Data/hora: 09/06/2024 03:31:29

Provedor de dados: | 16
País: | Netherlands
Título: | Ternstroemia cameroonensis (Ternstroemiaceae), a new medicinally important species of montane tree, nearly extinct in the Highlands of Cameroon
Autores: | Cheek, M.; Tchiengue, B.; Tacham, W.N.
Data: | 2017
Ano: | 2017
Palavras-chave: | Cloud Forest; Critically Endangered; Medicinal plant; Pentaphylacaceae; Theaceae.
Resumo: | Ternstroemia cameroonensis sp. nov. (Ternstroemiaceae) is formally described from the Highlands of Cameroon and its conservation status is assessed as Critically Endangered using the IUCN 2012 standard. This is the third species of Ternstroemia known from Africa. The species is unusual in its genus in being monoecious, having Terminalia-branching (Aubreville’s model), phyllotaxy of 1/3 (not pseudo-verticillate), flowers with a uniseriate androecium and a distinct intra-staminal disc, and in the stamens lacking a distinct apicular connective. The species is used locally for extensive medicinal purposes.
Tipo: | Article / Letter to the editor

Identificador:

http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/626072

http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/645992

Formato: | application/pdf
Fonte: | Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants (2212-1676) vol.62 (2017) p.53
Fonte: | (c) Naturalis