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Taxon

Dorstenia africana (Baill.) C.C.Berg

Protologue Adansonia sér. 2, 16(4): 422. 1977BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Dorstenia africana, Davidson, C 12361--Cameroon. Korup Nat. Park. 22 Mar 2014. DSC03203 (149).JPG

Dorstenia africana, Davidson, C 12361--Cameroon. Korup Nat. Park. 22 Mar 2014. DSC03203 (149).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Dorstenia africana, Davidson, C 12361--Cameroon. Korup Nat. Park. 22 Mar 2014. DSC03203 (150).JPG

Dorstenia africana, Davidson, C 12361--Cameroon. Korup Nat. Park. 22 Mar 2014. DSC03203 (150).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Dorstenia africana, Davidson, C 12361--Cameroon. Korup Nat. Park. 22 Mar 2014. DSC03203 (151).JPG

Dorstenia africana, Davidson, C 12361--Cameroon. Korup Nat. Park. 22 Mar 2014. DSC03203 (151).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Dorstenia africana, Davidson, C 12361--Cameroon. Korup Nat. Park. 22 Mar 2014. DSC03203 (146).JPG

Dorstenia africana, Davidson, C 12361--Cameroon. Korup Nat. Park. 22 Mar 2014. DSC03203 (146).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Dorstenia africana, Davidson, C 12361--Cameroon. Korup Nat. Park. 22 Mar 2014. DSC03203 (143).JPG

Dorstenia africana, Davidson, C 12361--Cameroon. Korup Nat. Park. 22 Mar 2014. DSC03203 (143).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Dorstenia africana, Davidson, C 12361--Cameroon. Korup Nat. Park. 22 Mar 2014. DSC03203 (148).JPG

Dorstenia africana, Davidson, C 12361--Cameroon. Korup Nat. Park. 22 Mar 2014. DSC03203 (148).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Dorstenia africana, Davidson, C 12361--Cameroon. Korup Nat. Park. 22 Mar 2014. DSC03203 (147).JPG

Dorstenia africana, Davidson, C 12361--Cameroon. Korup Nat. Park. 22 Mar 2014. DSC03203 (147).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Dorstenia africana, Davidson, C 12361--Cameroon. Korup Nat. Park. 22 Mar 2014. DSC03203 (145).JPG

Dorstenia africana, Davidson, C 12361--Cameroon. Korup Nat. Park. 22 Mar 2014. DSC03203 (145).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Dorstenia africana, Davidson, C 12361--Cameroon. Korup Nat. Park. 22 Mar 2014. DSC03203 (144).JPG

Dorstenia africana, Davidson, C 12361--Cameroon. Korup Nat. Park. 22 Mar 2014. DSC03203 (144).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Dorstenia africana, Davidson, C 12361--Cameroon. Korup Nat. Park. 22 Mar 2014. DSC03203 (153).JPG

Dorstenia africana, Davidson, C 12361--Cameroon. Korup Nat. Park. 22 Mar 2014. DSC03203 (153).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Dorstenia africana, Davidson, C 12361--Cameroon. Korup Nat. Park. 22 Mar 2014. DSC03203 (152).JPG

Dorstenia africana, Davidson, C 12361--Cameroon. Korup Nat. Park. 22 Mar 2014. DSC03203 (152).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Dorstenia africana, Davidson, C 12361--Cameroon. Korup Nat. Park. 22 Mar 2014. DSC03203 (142).JPG

Dorstenia africana, Davidson, C 12361--Cameroon. Korup Nat. Park. 22 Mar 2014. DSC03203 (142).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria (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

Davidson, C 12361

March 22, 2014

Location

Cameroon, Southwest

4.085056, 9.050194

Location Remarks

S end of Mount Cameroon National Park. Bakingili Trail from Bakingili Village on Hwy N-3. Various places along trail N toward park boundary. Elev. 300 m.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, David Kenfack, Paul Ndumbe, Elias NDive, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Primary lowland rainforest. Large remnant of Atlantic Tropical Forest. Treelet 1 m.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Moraceae

Genus

Dorstenia

Specific Epithet

africana

Authorship

(Baill.) C.C.Berg

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.7

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

0.4

Global rank

#122,118 of 335,497

Top 37%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →