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5.
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differs from all other
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by the combination of a creeping habit, long, ginger-colored trichomes on the margins of the canaliculate pseudopetiole, and the short inflorescences barely emerging from the leaf litter, hidden under the leaves and among the roots
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, stems on or partially hidden in the litter, erect portion ±
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tall, subpopulations forming patches completely covering the ground; stems
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in diam., purple, bearing abundant roots growing through the sheath base, covered with yellow root hairs and forming a cuff surrounding the stem.
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alternate, spirally arranged along the shoot, a few aggregated at the apex; sheath ±
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long, open for half its length, purple, barely or not swollen at base; pseudopetiole short,
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, canaliculate, green or brown to purple, bearing long ginger-colored trichomes at the margins; lamina narrowly obovate to obovate-elliptic, 713 ×
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, margins entire with small appressed ginger-colored trichomes, these becoming longer and stiff towards lamina base; upper surface bright green, shiny, lower surface lighter green, dull.
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strictly axillary, hidden under the stems and leaves or in the litter among the roots, or barely emerging, ±
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long, simple, peduncle short, with 1 basal bract, widely ovate, with long indument at the apex, the peduncle bearing ± 3 similar pseudowhorled bracts along with several more linear bracts, indument of equal density, with ± 5 terminal flowers borne in 1 or 2 cincinni.
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male and bisexual, ±
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in diam., white in bud and at anthesis, pedicel
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long, becoming spirally contorted after flowering and turning purplish, woolly pubescent and also with a few stiff trichomes, perianth reflexed after anthesis, then closing again.
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sub-equal, oblong, 6 ×
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, petaloid, the upper one slightly shorter and more robust, white to greenish white, pinkish at the apex of the abaxial surface, with a few wrinkled trichomes.
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similar to sepals, 6 × 2(2.5) mm, but glabrous and totally white.
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3, filaments with long, white, spreading trichomes, antherodes lacking.
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3, unequal, clearly erect, filaments white, the two upper ones with a filament
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long, glabrous, anthers oblong, curved, 1.5 ×
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, sub-basifixed, yellow; the lower stamen more robust, filament
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long, glabrous, anthers 2 ×
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, pollen sacs curved, yellow, reniform, dorsifixed.
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bottle-shaped to ellipsoid, 1.5 ×
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, glabrous, white, stigma truncate.
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FFC7FE06FF37CDD4" box="[113,177,408,431]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">Fruits</emphasis>
ovoid, slightly oblique berries, red, weakly triangular in cross section, 2 2.5( 2.7) ×
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, with a few stiff apical trichomes, pedicel spiraled.
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FE21FE49FE4DCD94" box="[407,459,471,495]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">Seeds</emphasis>
ellipsoid, 4 ×
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, covered by a thin, pale brown, transparent arilloid skin, testa beneath smooth with 2030 very faint grooves, embryotega depressed, round, light gray, hilum wart-like, situated in a depression.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="99472116FFBFFF93FFC7F8B0FC8BCBDC" blockId="21.[113,1351,1838,1959]" pageId="21" pageNumber="190">
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBFFF93FFC7F8B0FF38CB3A" bold="true" box="[113,190,1838,1857]" pageId="21" pageNumber="190">Fig. 10. </emphasis>
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<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBFFF93FF75F8B0FEE5CB3A" box="[195,355,1838,1857]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="190">Palisota leewhitei</emphasis>
Burg, O. Lachenaud &amp; E. Bidault.
