Paracephaelis sambavensis De Block (2022)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (De Block, 2022)
Last record: 1-10 April 1967 (De Block, 2022)
Only known from two collections (between 30 November-1 December 1966 and between 1-10 April 1967) from a single tree of roughly 15m in height. It has never been recorded again, although it may still survive (De Block, 2022).
Distribution
Sambava, Sambava District, Sava Region (Antsiranana Province), Madagascar (northern)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Only known from two collections, both preserved in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris herbarium (De Block, 2022):
Holotype: Capuron 27702-SF (De Block, 2022)
Other specimens:
MNHN-P-P03939565 (Capuron 27121-SF)
Media
Above: Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (France) Collection: Vascular plants (P). Specimen P03939565 (non-type specimen). Released under CC BY 4.0 licence.
References
Original scientific description:
De Block, Petra. (2022). Monograph of the western Indian Ocean genus Paracephaelis (Rubiaceae – Pavetteae), with description of thirteen new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 801(1): 1-99. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.801.1685