Brochoneura
Appearance
Brochoneura | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Magnoliales |
Family: | Myristicaceae |
Genus: | Brochoneura Warb. (1895) |
Species: | B. usambarensis
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Binomial name | |
Brochoneura usambarensis Warb. (1895)
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Brochoneura usambarensis is a species of tree native to the moist evergreen forests of Kenya and Tanzania.[1] It is the sole species in genus Brochoneura.
Range and habitat
[edit]Brochoneura usambarensis is restricted to small areas in the Usambara, Nguru, Uluguru, and Udzungwa mountains of Tanzania and the Shimba Hills of Kenya.
It is endemic to transitional rain forest, a mid-elevation plant community found on seaward-facing mountain slopes above 800 meters elevation, and occasionally at lower elevations in stream valleys.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Gereau, R.E., Kabuye, C., Kalema, J., Kamau, P., Kindeketa, W., Luke, W.R.Q., Lyaruu, H.V.M., Malombe, I., Mboya, E.I., Mollel, N., Njau, E.-F., Schatz, G.E., Sitoni, D., Ssegawa, P. & Wabuyele, E. 2022. Cephalosphaera usambarensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T33214A2835112. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T33214A2835112.en. Accessed 19 November 2023.
- ^ Brochoneura usambarensis Warb. Plants of the World Online. Accessed 18 November 2023.
- ^ White, Frank F. (1983). The vegetation of Africa: A descriptive memoir to accompany the Unesco/AETFAT/UNSO vegetation map of Africa. UNESCO, 1983. ISBN 92-3-101955-4