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBFFF93FD22F8B0FD23CB3A" bold="true" box="[660,677,1838,1857]" pageId="21" pageNumber="190">A.</emphasis>
Habit
</taxonomicName>
;
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBFFF93FD53F8B0FD70CB3A" bold="true" box="[741,758,1838,1857]" pageId="21" pageNumber="190">B.</emphasis>
Axillary root;
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBFFF93FCC7F8B0FC05CB3A" bold="true" box="[881,899,1838,1857]" pageId="21" pageNumber="190">C.</emphasis>
Portion of stem with inflorescence, axillary roots, pseudopetiole;
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBFFF93FF48F8D6FE97CB20" bold="true" box="[254,273,1864,1883]" pageId="21" pageNumber="190">D.</emphasis>
Male flower;
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBFFF93FE3CF8D6FE1CCB20" bold="true" box="[394,410,1864,1883]" pageId="21" pageNumber="190">E.</emphasis>
Sepal, interior view;
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBFFF93FDE0F8D6FDE0CB20" bold="true" box="[598,614,1864,1883]" pageId="21" pageNumber="190">F.</emphasis>
Upper sepal, side view;
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBFFF93FCF4F8D6FCD2CB20" bold="true" box="[834,852,1864,1883]" pageId="21" pageNumber="190">G.</emphasis>
Petal, side view;
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBFFF93FC46F8D6FB85CB20" bold="true" box="[1008,1027,1864,1883]" pageId="21" pageNumber="190">H.</emphasis>
Lower sepal, side view;
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBFFF93FFC7F8FFFFFDCB0F" bold="true" box="[113,123,1889,1908]" pageId="21" pageNumber="190">I.</emphasis>
Ovary and pistil;
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBFFF93FEAFF8FFFEAECB0F" bold="true" box="[281,296,1889,1908]" pageId="21" pageNumber="190">J.</emphasis>
Lower stamen;
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBFFF93FE0FF8FFFE4DCB0F" bold="true" box="[441,459,1889,1908]" pageId="21" pageNumber="190">K.</emphasis>
One upper stamen;
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBFFF93FD32F8FFFD15CB0F" bold="true" box="[644,659,1889,1908]" pageId="21" pageNumber="190">L.</emphasis>
Upper staminode;
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBFFF93FCF6F8FFFCD3CB0F" bold="true" box="[832,853,1889,1908]" pageId="21" pageNumber="190">M.</emphasis>
One lower staminode;
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBFFF93FB90F8FFFBBECB0F" bold="true" box="[1062,1080,1889,1908]" pageId="21" pageNumber="190">N.</emphasis>
Staminodial hair;
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBFFF93FFC7F8E4FF02CBF6" bold="true" box="[113,132,1914,1933]" pageId="21" pageNumber="190">O.</emphasis>
Ovary hair;
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBFFF93FF46F8E4FE86CBF6" bold="true" box="[240,256,1914,1933]" pageId="21" pageNumber="190">P.</emphasis>
Fruit, side and dorsal views. [
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBFFF93FFC1F80AFF24CBDC" bold="true" box="[119,162,1939,1959]" pageId="21" pageNumber="190">AO:</emphasis>
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBFFF93FF11F80AFECFCBDC" box="[167,329,1940,1959]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="190">Maas et al. 10079</emphasis>
;
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBFFF93FEE2F80AFEE3CBDC" bold="true" box="[340,357,1940,1959]" pageId="21" pageNumber="190">P:</emphasis>
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBFFF93FEDCF80AFDB2CBDC" box="[362,564,1940,1959]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="190">Lachenaud et al. 1165</emphasis>
] [Drawings: H. de Vries]
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="99472116FFBCFF90FF3EF8D6FB4BCBF6" blockId="22.[136,1442,1863,1959]" pageId="22" pageNumber="191">
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBCFF90FF3EF8D6FF52CB20" bold="true" box="[136,212,1864,1883]" pageId="22" pageNumber="191">Fig. 11. </emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="5EF85A95FFBCFF90FF6CF8D6FD26CB20" authority="Burg, O. Lachenaud &amp; E. Bidault" authorityName="Burg, O. Lachenaud &amp; E. Bidault" box="[218,672,1864,1883]" class="Liliopsida" family="Commelinaceae" genus="Palisota" kingdom="Plantae" order="Commelinales" pageId="22" pageNumber="191" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="leewhitei">
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBCFF90FF6CF8D6FEFCCB20" box="[218,378,1864,1883]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="191">Palisota leewhitei</emphasis>
Burg, O. Lachenaud &amp; E. Bidault
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBCFF90FD1DF8D6FD49CB20" bold="true" box="[683,719,1863,1883]" pageId="22" pageNumber="191">AC</emphasis>
) and
<taxonomicName id="5EF85A95FFBCFF90FCB4F8D6FC73CB20" authority="E. Bidault &amp; Burg" authorityName="E. Bidault &amp; Burg" box="[770,1013,1864,1883]" class="Liliopsida" family="Commelinaceae" genus="Palisota" kingdom="Plantae" order="Commelinales" pageId="22" pageNumber="191" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="plicata">
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBCFF90FCB4F8D6FCD0CB20" box="[770,854,1864,1883]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="191">P. plicata</emphasis>
E. Bidault &amp; Burg
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBCFF90FC49F8D6FBA3CB20" bold="true" box="[1023,1061,1863,1883]" pageId="22" pageNumber="191">DG</emphasis>
).
