Isolona zenkeri

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

Diospyros oblongicarpa Gürke
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. 2.0 2.1 "Isolona zenkeri Engl". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  3. 3.0 3.1 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.