A new species of Citrullus (Benincaseae) from the Namib Desert, Namibia
Citrullus rehmii De Winter sp. nov., C. lanato (Thunb.) Matsumura & Nakai affinis, a quo floribus minoribus, seminibus minoribus atrobrunneis et Iructibus atroviridibus subtiliter salmoneo-maculosis differt. A C. ecirrhoso Cogn. et C. colocynthidi (L.) Schrad. habitu annuo non perenne, atque superficie fructuum subtiliter maculosa differt. TYPE - Namibia, near Ugab River on road from Uis to Welwitschia (Khorixas), near small 'Inselberge’ of red granite on sandy flats, 28.3.1963, De Winter & Hardy 8127 (PRE, holo.; K. NBG, WIND, iso.).
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