WCS 3-Sentence Science
Gabon’s Diverse Grass Species
1 min readApr 28, 2019
April 28, 2019
Each year, Wildlife Conservation Society scientists publish more than 300 peer-reviewed studies and papers. “WCS 3-Sentence Science” is a regular tip-sheet — in bite sized helpings — of some of this published work.
Here we present Clay Boupoya’s work on the diversity of grass species in Gabon:
- The number of vascular plant species known to occur in Gabon is rising quickly due to renewed collecting and inventory activities, often in little-known or previously uncollected areas.
- Researchers have now confirmed 190 species of grasses including eleven species and one variety recorded in Gabon for the first time.
- New records of four rare grass species (Elionurus lien sit, Guaduella macrostachys, Paratheria prostrata and Puelia schumanniana) are discussed in the study.
Study and Journal: “Novitates Gabonenses 91: additions to the grass flora of Gabon” from Plant Ecology and Evolution
WCS Co-Author(s): Clay Boupoya , WCS Gabon
For more information, contact: Stephen Sautner, 718–220–3682, ssautner@wcs.org.
