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Ledermanniella batangensis (Engl.) C.Cusset (1974:273)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonyms: Dicraeia batangensis Engl. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 380 (1909); Inversodicraea batangensis (Engl.) Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & C.G.O.Drude, Veg. Erde 9(III 1): 271 (1915)

 

Conservation Status

Missing (Ghogue, 2010; Onana et al., 2011:248; Murphy et al., 2023:21)

Last record: c.1908 (Ghogue, 2010; Onana et al., 2011:248); 1908-1909 (Murphy et al., 2023:21)

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered

 

Distribution & Habitat

Lobe Waterfalls, Cameroon

 

Known only from the type locality in Cameroon. A second reported locality in Equatorial Guinea is considered dubious (Ghogue, 2010).

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Cusset, C. (1987). Podostemacees-Tristichacees. In: B. Satabie and P. Morat (eds), Flore du Cameroun, pp. 51-99. Ministere de l'Enseignement Superieure et de la Recherche Scientifique, Yaounde (Cameroun).

 

Other references:

Ghogue, J.-P. (2010). Ledermanniella batangensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T185525A8428951. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T185525A8428951.en. Downloaded on 18 September 2021.

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]

Onana, Jean Michel. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.

Onana, Jean Michel, Cheek, Martin and Pollard, Benedict John. (2011). Red Data Book of the Flowering Plants of Cameroon: IUCN Global Assessments. Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK: Kew Publishing. 578 pp.

POWO. (2025). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 26 July 2025]

 

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