A new species and four new records of Asterina from Kenya
Date
1996Author
Mibey, R K
Kokwaro, J O
Muku, D N
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ArticleLanguage
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Five species of Asterina identified on 5 unrelated host genera from Mau Forest in Western Kenya are described. A. achyrospermi on Achyrospermum schimperi is described as a new species, A. dissiliens is new to the host species Maytenus senegalensis and A. grewiae on Flacourtia indica, A. orbicularis on Ilex mitis and A. radio-fissilis on Erythrococca trichogyne are new to Kenya.
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http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/17238
Citation
Nova Hedwigia 1996; 62(1-2): 147-150Publisher
Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi
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Journal article