Native to Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
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
Miguel E. Leal, Diosdado Nguema, Etienne Mounoumoulossi, Prance Bissiemou, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Santalales
Family
Aptandraceae
Genus
Aptandra
Specific Epithet
zenkeri
Authorship
Engl.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 6.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#151,651 of 335,497
Top 46%
Extinction probability
6%