Melastomataceae
Memecylon

Memecylon bakossiense R.D.Stone, Ghogue & Cheek

First published in Kew Bull. 63: 234 (2008)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cameroon.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Kew Bulletin

  • Aké Assi, L. (2001). Flore de la Côte-d’Ivoire: catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. I. Boissiera 57.
  • Buchmann, S. L. (1987). The ecology of oil flowers and their bees. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 18: 343 – 369.
  • Cheek, M., Pollard, B. J., Darbyshire, I., Onana, J.-M. & Wild, C. (2004). The Plants of Kupe, Mwanenguba and the Bakossi Mts, Cameroon, a Conservation Checklist. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • IUCN (2001). The IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K.
  • Jacques-Félix, H. (1953). Sur quelques Melastomaceae d’Afrique. Bull. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 15: 972 – 1001.
  • Morley, T. (1976). Memecyleae (Melastomataceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 15. The New York Botanical Garden.
  • Renner, S. (1989). A survey of reproductive biology in neotropical Melastomataceae and Memecylaceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76: 496 – 518.
  • Stone, R. D. (2004). Phylogenetic systematics of Melastomataceae, subfamily Olisbeoideae. Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Berkeley.
  • White, F. (1983). Vegetation of Africa: A Descriptive Memoir to Accompany the UNESCO/AETFAT/UNSO Vegetation Map of Africa. UNESCO, Paris.
  • ____ & Buchmann, M. D. (1981). Anthecology of Mouriri myrtilloides (Melastomataceae: Memecyleae), an oil flower in Panama. Biotropica 13 (suppl.): 7 – 24.
  • ____ (1978). Les subdivisions du genre Memecylon (Melastomataceae) en Afrique. Adansonia, ser. 2, 17: 415 – 424.
  • ____ (1979). Espèces nouvelles et peu connues du genre Memecylon (Melastomataceae) en Afrique. Adansonia, ser. 2, 18: 409 – 432.
  • ____ (1983). Mélastomatacées. In: B. Satabié & J.-F. Leroy (eds.), Flore du Cameroun, 24 , Délégation Générale à la Recherche Scientifique et Technique, Yaoundé.
  • ____ 1984 [1985]. Les Memecyleae (Melastomataceae) de Madagascar (1re partie). Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, ser. 4, sect. B, 6: 383 – 451.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 27, 2006 Stone, R.D.; Taranovsky, T.; Rommens, E. [2475] Cameroon K000380308 Type Yes
Oct 27, 2006 Stone, R.D.; Taranovsky, T.; Rommens, E. [2475] Cameroon K000380309 Isotype Yes

Sources

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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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    • Kew Bulletin
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0