Heterosamara bennae (Jacq.-Fél.) Paiva
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Polygala bennae Jacq.-Fél. (basionym)
Conservation Status
Last record: 1937 (Couch et al., 2019)
Since rediscovered
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Guinea
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Jacques-Félix, H. 1938. Polygala nouveaux de la Guinée-Française. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 10: 440-444.
Other references:
Canteiro, C. & Cheek, M. 2019. Heterosamara bennae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T85749082A85749085. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T85749082A85749085.en. Accessed on 09 July 2022.
Couch, C., Cheek, M., Haba, P. M., Molmou, D., Williams, J., Magassouba, S., Doumbouya, S. & Diallo, Y. M. (2019). Threatened habitats and Important Plant Areas (TIPAs) of Guinea, west Africa. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Paiva, J.A.R. 1998. Polygalarum Africanarum et Madagascariensium prodromus atque gerontogaei generis Heterosamara Kuntze, a genre Polygala L. segregati et a nobis denuo recepti, synopsis monographica. Fontqueria 50: 1-346.
Sayer, J. A., Harcourt, C. S. and Collins, N. M. 1992. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Africa. IUCN and Simon and Schuster, Cambridge, UK.
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