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBCFF90FB82F8D6FBC0CB20" bold="true" box="[1076,1094,1864,1883]" pageId="22" pageNumber="191">A.</emphasis>
Living plants in habitat;
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBCFF90FF3EF8FFFF1FCB0F" bold="true" box="[136,153,1889,1908]" pageId="22" pageNumber="191">B.</emphasis>
Inflorescence showing capillary roots, open and closed flowers;
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBCFF90FD50F8FFFD7ECB0F" bold="true" box="[742,760,1889,1908]" pageId="22" pageNumber="191">C.</emphasis>
Mature fruit;
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBCFF90FCC5F8FFFC03CB0F" bold="true" box="[883,901,1889,1908]" pageId="22" pageNumber="191">D.</emphasis>
Living plants in habitat;
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBCFF90FBD5F8FFFBF5CB0F" bold="true" box="[1123,1139,1889,1908]" pageId="22" pageNumber="191">E.</emphasis>
Inflorescence with open flowers;
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBCFF90FF3EF8E4FF1ECBF6" bold="true" box="[136,152,1914,1933]" pageId="22" pageNumber="191">F.</emphasis>
Detail of an open flower;
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBCFF90FE37F8E4FE15CBF6" bold="true" box="[385,403,1914,1933]" pageId="22" pageNumber="191">G.</emphasis>
Mature fruit. [
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBCFF90FDA2F8E4FDBACBF6" bold="true" box="[532,572,1914,1933]" pageId="22" pageNumber="191">A, C:</emphasis>
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBCFF90FDF6F8E4FC8DCBF6" box="[576,779,1914,1933]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="191">Lachenaud et al. 1165</emphasis>
;
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBCFF90FCA3F8E4FCB9CBF6" bold="true" box="[789,831,1914,1933]" pageId="22" pageNumber="191">DE:</emphasis>
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBCFF90FCF2F8E4FC6FCBF6" box="[836,1001,1914,1933]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="191">Bidault et al. 3561</emphasis>
;
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBCFF90FC42F8E4FB9BCBF6" bold="true" box="[1012,1053,1914,1933]" pageId="22" pageNumber="191">FG:</emphasis>
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBCFF90FB97F8E4FB40CBF6" box="[1057,1222,1914,1933]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="191">Bidault et al. 3576</emphasis>
]
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="99472116FFBCFF90FF3EF80AFD60CBDC" blockId="22.[136,1442,1863,1959]" box="[136,742,1939,1959]" pageId="22" pageNumber="191">
[Photos:
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBCFF90FF6FF80AFE87CBDC" bold="true" box="[217,257,1940,1959]" pageId="22" pageNumber="191">A, C:</emphasis>
O. Lachenaud;
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBCFF90FE3BF80AFE18CBDC" bold="true" box="[397,414,1940,1959]" pageId="22" pageNumber="191">B:</emphasis>
J.-P. Vande Weghe;
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBCFF90FDECF80AFD03CBDC" bold="true" box="[602,645,1939,1959]" pageId="22" pageNumber="191">DG:</emphasis>
E. Bidault]
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="D1E2729DFFBDFF91FF20FDE9FF54CF15" pageId="23" pageNumber="192" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="99472116FFBDFF91FF20FDE9FF54CF15" blockId="23.[113,763,631,879]" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FF20FDE9FE84CEF4" box="[150,258,631,655]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">Etymology</emphasis>
. This species is named after Prof. Lee White, former Executive Secretary of the
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FE51FD09FF67CEB4" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux</emphasis>
(ANPN), the Gabonese National Parks Agency, and now Minister of Forest, Sea, and the Environment, in recognition of his work towards the protection of biodiversity in the Mondah forest and in
<collectingCountry id="E1EF6186FFBDFF91FE19FC89FE7CCF54" box="[431,506,791,815]" name="Gabon" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">Gabon</collectingCountry>
in general. Prof. White was also one of the first person to collect material of
<taxonomicName id="5EF85A95FFBDFF91FD1CFCA9FF4DCF14" class="Liliopsida" family="Commelinaceae" genus="Palisota" kingdom="Plantae" order="Commelinales" pageId="23" pageNumber="192" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="leewhitei">
