A new species of Rhaptopetalum (Lecythidaceae) from south-western Gabon

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 23 Jul 2019Publisher:Pensoft PublishersJournal:PhytoKeys, volume 128, pages 39-46 (issn: 1314-2011, eissn: 1314-2003,

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Authors: David Kenfack; Diosdado Nguema;

doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.128.34640 , 10.60692/59bja-ycn78 , 10.60692/sz29p-sy595

pmid: 31379455

pmc: PMC6667394

handle: 10088/98592

A new species of Rhaptopetalum (Lecythidaceae) from south-western Gabon

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Abstract

Rhaptopetalumrabiense Kenfack & Nguema, sp. nov. from the Rabi forest in south-western Gabon is described, illustrated and assigned a provisional conservation status of “Critically Endangered”. An identification key to the five Gabonese species of Rhaptopetalum is also provided.

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National Museum of Natural History
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Smithsonian Institution
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Institut Africain d'Informatique
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Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
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Keywords

Conservation status, Rhaptopetalum, Molecular Systematics of Gesneriaceae and Allies, Endangered species, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, conservation priorities, Magnoliopsida, taxonomy, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Lecythidaceae, Gabon, Plantae, ForestGEO, Molecular Biology, Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, new species, Geography, Ecology, Rabi, Botany, Life Sciences, Forestry, Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants, Critically endangered, IUCN Red List, permanent plot, Tracheophyta, Habitat, QK1-989, FOS: Biological sciences, Impact of Pollinator Decline on Ecosystems and Agriculture, rainforest, Ericales, Research Article

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