Eugenia kameruniana Engl. (1899:291)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Myrtus kameruniana (Engl.) Kuntze in Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 21: 173 (1903); Eugenia hankeana H.J.P.Winkl. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 283 (1908)
Conservation Status
Last record: pre-1897 (Murphy et al., 2023:16)
Rediscovered in: 1970 (specimen) (Murphy et al., 2023:16); 20X0's (recognition) (see below)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Although a specimen was collected 1970 (Bos 6928) (Murphy et al., 2023:16), this appears to have only come to light in recent years, having previously been missed (Cheek & Cable, 2000; Humphreys et al., 2019; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022).
Distribution
Mt. Cameroon, Cameroon
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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Cheek, M. and Cable, S. (2000). Eugenia kameruniana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 31 January 2015.
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Humphreys, Aelys M., Govaerts, Rafaël, Ficinski, Sarah Z., Lughadha, Eimear Nic and Vorontsova, Maria S. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0906-2 [Supplementary Dataset 1]
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]