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FD1CFCA9FF4DCF14" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">Palisota leewhitei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="99472116FFBDFF91FC97FCA1FBC3CFE5" blockId="23.[801,1435,831,926]" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FC97FCA1FCE8CF29" bold="true" box="[801,878,831,850]" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">Fig. 12. </emphasis>
Distribution of
<taxonomicName id="5EF85A95FFBDFF91FC4DFCA1FB51CF29" authority="Brenan" authorityName="Brenan. The" authorityYear="2019" box="[1019,1239,831,850]" class="Liliopsida" family="Commelinaceae" genus="Palisota" kingdom="Plantae" order="Commelinales" pageId="23" pageNumber="192" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="satabiei">
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FC4DFCA1FB17CF29" box="[1019,1169,831,850]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">Palisota satabiei</emphasis>
Brenan
</taxonomicName>
(squares),
<taxonomicName id="5EF85A95FFBDFF91FC97FCC6FB1CCF10" authority="Burg, O. Lachenaud &amp; Bidault" authorityName="Burg, O. Lachenaud &amp; Bidault" box="[801,1178,856,875]" class="Liliopsida" family="Commelinaceae" genus="Palisota" kingdom="Plantae" order="Commelinales" pageId="23" pageNumber="192" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="leewhitei">
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FC97FCC6FC0CCF10" box="[801,906,856,875]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">P. leewhitei</emphasis>
Burg, O. Lachenaud &amp; Bidault
</taxonomicName>
(stars), and
<taxonomicName id="5EF85A95FFBDFF91FABCFCC6FC0DCFFE" authority="Burg &amp; E. Bidault" authorityName="Burg &amp; E. Bidault" class="Liliopsida" family="Commelinaceae" genus="Palisota" kingdom="Plantae" order="Commelinales" pageId="23" pageNumber="192" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="stevartii">
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FABCFCC6FAEDCF10" box="[1290,1387,856,875]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">P. stevartii</emphasis>
Burg &amp; E. Bidault
</taxonomicName>
(triangles). Elevation is represented in levels of grey, and protected areas as shaded.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="D1E2729DFFBDFF91FF20FC09FDA4C834" pageId="23" pageNumber="192" type="multiple">
<paragraph id="99472116FFBDFF91FF20FC09FDA4C834" blockId="23.[113,763,919,1103]" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FF20FC09FDE2CFD4" box="[150,612,919,943]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">
Distribution and ecology.
<taxonomicName id="5EF85A95FFBDFF91FE04FC09FDE2CFD4" box="[434,612,919,943]" class="Liliopsida" family="Commelinaceae" genus="Palisota" kingdom="Plantae" order="Commelinales" pageId="23" pageNumber="192" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="leewhitei">Palisota leewhitei</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
is endemic to
<collectingCountry id="E1EF6186FFBDFF91FFC7FC29FF3BCFB4" box="[113,189,951,975]" name="Gabon" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">Gabon</collectingCountry>
and is known only from the Mondah forest, a protected area a few kilometers northwest of Libreville, where it is locally abundant (
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). This species has been recorded in low elevation (
<quantity id="5E008CF3FFBDFF91FEB1FB89FEEAC854" box="[263,364,1047,1071]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.1" metricValueMax="2.0" metricValueMin="0.2" pageId="23" pageNumber="192" unit="m" value="11.0" valueMax="20.0" valueMin="2.0">2 to 20 m</quantity>
)
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FECCFB86FE67C854" box="[378,481,1047,1071]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">terra firme</emphasis>
hyper-humid forest, where it forms dense, ground-covering patches.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D1E2729DFFBDFF91FF20FBE9FE89CAD4" pageId="23" pageNumber="192" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="99472116FFBDFF91FF20FBE9FE89CAD4" blockId="23.[113,764,1143,1711]" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FF20FBE9FEE4C8F4" box="[150,354,1143,1167]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">Conservation status.</emphasis>
The EOO cannot be calculated since this species is known from a single sub-population, and the AOO is estimated at
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², below the threshold for “Critically Endangered” status under Criterion B2.
