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Vepris onanae (Rutaceae), a new Critically Endangered cloud-forest tree species, and the endemic plant species of Bali Ngemba Forest Reserve, Bamenda Highlands Cameroon.
We revise and update the records of strict and near-endemic species of the Bali Ngemba Forest Reserve, the largest known surviving patch (c. 8 km in area) of submontane or cloud forest in the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon which have lost >96 % of their original forest due to human activities....Sexual dimorphism, Bamenda Highlands (Cameroon), Oricia Pierre, Medicinal, Submontane forest, Stage dependent, Vepris onanae, Bali Ngemba Forest Reserve (Cameroon), and Cameroon
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The endemic plant species of Mt Kupe, Cameroon with a new Critically Endangered cloud-forest tree species, Vepris zapfackii (Rutaceae).
We revise and update the records of strict and near-endemic species of Mt Kupe, Cameroon respectively from 31 strict endemics in 2004, to 25 today, and with near-endemic species 30, unchanged in number but with turnover. The changes result from new collections, discoveries and taxonomic changes in the last 16...Cheek, Martin ; Onana, Jean Michel
Mt Kupe (Cameroon), Vepris zapfackii, Perhumid, Threatened plants, Medicinal, and Submontane forest
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Southern Africa as a ‘cradle of incense’ in wider African aromatherapy.
The modern paradigm of aromatherapy is based on in vitro assays of pure volatile organic compounds (as an essential oil), with activity at non-clinically significant concentrations. Yet traditional use of aromatic species did not involve pure essential oils because hydrodistillation was only invented in relatively recent times (estimated 1200 AD).... -
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Ternstroemia guineensis (Ternstroemiaceae), a new endangered cloudforest shrub with neotropical affinities from Kounounkan, Guinea, W. Africa.