''Uvariopsis zenkeri'' Engl. is a species of flowering shrub in the family ''

Annonaceae The Annonaceae are a Family (biology), family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs, or rarely lianas commonly known as the custard apple family or soursop family. With 108 accepted genera and about 2400 known species, it is the largest ...

'' endemic to

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and the

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Description

''Uvariopsis zenkeri'' is a shrub of 1–4 m high and bears its monoecious inflorescences on the old wood of both its branches and its trunk. Its petals are joined at the base of the flower.

Etymology

The

specific epithet In Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin gramm ...

''zenkeri'' honours the German botanist

Georg August Zenker Georg August Zenker (11 June 1855 in Leipzig – 6 February 1922 in Bipindi) was a German gardener and naturalist. He worked as a gardener at the botanical gardens in Leipzig and Naples, and in 1886, on behalf of the Italian government, traveled as ...

, who discovered the first specimen at Bipindi in the

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Distribution

This species is found in shadow on laterite at an altitude of 120 m in

, and in the fringing forest of the rain-forest in the

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, however, lists this species as endemic to Cameroon.

Taxonomy

This plant was first described by Engler in 1899, and is the type species of ''

Uvariopsis ''Uvariopsis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. The genus is unique to Africa, and consists of about 18 species, all of which are either ramiflorous, cauliflorous or both. The type species for the genus is '' Uvariopsi ...

''.

References

External links

* 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 * 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) * Onana, J.-M. (2011) The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments . National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé
Spécimens
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) {{Taxonbar, from=Q17140057 zenkeri Flora of Cameroon Cauliflory Taxa named by Adolf Engler