Native to Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

C. Davidson 14063

October 23, 2019

Location

Gabon, Moyen-Ogooue

0.81275, 10.500333

Location Remarks

Mabounie. Off route N1, ca. 41 km ESE of Lambarene, then left (c. N) at Lobi-Mbigou. Mine access road about half way to the river Ngounie (GPS is from the road terminus at the river). 92 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, David Kenfack, Nestor Engone Obiang, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Lowland moist forest. Extensive liana, common in open place along the road.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Rubiaceae

Genus

Sherbournia

Specific Epithet

curvipes

Authorship

(Wernham) N.Hallé

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.1

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#255,146 of 335,497

Top 77%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →