Isolona zenkeri

Isolona zenkeri
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Annonaceae
Genus:	Isolona
Species:	I. zenkeri
Binomial name
Isolona zenkeri Engl.
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. ^[3]

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. "Isolona zenkeri Engl". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
3. 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.