Ternstroemia cameroonensis Cheek (2017:54)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1996 (Cheek et al., 2017:53)
Rediscovered in: 2013 (specimen); 2015 (living trees visited) (both Cheek et al., 2017:53)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution & Habitat
Cameroon
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Cheek, M., Tchiengué, B. and Tacham, W. N. (2017). Ternstroemia cameroonensis (Ternstroemiaceae), a new medicinally important species of montane tree, nearly extinct in the Highlands of Cameroon. Blumea 62(1): 53-57. https://doi.org/10.3767/000651917X695362
Other references:
Cheek, M. and Rotton, H. (2022). Ternstroemia cameroonensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T207177576A207177585. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T207177576A207177585.en. Accessed on 06 April 2024.
Murphy, Bruce, Onana, Jean Michel, Burgt, Xander M. van der, Ngansop Tchatchouang, Eric, Williams, Jenny, Tchiengué, Barthélemy and Cheek, Martin. (2023). Important Plant Areas of Cameroon. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 302 pp. [automatic download]
Nkemnkeng, F. J., Anjah, M. G., Tacham, W. N., Mbogue, C. N. N., Taffo, J. B. W. and Nguetsop, V. F. (2021). Population distribution, conservation status and vulnerability of Ternstroemia cameroonensis Cheek in the Lebialem Highlands, Cameroon. Biosciences and Plant Biology 8(2): 1-10.
POWO. (2024). Ternstroemia cameroonensis Cheek. Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 6 April 2024]