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            <p> Amorphophallus dumboi Eb.Fisch., B.Dumbo &amp; L.Dumbo sp. nov.</p>
            <p>Figs 1, 2, 5A</p>
            <p>Type.</p>
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                  D.R. CONGO - Lacs Edouard et Kivu • S Kivu,  Kahuzi-Biéga National Park, transitional rainforest at  
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                 , partially submerged along small stream; 2°29  ’06.42” S, 28°21  ’22.09” E; 1108 m; Dec. 2018; B. Dumbo &amp; L. Dumbo s.n.; holotype: BR [BR0000015253569V]  . 
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            <p>Diagnosis.</p>
            <p> Amorphophallus dumboi differs from  A. margretae in the leaves and inflorescences that appear at the same time on the same tuber (leaves appear after inflorescence in  A. margretae ), the peduncle about 4 times the length of the spathe (peduncle not exceeding 2 times the length of the spathe in  A. margretae ), and the inner base of spathe with irregular rounded to elongate smallpox-like projections of 0.2-1 mm in length, between and on the veins (inner base of spathe smooth, with shallowly elevated dark veins in  A. margretae ). </p>
            <p>Description.</p>
            <p> Tuber irregular-globose to ovoid, 6-8  × 2.5-5.5 cm. Leaf with 3 pinnae, each 1-pinnate to 1-pinnatifid. Petiole 70-75 cm long. Lamina diameter up to 120 cm. Rachis of each pinna 35-37 (48) cm long, winged. Terminal leaflet up to 16.5 cm long and 4.5 cm wide, with long acumen of 2.5 cm length. Cataphylls 3, the inner one ca 9-10  × 1.5-2 cm, the outer ones much shorter, dark with darker veins. Inflorescence up to 125 cm tall, erect, appearing simultaneously on the same bulb with the leaf, smell very unpleasant. Peduncle smooth, 90-98(-105) cm  × 1.5 cm, with small roundish spots. Spathe 18-25.5 (30) cm long, cylindrical, without a constriction, tube 11-12(-15)  × 5.8-6.2 cm, interior (adaxial) side basally with irregular rounded to elongate smallpox-like projections of 0.2-1 mm length, between and on the veins, open limb erect, rim-shaped to elongate-triangular 15-16  × 6-8 cm, purple, margin entire. Spadix sessile, 25.5-32.5(-38) cm long, slightly longer than spathe, carpellate zone cylindrical, 2.5-5.2  × 2.5-2.8 cm, flowers mostly congested, staminate zone cylindrical, 4.8-5.3  × 2.5-2.8, flowers dense, appendix conical, 16-18  × 3.8-5 cm, smooth and velvet-like, basally with longitudinal furrows, staminodes absent, without a sterile zone between the carpellate and staminate zone. Carpellate flowers 4-4.6 mm long, ovaries elongate-ovoid, 3.5-4  × 3-4 mm, unilocular, style slender, 1-1.2 mm long, same colour as ovary, stigma 1.2-1.3 mm in diameter, usually unlobed and head-shaped. Staminate flowers 1-1.5  × 1.3-2.24 mm, with 3-4 stamens; anthers free, globose to cubic with rounded edges, filaments only 0.1-0.3 mm long, free or sometimes basally connate but not forming a columna, pores circular, one apical pore per theca. Infructescence unknown. </p>
            <p>Distribution.</p>
            <p> Only known from the rainforests in the southern part of  Kahuzi-Biéga National Park, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Fig. 5A). </p>
            <p>Habitat.</p>
            <p> Transitional montane rainforest at Mulolo, partially submerged along small stream, 1108 m, together with numerous ferns and  Impatiens species. </p>
            <p>Phenology.</p>
            <p>Observed in flower from August to April.</p>
            <p>Etymology.</p>
            <p>Named after Dumbo Kilundo (1 January 1930-18 September 2020), one of the most knowledgeable botanists from D.R. Congo, despite that he never received formal training. Born in Kisanga (Mulolo), Shabunda, he went to the Institut de Recherche Scientifique en Afrique Centrale (IRSAC) at Lwiro, today Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles (CRSN). There he worked first with A.R. Christiaensen and later with G. Troupin. He made major contributions to the knowledge of the Flora of Central Africa, first for the IRSAC, later as Head of Irangi Forest Reserve and for the Herbarium of Lwiro.</p>
            <p>Preliminary IUCN conservation assessment.</p>
            <p> Critically Endangered: CR B2ab(iii).  Amorphophallus dumboi is only known from the type locality. The estimated AOO is 4 km² (assuming a 4 km² grid cell size). The habitat, a submontane rainforest, is under potential threat of illegal logging but is actually protected as part of  Kahuzi-Biéga National Park. </p>
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            <p> Amorphophallus margretae Ittenb. (Ittenbach and Lobin 1997: 156)</p>
            <p>Fig. 5A</p>
            <p>Type.</p>
            <p>  D.R. CONGO - Forestier Central • Kivu, Terr. Kalehe, km 110 route Kavumu-Walikale,  réserve IRSAC  à Irangi, riv.  Fulonko ; 900 m; 6 Dec. 1956; Christiaensen 1918; holotype; BR [BR0000008261137]  . </p>
            <p>Habitat.</p>
