Leaves hairy, linear-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, up to 15 mm wide ...................................................................... A. glaucescens

- Leaves glabrous, elliptic to broadly elliptic, much wider than 15 mm .................................................................................. A. ballyi