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Species of shrub
Uvariopsis zenkeri Engl. is a species of flowering shrub in the family
Annonaceae
[3] endemic to
Cameroon and the
Central African Republic .
[4]
U. zenkeri is a shrub of 1–4 m high
[4] and bears its monoecious inflorescences on the old wood of both its branches and its trunk.
[3] Its petals are joined at the base of the flower.
[3]
The
specific epithet zenkeri honours the German botanist
Georg August Zenker , who discovered the first specimen at Bipindi in the
Cameroons in 1896.
[5]
This species is found in shadow on laterite at an altitude of 120 m in
Cameroon , and in the fringing forest of the rain-forest in the
Central African Republic .
[4]
IUCN , however, lists this species as endemic to Cameroon.
[1]
This plant was first described by
Engler in 1899,
[6]
[7] and is the type species of
Uvariopsis .
[8]
^
a
b Texier, N.; Stévart, T. (2021).
"Uvariopsis zenkeri " .
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 : e.T133046133A133046192.
doi :
10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T133046133A133046192.en . Retrieved 25 January 2022 .
^ The International Plant List (2018)
Uvariopsis zenkeri Engl . Vol. 2. Retrieved 23 April 2018 .
^
a
b
c
Gereau, R.E. & Kenfack, D. (2000)
"Le genre Uvariopsis (Annonaceae) en Afrique tropicale, avec la description d'une espèce nouvelle du Cameroun" (PDF) . Adansonia . Série 3. 22 (1): 39–43. Retrieved 23 April 2018 .
^
a
b
c (2012)
"Uvariopsis zenkeri Engl., Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute " . Retrieved 23 April 2018 .
^
Global Plants, JSTOR
^ Engler, A. &
Diels, L. (1899)
'Anonaceae', in Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem, 2, 298 . Vol. bd.2 (1897-1899). 1895–1918. Retrieved 23 April 2018 .
^ (1899) Engler, A & Diels, L. (1899)
'Diagnosen neuer afrikanischer Pflanzenarten', in Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem, 2, 281-308 . Vol. bd.2 (1897-1899). 1895–1918. Retrieved 23 April 2018 .
^
"Tropicos: Uvariopsis zenkeri Engl" . Retrieved 23 April 2018 .
(in French)
Gereau, R.E. & Kenfack, D. (2000)
« Le genre Uvariopsis (Annonaceae) en Afrique tropicale, avec la description d’une espèce nouvelle du Cameroun » Adansonia , sér. 3 22 (1):39-43
(in French) Onana, J.-M. (2013) Synopsis des espèces végétales vasculaires endémiques et rares du Cameroun : check-liste pour la gestion durable et la conservation de la biodiversité,Yaoundé. Ministère de la Recherche scientifique et de l'Innovation , coll. « Flore du Cameroun » (no 40) p. 71
Kenfack, D., Gosline,G.,
Gereau, R.E. & Schatz, G.E. (2003) Kenfack, David; Gosline, George; Gereau, Roy E.; Schatz, George E. (2003).
"The Genus Uvariopsis (Annonaceae) in Tropical Africa, with a Recombination and One New Species from Cameroon" . Novon . 13 (4): 443–449.
doi :
10.2307/3393377 .
JSTOR
3393377 .
Onana, J.-M. (2011) The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments . National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé
Spécimens (
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle )