Uvariopsis dicaprio (Annonaceae) a new tree species with notes on its pollination biology, and the Critically Endangered narrowly endemic plant species of the Ebo Forest, Cameroon
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Gosline, George
Science, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Cheek, Martin
Science, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Onana, Jean Michel
Faculty of Science, Department of Plant Biology, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon & National Herbarium of Cameroon, IRAD, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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Ngansop Tchatchouang, Eric
National Herbarium of Cameroon, IRAD, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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van der Burgt, Xander M.
Science, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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MacKinnon, Lorna
Science, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Dagallier, Léo-Paul M. J.
DIADE, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, IRD, Montpellier, France
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2022
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2022-01-06
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12614
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Key to the species of
Uvariopsis
(and
Dennettia
) in Cameroon
1. - Crushed leaves emitting a strong citrus scent......................................................
U. citrata
- Crushed leaves without citrus scent............................................................................................2
2. - Leaf blades 7.2 – 15.5(– 18) cm long; pedicel 0 – 7(– 9) mm long..............................3
- Leaf blades (11.1 –)16.3 – 38(– 61.5) cm long, pedicel (3 –)8 – 60(– 450)mm long 6
3. - Flowers cauliflorous, pedicel 0 – 2 mm long.................................................
U. sessiliflora
- Flowers ramiflorous, pedicel (0 – 2)3 – 11 mm long, sometimes cauliflorous.................4
4. - Flowers bisexual, petals 3 (– 4)..............................................................
Dennettia tripetala
- Flowers unisexual, petals 4............................................................................................................5
5. - Young branches glabrous or very sparsely pubescent, petals free ...............
U. congensis
- Young branches densely to sparsely pubescent, petals basally fused.................
U. zenkeri
6. - Petals basally fused......................................................................................................................7
- Petals free.........................................................................................................................................10
7. - Petals 3.....................................................................................................................
U. congolana
- Petals 4...............................................................................................................................................8
8. - Flower buds globose, monocarps verrucose................................................
U. pedunculosa
- Flower buds conical to pyramidal, monocarps smooth..........................................................9
9. - Sepals 5 – 10 mm long, flowers completely covering base of trunk, generally occurring above 800 m a.s.l.......................................................................................................
U. submontana
- Sepals 2 – 4 mm long, flowers partially covering base of trunk, generally occurring below 800 m a.s.l......................................................................................................................
U. korupensis
10. - Flowering pedicels 3 – 8 mm long......................................................................................11
- Flowering pedicels 10 – 160 mm long......................................................................................12
11. - Petals linear, 25 – 45 mm long, more than 6 times longer than wide........................... ...........................................................................................................................................
U. bakeriana
- Petals elliptic to ovate, 10 – 14 mm long, less than 6 times longer than wide................... ..............................................................................................................................................
U. etugiana
12. - Flower buds globose ..................................................................................................
U. dioica
- Flower buds conical or narrowly ovoid to pyramidal...........................................................13
13. - Stems and petioles tomentose, lateral nerves 8 – 13 on each side of the midrib; flowers wine brown........................................................................................................................
U. solheidii
- Stems and petioles glabrous; lateral nerves 5 – 8(– 9) on each side of the midrib; flowers green-yellow .......................................................................................................................
U. dicaprio