Two new records of palm species for Gabon: Sclerospermaprofizianum Valk. & Sunder. and Eremospathaquiquecostulata Becc. Author Bourobou Bourobou, Paul Henri Author Niangadouma, Raoul Author Issembe, Yves Author Couvreur, Thomas L. P. text Biodiversity Data Journal 2016 4 10187 10187 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e10187 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e10187 1314-2828-4-10187 Eremospatha quiquecostulata Becc. 1910 Arecaceae Eremospatha quiquecostulata Becc. Webbia iii. 279. 1910 ( Beccari 1910 ). Type: Cameroon, Dja, unknown collector (FI). (Fig. 1) Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordNumber: T.L.P. Couvreur 1079; recordedBy: Thomas Couvreur ; Taxon: taxonID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:666847-1; scientificName: Eremospathaquiquecostulata; kingdom: Plantae; class: Magnoliopsida; order: Arecales; family: Arecaceae; genus: Eremospatha; specificEpithet: quiquecostulata; scientificNameAuthorship: Becc.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Gabon ; stateProvince: Estuaire; locality: Monts de Cristal National Park, Mbe sector, 800 m from Kinguele ANPN camp, near bridge ; locationRemarks: label transliteration: "Gabon, Ogooue-Lolo , Road Koulamotou - Pana, km 45, after Lemjene village. S 1.45585, E 12.5863]"; verbatimCoordinates: 1° 27' 21.06'' S; 12° 35' 10.68'' E; verbatimLatitude: -1° 27' 21.06"; verbatimLongitude: 12° 35' 10.68''; decimalLatitude: -1.45585 ; decimalLongitude: 12.5900 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Thoms L.P. Couvreur ; dateIdentified: 2016; Event: eventDate: 2016-06-03 ; year: 2016; month: 6; day: 3; Record Level: language: english; collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34252; collectionCode: WAG ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordNumber: T.L.P. Couvreur 1144; recordedBy: Thomas Couvreur ; Taxon: taxonID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:666847-1; scientificName: Eremospathaquiquecostulata; kingdom: Plantae; class: Magnoliopsida; order: Arecales; family: Arecaceae; genus: Eremospatha; specificEpithet: quiquecostulata; scientificNameAuthorship: Becc.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Gabon ; stateProvince: Ogooue-Lolo ; locality: Road Koulamotou - Pana, km 45, after Lemjene village ; locationRemarks: label transliteration: "Gabon, Estuaire, Monts de Cristal National Park, Mbe sector, 800 m from Kinguele ANPN camp, near bridge. N 0.46394, E 10.27856]"; verbatimCoordinates: 0° 27' 50.184'' N; 10° 16' 42.816'' E; verbatimLatitude: 0° 27' 50.184''; verbatimLongitude: 10° 16' 42.816''; decimalLatitude: 0.46 ; decimalLongitude: 10.27856 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Thoms L.P. Couvreur ; dateIdentified: 2016; Event: eventDate: 2016-06-14 ; year: 2016; month: 6; day: 14; Record Level: language: english; collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34252; collectionCode: WAG ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Distribution Documented occurrences: Cameroon, with a single collection in Nigeria and one in Equatorial Guinea Sunderland 2012 (Fig. 2).