Aphanocalyx hedinii (A.Chev.) Wieringa (1999:175)
Mimbamilé (Ngoumba), Zoélé (Fang, Yaoundé), Mangona (Maleke area, probably erroneously), Nom Alen (Maleke area)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Cynometra hedinii A.Chev. in Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 26: 599 (1946); Monopetalanthus hedinii (A.Chev.) Pellegr. in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 21: 400 (1951)
Conservation Status
Missing (Wieringa, 1999:30)
Last record: 1953 (Wieringa, 1999:179; Onana et al., 2011:178)
Distribution & Habitat
Cameroon
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
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