Biology:Uvariopsis zenkeri

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Short description: Species of shrub

Uvariopsis zenkeri
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Uvariopsis
Species:
U. zenkeri
Binomial name
Uvariopsis zenkeri
Engl.[2]

Uvariopsis zenkeri Engl. is a species of flowering shrub in the family Annonaceae[3] endemic to Cameroon and the Central African Republic.[4]

Description

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]

Etymology

The specific epithet zenkeri honours the German botanist Georg August Zenker, who discovered the first specimen at Bipindi in the Cameroons in 1896.[5]

Distribution

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]

Taxonomy

This plant was first described by Engler in 1899,[6][7] and is the type species of Uvariopsis.[8]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/133046133/133046192. Retrieved 25 January 2022. 
  2. The International Plant List (2018) Uvariopsis zenkeri Engl.. 2. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=76048-1. Retrieved 23 April 2018. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Gereau, R.E. & Kenfack, D. (2000) "Le genre Uvariopsis (Annonaceae) en Afrique tropicale, avec la description d'une espèce nouvelle du Cameroun". Adansonia. Série 3 22 (1): 39–43. http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/a2000n1a3.pdf. Retrieved 23 April 2018. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 (2012) "Uvariopsis zenkeri Engl., Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute". https://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=6964. Retrieved 23 April 2018. 
  5. Global Plants, JSTOR
  6. Engler, A. & Diels, L. (1899) 'Anonaceae', in Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem, 2, 298.. bd.2 (1897-1899). 1895–1918. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28792121. Retrieved 23 April 2018. 
  7. (1899) Engler, A & Diels, L. (1899) 'Diagnosen neuer afrikanischer Pflanzenarten', in Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem, 2, 281-308.. bd.2 (1897-1899). 1895–1918. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28792104. Retrieved 23 April 2018. 
  8. "Tropicos: Uvariopsis zenkeri Engl.". http://www.tropicos.org/Name/1601587. Retrieved 23 April 2018. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q17140057 entry