Neoguarea
Appearance
Neoguarea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Meliaceae |
Subfamily: | Melioideae |
Genus: | Neoguarea (Harms) E.J.M.Koenen & J.J.de Wilde (2012) |
Species: | N. glomerulata
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Binomial name | |
Neoguarea glomerulata (Harms) E.J.M.Koenen & J.J.de Wilde (2012)
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Synonyms[2] | |
Neoguarea glomerulata is a species of flowering plant in the family Meliaceae. It is a tree or shrub native to west-central tropical Africa, ranging from southern Nigeria through Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the sole species in genus Neoguarea.[2] It grows in lowland Guineo-Congolian rainforest.[1]
The species was originally named Guarea glomerulata by Hermann Harms in 1896.[2] A morphological study published in 2012 found that the African species of Guarea are distinct from the Central and South American species, and G. glomerulata was reclassified Neoguarea glomerulata and placed in its own genus.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. 2019. Neoguarea glomerulata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T118193729A149018408. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T118193729A149018408.en. Accessed on 9 February 2024.
- ^ a b c Neoguarea (Harms) E.J.M.Koenen & J.J.de Wilde. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ Koenen, E. J. M., & de Wilde, J. J. F. E. (2012). A taxonomic revision of the reinstated genus Leplaea and the newly recognized genus Neoguarea (Meliaceae, Sapindales): the exclusion of Guarea from Africa. Plant Ecology and Evolution, 145(2), 209-241. https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2012.656
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Meliaceae
- Meliaceae genera
- Monotypic Sapindales genera
- Flora of Cameroon
- Flora of the Republic of the Congo
- Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Flora of Equatorial Guinea
- Flora of Gabon
- Flora of the Gulf of Guinea islands
- Flora of Nigeria
- Plants described in 1896
- Taxa named by Hermann Harms