            <p> Dense rainforest in the water of the river [  Forêt ombrophile dense dans  l’eau de la  rivière ]. </p>
            <p>Preliminary IUCN conservation assessment.</p>
            <p> Critically Endangered: CR B2ab(iii) (possibly extinct).  Amorphophallus margretae is only known from the type locality. The estimated AOO is 4 km² (assuming a 4 km² grid cell size). The habitat, a submontane rainforest, is under threat of illegal logging, and most of the area of the former Irangi Forest Reserve has been completely logged. Thus, the species might already be extinct. </p>
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            <p> Amorphophallus mayoi (Ittenb.) Eb.Fisch., B.Dumbo &amp; L.Dumbo comb. et stat. nov.</p>
            <p>Figs 3, 4, 5</p>
            <p> Amorphophallus calabaricus N.E.Br. subsp. mayoi Ittenb., Willdenowia 27(1-2): 159. 1997. (Ittenbach and Lobin 1997: 159) </p>
            <p>Type.</p>
            <p>  Uganda - U4 •  Mengo Distr. , Kajansi Forest Reserve, 16 m on road to Entebbe; April 1938; Chandler 2433; holotype: K [K000609683, K000609684]  . </p>
            <p>Additional specimens studied.</p>
            <p> D.R. CONGO - Forestier Central •  à 8 km  à l’ouest du Village Yakombe (route Yangambi-Gazi),  forêt secondaire lianeuse  à l’emplacement d’un ancient village  appelé “Elongo” , endroit  clairièré ; 9 May 1940; Germain 340; BR [BR0000019942988] • Yangambi; Mar. 1949; Germain 4768; BR [BR0000019942995]. </p>
            <p>RWANDA - Lacs Edouard et Kivu • Western Province, Nyungwe National Park, Cyamudongo Forest, near Nyakabuye River; 1801 m; 1 Nov. 2019; B. Dumbo &amp; M. Harbusch s.n.; KOBL.</p>
            <p>Uganda - U2 • Bunyoro Distr., Budongo Forest; 28 June 1972; Synnott 1080; K • ibid.; Oct. 2005; Fischer &amp; Killmann s.n.; KOBL • Mbale District, 10 km N of Busia, Oruchor Hill; 4 May 1951; Wood 257; K.</p>
            <p>Kenya - K5 • N Kavirondo Distr., Kakamega Forest; 12 Apr. 197; O.J.Hansen 921; K, EA • ibid.; Oct. 2005; Fischer &amp; Killmann s.n.; KOBL.</p>
            <p>Habitat.</p>
            <p> Closed canopy montane rainforest with dominating  Newtonia buchananii (Baker) G.C.C.Gilbert &amp; Boutique and  Entandrophragma excelsum Sprague at 1801 m a.s.l. </p>
            <p>Preliminary IUCN conservation assessment.</p>
            <p> Amorphophallus mayoi is widespread and known from at seven localities, four of them under protection as Forest Reserve or National Park. It is assessed here as Vulnerable (VU B1a2a). </p>
            <p>Taxonomic notes.</p>
            <p> The leaves of a small  Amorphophallus were discovered in 2016 during a botanical inventory of Cyamudongo Forest, a small isolated remnant forest of ca 300 ha that is protected as part of Nyungwe National Park. At the end of October 2019, a young inflorescence was discovered and it was subsequently identified as  Amorphophallus calabaricus subsp. mayoi . This subspecies was originally described from Uganda, Kenya, and D.R. Congo, but had never been recorded for Rwanda. It is morphologically distinct from  Amorphophallus calabaricus subsp. calabaricus that has a dark brown-purple upper spathe, a dark purple appendix that is at least 2 times as long as the spathe, and a longitudinal relation of carpellate and staminate area of 0.65 to 0.75.  Amorphophallus calabaricus subsp. mayoi has an olive-green upper spathe, an olive-green to yellowish appendix that is not exceeding 1.5 of the length of spathe, and a relation of carpellate to staminate area of 0.7 to 1.3. While  A. calabaricus subsp. calabaricus is restricted to coastal Nigeria and Cameroon in lowland rainforests of 50 to 500 m,  A. calabaricus subsp. mayoi is found in Eastern D.R. Congo (Yangambi), Western Uganda (Budongo Forest, Entebbe), and Western Kenya (Kakamega Forest) in submontane to montane forests from 470 to 1801 m. These morphological, geographical, and ecological differences seem sufficient to consider  Amorphophallus calabaricus subsp. mayoi as a species of its own.  Amorphophallus mayoi is recorded here for the first time for Rwanda. The plant produces inflorescences at the end of October to November, and the leaves are shed at the end of November and last until March. A pronounced dormancy is observed from April to October. As the only hitherto published illustration is a reproduction of the herbarium specimen Wood 257 (Ittenbach 2003), we provide pictures from the two main localities (Budongo Forest, Uganda and Kakamega Forest, Kenya) showing full developed inflorescences (Figs 3, 4). The type at Kew consists of two sheets (sheet I, sheet II) under the number Chandler 2433 (K000609683, K000609684). There is a third specimen under this collector number Chandler 2433 (K000609685) from April 1939 and the original collector number is crossed out and Nr. 2433 is added. Thus, sheet III is not part of the type collection but was collected on the same place one year later. </p>
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