Notes on the Vascular Flora of the Island of Príncipe (São Tomé and Príncipe) in the Gulf of Guinea
Author
Daniel, Thomas F.
text
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences
2020
2020-10-30
66
15
341
352
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.13157426
0068-547X
13157426
Stenandriopsis thomensis
(Milne-Redh.) Heine
Príncipe
: Obo Natl. Park-Príncipe, trail from ruins of
Francisco Mantero
(Maria Correia) to
Pico Mesa
, from
1.5 km
(air) SE of ruins (01°35.317ʹN, 007°21.483ʹE,
350 m
, lowland to montane rain forest) to summit of
Pico Mesa
(01°34.930ʹN, 007°21.201ʹE,
500 m
, dwarf cloud forest),
19 IV 2013
(old inflorescences),
T
.
Daniel
et al. 11995
(
CAS
)
.
Several sterile plants and others bearing inflorescences lacking corollas were locally frequent under the forest canopy about two-thirds of the way up the prominent mesa in southwestern
Príncipe
.
Although
Stenandriopsis thomensis
has been collected numerous times from several sites on
São Tomé
,
this collection appears to represent only the second collection of the species on
Príncipe
(
Daniel
and
Figueiredo
2009)
.
It
was previously collected on that island at
Pico Papagaio
(
01°36ʹ45ʺN
,
007°23ʹ30ʺE
; i.e.,
F
.
de Oliveira
547
at
BRLU
and
STPH
), some
5 km
to the northeast.
The
species also occurs in
Cameroon
and
Nigeria
on mainland
Africa
(
Vollesen 1992
;
Daniel
and
Figueiredo
2009), but it has not been reported from either
Bioko
or
Annobón
in the
Gulf
of
Guinea
.
Although
two other species of the genus occur on
Bioko
, this is the only species of
Stenandriopsis
in
São Tomé and Príncipe
.