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<taxonomicName LSID="2F7FCDFF-4435-59FD-A1D3-58CDB6FD50E4" authority="(Hook. f.) Veranso-Libalah &amp; G. Kadereit" authorityName="Veranso-Libalah &amp; G. Kadereit" authorityYear="2019" baseAuthorityName="Veranso-Libalah &amp; G. Kadereit" baseAuthorityYear="2019" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Nothodissotis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Nothodissotis barteri" order="Myrtales" pageId="3" pageNumber="92" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="barteri" status="comb. nov.">Nothodissotis barteri (Hook.f.) Veranso-Libalah &amp; G.Kadereit</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Digital microscope photographs of the hypanthia of Nothodissotis spp. (A-D) and SEM photographs of the seeds of N. barteri (E-H). A, B hypanthium of Nothodissotis alenensis (Parmentier &amp; Esono 3453); cl = calyx-lobes and ia = intersepalar appendages C, D hypanthium of N. barteri (Ngok Banak 1196) E, F seeds of N. barteri in dorsal view G, H same in lateral view (Parmentier 3544)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.118.31572.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/269688" pageId="3" pageNumber="92">
Figs 2
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Nothodissotis barteri. A habit B branches and inflorescence C leaf seen from above, and flower (petals fallen) D flower bud E blooming flower F stamens. From Droissart et al. 1668 (A, B) and Stevart &amp; Oliveira 5136 (C-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.118.31572.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/269689" pageId="3" pageNumber="92">, 3</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Hook fil" authorityYear="1871" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Dissotis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Dissotis barteri" order="Myrtales" pageId="3" pageNumber="92" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="barteri">Dissotis barteri</taxonomicName>
Hook.f., Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 454 (1871).
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<subSubSection pageId="3" pageNumber="92" type="lectotype (designated here)">
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="92">Lectotype (designated here).</paragraph>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Príncipe">Principe</normalizedToken>
, 1859,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="92">Barter s.n.</emphasis>
(K! [K000313101]; isolectotype: K! [K000313102]).
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<subSubSection lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="93" pageId="3" pageNumber="92" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="92">Additional specimens examined.</paragraph>
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CAMEROON.
<normalizedToken originalValue="Réserve">Reserve</normalizedToken>
de Faune
<normalizedToken originalValue="dEbo">d'Ebo</normalizedToken>
, village de Ndokbaguengue, campement de Djouma, sommet
<normalizedToken originalValue="après">apres</normalizedToken>
le transect
<normalizedToken originalValue="“Gachaka”">&quot;Gachaka&quot;</normalizedToken>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="4" direction="north" minutes="21.7164" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="4.36194">4°21.7164'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="10" direction="east" minutes="14.9694" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="10.24949">10°14.9694'E</geoCoordinate>
, 1003 m, 15 Feb. 2014 (fl.),
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(BRLU!, MO!); Ebo forest proposed National park, Ebo Forest Research Station, Bekango trail,
<pageBreakToken pageId="4" pageNumber="93" start="start">13</pageBreakToken>
Dec 2006 (fl.),
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(K!). EQUATORIAL GUINEA. Inselberg Acoak Banga
<normalizedToken originalValue="près">pres</normalizedToken>
de Ngong Mocomo,
<geoCoordinate degrees="1" direction="north" minutes="04" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="1.0666667">1°04'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="11" direction="east" minutes="11" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="11.183333">11°11'E</geoCoordinate>
, 8 Aug 1998 (fr.),
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="93">Lejoly &amp; Elad 98/77</emphasis>
(BRLU!); inselberg de Akoak Ebanga
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1 h du village de Ngong Mocomo,
<normalizedToken originalValue="à">a</normalizedToken>
10 km de Nsork,
<geoCoordinate degrees="1" direction="north" minutes="04" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="1.0666667">1°04'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="11" direction="east" minutes="12" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="11.2">11°12'E</geoCoordinate>
, 585 m, 31 May 2002 (fr.),
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(BRLU!); ibid., 590 m, 1 Jun 2002 (fr.),
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(BRLU!). GABON. rocher
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, Efout, E of
<normalizedToken originalValue="Médouneu">Medouneu</normalizedToken>
, 5 Feb. 1968 (fl.),
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N.
