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africana

Taxon

Simaba africana Baill.

Protologue Adansonia 7: 381. 1867BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Quassia africana, C. Davidson 14052--Gabon. Maboumine. 23 Oct 2019. DSC01631 (52).JPG

Quassia africana, C. Davidson 14052--Gabon. Maboumine. 23 Oct 2019. DSC01631 (52).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Quassia africana, C. Davidson 14052--Gabon. Maboumine. 23 Oct 2019. DSC01631 (51).JPG

Quassia africana, C. Davidson 14052--Gabon. Maboumine. 23 Oct 2019. DSC01631 (51).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Quassia africana, C. Davidson 14052--Gabon. Maboumine. 23 Oct 2019. DSC01631 (57).JPG

Quassia africana, C. Davidson 14052--Gabon. Maboumine. 23 Oct 2019. DSC01631 (57).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Quassia africana, C. Davidson 14052--Gabon. Maboumine. 23 Oct 2019. DSC01631 (47).JPG

Quassia africana, C. Davidson 14052--Gabon. Maboumine. 23 Oct 2019. DSC01631 (47).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Quassia africana, C. Davidson 14052--Gabon. Maboumine. 23 Oct 2019. DSC01631 (45).JPG

Quassia africana, C. Davidson 14052--Gabon. Maboumine. 23 Oct 2019. DSC01631 (45).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Quassia africana, C. Davidson 14052--Gabon. Maboumine. 23 Oct 2019. DSC01631 (50).JPG

Quassia africana, C. Davidson 14052--Gabon. Maboumine. 23 Oct 2019. DSC01631 (50).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Quassia africana, C. Davidson 14052--Gabon. Maboumine. 23 Oct 2019. DSC01631 (46).JPG

Quassia africana, C. Davidson 14052--Gabon. Maboumine. 23 Oct 2019. DSC01631 (46).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Quassia africana, C. Davidson 14052--Gabon. Maboumine. 23 Oct 2019. DSC01631 (49).JPG

Quassia africana, C. Davidson 14052--Gabon. Maboumine. 23 Oct 2019. DSC01631 (49).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Quassia africana, C. Davidson 14052--Gabon. Maboumine. 23 Oct 2019. DSC01631 (54).JPG

Quassia africana, C. Davidson 14052--Gabon. Maboumine. 23 Oct 2019. DSC01631 (54).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Quassia africana, C. Davidson 14052--Gabon. Maboumine. 23 Oct 2019. DSC01631 (53).JPG

Quassia africana, C. Davidson 14052--Gabon. Maboumine. 23 Oct 2019. DSC01631 (53).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Quassia africana, C. Davidson 14052--Gabon. Maboumine. 23 Oct 2019. DSC01631 (48).JPG

Quassia africana, C. Davidson 14052--Gabon. Maboumine. 23 Oct 2019. DSC01631 (48).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Global range is not yet available in Plants of the World Online. Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Occurrences

C. Davidson 14052

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

Notes

Lowland moist forest along Riviere Ngounie. Treelet 1.3 m. Shade of the forest along the concession road, c. 600 m from the river.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Sapindales

Family

Simaroubaceae

Genus

Simaba

Specific Epithet

africana

Authorship

Baill.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 7.7

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

0.7

Global rank

#69,693 of 335,497

Top 21%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →

Synonyms (1)

Quassia africana (Baill.) Baill.

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy