Isolona zenkeri

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Isolona zenkeri
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Isolona
Species:
I. zenkeri
Binomial name
Isolona zenkeri
Synonyms [2]

Diospyros oblongicarpaGürke
Maba oblongicarpa(Gürke) Prain

Isolona zenkeri is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is found in Cameroon, The Republic of the Congo and Gabon. [2] Adolf Engler, the German botanist who first formally described the species, named it after Georg August Zenker who collected the sample Engler examined. [3] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Description

It has dark smooth branches. Its leaves are 20-25 by 7-9 centimeters and come to a point at their tip.</ref> [3]

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References

  1. Cosiaux, A.; Couvreur, T.L.P.; Erkens, R.H.J. (2019). "Isolona zenkeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T45418A132677592. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T45418A132677592.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Isolona zenkeri Engl". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  3. 1 2 Engler, A.; Diels, L. (1899). "Diagnosen Neuer Afrikanischer Pflanzenarten - 4. Anonaceae". Notizblatt des Königlichen botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin. Vol. 2. Leipzig: In Commission bei Wilhelm Engelmann. p. 301.