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&amp; Villiers 4952
</emphasis>
(P05264604!); inselberg Milobo,
<geoCoordinate degrees="0" direction="north" minutes="56.35" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="0.93916667">0°56.35'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="10" direction="east" minutes="31.31" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="10.521833">10°31.31'E</geoCoordinate>
, 750 m, 8 Jul 2001 (st.),
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(BRLU!, WAG!); ibid.,
<geoCoordinate degrees="0" direction="north" minutes="56.35" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="0.93916667">0°56.35'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="10" direction="east" minutes="30.94" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="10.515667">10°30.94'E</geoCoordinate>
, 760 m, 26 Nov 2001 (fl. buds),
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(BRLU!, WAG!); ibid.,
<geoCoordinate degrees="0" direction="north" minutes="56.29" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="0.9381667">0°56.29'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="10" direction="east" minutes="30.87" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="10.5145">10°30.87'E</geoCoordinate>
, 770 m, 6 Dec 2001 (fl.),
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(BRLU!, WAG!); c. 9 km ESE of
<normalizedToken originalValue="Médouneu">Medouneu</normalizedToken>
, Efot, inselberg Voma,
<geoCoordinate degrees="1" direction="north" minutes="00.92" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="1.0153333">1°00.92'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="10" direction="east" minutes="54.30" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="10.905">10°54.30'E</geoCoordinate>
, 500 m, 24 Dec 2002 (fl.),
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="93">Ngok Banak et al. 1196</emphasis>
(BRLU!, MO!, WAG!); ibid.,
<geoCoordinate degrees="1" direction="north" minutes="00.19" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="1.0031667">1°00.19'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="10" direction="east" minutes="54.08" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="10.901334">10°54.08'E</geoCoordinate>
, 523 m, 26 Dec 2002 (fl. &amp; fr.),
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(BRLU!, WAG!); Mont Mengong, inselberg au pied du village de Nzec 1,
<normalizedToken originalValue="à">a</normalizedToken>
45 km de Mitzic vers Sam,
<geoCoordinate degrees="0" direction="north" minutes="57" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="0.95">0°57'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="11" direction="east" minutes="17" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="11.283334">11°17'E</geoCoordinate>
, 670 m, 6 Jan 2000 (fl),
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="93">Parmentier &amp; Nguema 585</emphasis>
(BRLU!); Mont Fene, inselberg au pied du village
<normalizedToken originalValue="dEfot">d'Efot</normalizedToken>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="1" direction="north" minutes="00" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="1.0">1°00'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="10" direction="east" minutes="54" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="10.9">10°54'E</geoCoordinate>
, 15 Jan 2000 (st.),
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="93">Parmentier &amp; Nguema 650</emphasis>
(BRLU!); Mont Voma, inselberg au pied du village
<normalizedToken originalValue="dEfot">d'Efot</normalizedToken>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="1" direction="north" minutes="00" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="1.0">1°00'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="10" direction="east" minutes="54" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="10.9">10°54'E</geoCoordinate>
, 19 Jan 2000 (fl.),
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="93">Parmentier &amp; Nguema 745</emphasis>
(BRLU!, WAG!); c. 28 km ESE of
<normalizedToken originalValue="Médouneu">Medouneu</normalizedToken>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="0" direction="north" minutes="55" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="0.9166667">0°55'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="11" direction="east" minutes="01" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="11.016666">11°01'E</geoCoordinate>
, 500 m, 3 Feb 1986 (fl.),
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="93">J.M. &amp; B. Reitsma 1796</emphasis>
(WAG!).
<normalizedToken originalValue="PRÍNCIPE">PRINCIPE</normalizedToken>
. Infante D. Henrique, c. 215 m (c. 700 ft), 21 Dec. 1932 (fl.),
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="93">Exell 652</emphasis>
(BR0000017285346); sommet du Pico, 30 Aug 1999 (fl.),
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="93">Joffroy 202</emphasis>
(BRLU!); Pico Mesa, 600 m, 25 Mar. 1998 (fr.),
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="93">Oliveira 546</emphasis>
(BRLU!); Morro Fundao,
<geoCoordinate degrees="1" direction="north" minutes="37" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="1.6166667">1°37'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="7" direction="east" minutes="23" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="7.383333">7°23'E</geoCoordinate>
, 370 m, 8 Oct. 1997 (fr.),
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="93">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Stévart">Stevart</normalizedToken>
&amp; Oliveira 259
</emphasis>
(BRLU!).
<normalizedToken originalValue="Príncipe">Principe</normalizedToken>
Island, summit of the Pico de
<normalizedToken originalValue="Príncipe">Principe</normalizedToken>
, submontane forest with many epiphytes on a ridge,
<geoCoordinate degrees="01" direction="north" minutes="34" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="48" value="1.5799999">01°34'48&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="007" direction="east" minutes="23" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="01" value="7.383611">007°23'01&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, 945 m, 16 Feb. 2018 (fl. &amp; fr.),
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="93">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Stévart">Stevart</normalizedToken>
&amp; Oliveira 5136
</emphasis>
(BRLU!, MO!).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="93">Distribution and habitat.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="93">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Veranso-Libalah &amp; G. Kadereit" authorityYear="2019" baseAuthorityName="Veranso-Libalah &amp; G. Kadereit" baseAuthorityYear="2019" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Nothodissotis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Nothodissotis barteri" order="Myrtales" pageId="4" pageNumber="93" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="barteri">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="93">Nothodissotis barteri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is sparsely distributed in Cameroon (Ebo forest), south-eastern Equatorial Guinea (near Nsork), northern Gabon, and
<normalizedToken originalValue="Príncipe">Principe</normalizedToken>
Island (Fig.
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). It occurs exclusively on rock outcrops at 370-1000 m elevation, mainly in low shrubby vegetation near the edge of the rocks (&quot;manteau arbustif&quot;) where it is locally dominant, and sometimes also as isolated plants in rocky grassland dominated by
<taxonomicName authorityName="J. Raynal" authorityYear="1963" baseAuthorityName="Boeckeler" class="Monocotyledoneae" family="Cyperaceae" genus="Afrotrilepis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Afrotrilepis pilosa" order="Cyperales" pageId="4" pageNumber="93" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="pilosa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="93">Afrotrilepis pilosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Boeck.) J.Raynal (
<taxonomicName authorityName="J.Raynal" authorityYear="1963" baseAuthorityName="Gilly" class="Monocotyledoneae" family="Cyperaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Cyperales" pageId="4" pageNumber="93" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="family">Cyperaceae</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="93">Phenology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="93">
Flowering recorded mainly from
<normalizedToken originalValue="NovemberFebruary">November-February</normalizedToken>
, once in August; fruits in March,
<normalizedToken originalValue="MayJune">May-June</normalizedToken>
, August, October and December.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="94" pageId="4" pageNumber="93" type="conservation status">
<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="93">Conservation status.</paragraph>
<paragraph lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="94" pageId="4" pageNumber="93">
Vulnerable [VU B2ab(iii)]. The EOO of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Veranso-Libalah &amp; G. Kadereit" authorityYear="2019" baseAuthorityName="Veranso-Libalah &amp; G. Kadereit" baseAuthorityYear="2019" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Nothodissotis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Nothodissotis barteri" order="Myrtales" pageId="4" pageNumber="93" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="barteri">
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is estimated to be 82,625 km2 (above the upper limit for Vulnerable status under sub-criterion B1) and its AOO to be 48 km2 (within the limit for Endangered under sub-criterion B2). The species is sparsely distributed in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, northern Gabon and
<normalizedToken originalValue="Príncipe">Principe</normalizedToken>
island, and is restricted to rocky outcrops where it occurs in low shrubby vegetation or grassland. It is known from 21 collections representing eleven subpopulations, most of which (except three on
<normalizedToken originalValue="Príncipe">Principe</normalizedToken>
island) lie outside protected areas. In most of its range, bushfires and agriculture (mostly pineapple plantations) represent the main threats to its habitat; planned tourism development in
<normalizedToken originalValue="Príncipe">Principe</normalizedToken>
is another threat. A decline in habitat extent and quality is therefore expected. The eleven subpopulations represent a total of ten locations (sensu
<bibRefCitation author="IUCN" journalOrPublisher="2. L. Reeve, London" pageId="10" pageNumber="99" refId="B6" refString="IUCN, 2012. IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Version 3.1 (2nd edn). IUCN Species Survival Commission, Gland &amp; Cambridge." title="IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Version 3.1 (2 nd edn). IUCN Species Survival Commission, Gland &amp; Cambridge." year="2012">IUCN 2012</bibRefCitation>
), fall
<pageBreakToken pageId="5" pageNumber="94" start="start">ing</pageBreakToken>
within the limit for Vulnerable status, and the species is therefore assessed as Vulnerable under these conditions B2ab(iii).
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="94">Notes.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="94">
This species, originally described from
<normalizedToken originalValue="Príncipe">Principe</normalizedToken>
Island (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.42" author="Hooker, JD" editor="Oliver, D" journalOrPublisher="2. L. Reeve, London" pageId="10" pageNumber="99" pagination="439 - 464" refId="B5" refString="Hooker, JD, 1871. Melastomaceae. In: Oliver, D, Ed., Flora of tropical Africa, vol. 2. L. Reeve, London: 439 - 464, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.42" title="Melastomaceae." url="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.42" volumeTitle="Flora of tropical Africa, vol." year="1871">Hooker 1871</bibRefCitation>
), has since been reported from Gabon (
<bibRefCitation author="Jacques-Felix, H" journalOrPublisher="2. L. Reeve, London" pageId="10" pageNumber="99" refId="B9" refString="Jacques-Felix, H, 1983b. 25. Melastomatacees. In: Leroy JF (Ed.) Flore du Gabon. Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris." title="25. Melastomatacees. In: Leroy JF (Ed.) Flore du Gabon. Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris." year="1983 b">
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1983b
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) and Equatorial Guinea (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.2002.v60.i2.95" author="Parmentier, I" journalOrPublisher="Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid" pageId="11" pageNumber="100" pagination="331 - 346" refId="B13" refString="Parmentier, I, Geerinck, D, 2003. Checklist of the Melastomataceae of Equatorial Guinea. Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid 60 (2): 331 - 346, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.2002.v60.i2.95" title="Checklist of the Melastomataceae of Equatorial Guinea." url="https://doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.2002.v60.i2.95" volume="60" year="2003">Parmentier and Geerinck 2003</bibRefCitation>
). The collections cited above from Cameroon are the first for the country and represent an important range extension northwards.
</paragraph>
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The seeds of this species have not been described previously (e.g.
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). They are cochleate, c. 0.5
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0.35 mm, and bear rounded tubercles arranged in parallel rows (Fig.
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2
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).
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="94">Two specimens, probably from the same field collection by Barter in 1859, are housed in K, with neither of them designated as the holo- or isotype. For this reason, we designate the specimen K000313101 as the lectotype and K000313102 as the isolectotype.</paragraph>
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