<taxonomicName id="5EF85A95FFBDFF91FD9BFB49FD65C894" box="[557,739,1239,1263]" class="Liliopsida" family="Commelinaceae" genus="Palisota" kingdom="Plantae" order="Commelinales" pageId="23" pageNumber="192" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="leewhitei">
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FD9BFB49FD65C894" box="[557,739,1239,1263]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">Palisota leewhitei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is known from 6 collections, all made between 1992 and
<quantity id="5E008CF3FFBDFF91FD7EFB69FF01C954" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.125719999999999" pageId="23" pageNumber="192" unit="in" value="2018.0">2018 in</quantity>
the Mondah Forest Reserve, which represent a single sub-population. The most recent collection dates from 2018, confirming that the sub-population has not been extirpated. Although it is located within a protected area, with on-site documentation to inform the public of its narrow-endemic status,
<taxonomicName id="5EF85A95FFBDFF91FF0CFA26FEA8C9B4" box="[186,302,1463,1487]" class="Liliopsida" family="Commelinaceae" genus="Palisota" kingdom="Plantae" order="Commelinales" pageId="23" pageNumber="192" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="leewhitei">
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FF0CFA26FEA8C9B4" box="[186,302,1463,1487]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">P. leewhitei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is subjected to the effects of human activities and may be impacted by stochastic events within a very short time period, such as illegal land clearing or logging in the Mondah forest, that could rapidly result in a change of status to Critically Endangered or could even render it Extinct.
<taxonomicName id="5EF85A95FFBDFF91FFC7F9C9FEA7CA14" box="[113,289,1623,1647]" class="Liliopsida" family="Commelinaceae" genus="Palisota" kingdom="Plantae" order="Commelinales" pageId="23" pageNumber="192" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="leewhitei">
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FFC7F9C9FEA7CA14" box="[113,289,1623,1647]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">Palisota leewhitei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
therefore qualifies as “Vulnerable” [VU D2] according to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D1E2729DFFBDFF91FF20F946FB9DCA81" pageId="23" pageNumber="192" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="99472116FFBDFF91FF20F946FB9DCA81" blockId="23.[113,763,1751,1935]" lastBlockId="23.[801,1452,961,1786]" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FF20F946FE30CA94" box="[150,438,1751,1775]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">
Notes.
<taxonomicName id="5EF85A95FFBDFF91FF41F949FE30CA94" box="[247,438,1751,1775]" class="Liliopsida" family="Commelinaceae" genus="Palisota" kingdom="Plantae" order="Commelinales" pageId="23" pageNumber="192" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="leewhitei">Palisota leewhitei</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
resembles other member of the genus bearing short, erect inflorescences and exhibiting the same habit, such as
<taxonomicName id="5EF85A95FFBDFF91FEC9F886FD8CCB54" box="[383,522,1815,1839]" class="Liliopsida" family="Commelinaceae" genus="Palisota" kingdom="Plantae" order="Commelinales" pageId="23" pageNumber="192" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cristalensis">
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FEC9F886FD8CCB54" box="[383,522,1815,1839]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">P. cristalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FDF2F886FD23CB54" box="[580,677,1815,1839]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">P. plicata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. It can, however, be distinguished from this latter by its smaller, not plicate leaves, its purple petiole with erect stiff trichomes, and its shorter inflorescences. Though we have not been able to examine the sterile collection
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FBE8FC5CFB76CFA2" box="[1118,1264,961,986]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">Aké Assi 16101</emphasis>
cited by
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as belonging to
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<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FBAAFC7CFB02CF81" box="[1052,1156,994,1018]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">P. satabiei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, we suspect it could represent
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<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FCE3FB9CFC4AC861" box="[853,972,1026,1050]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">P. leewhitei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on the description of the pubescence provided by Brenan (long rusty trichomes on the petiole, lamina glabrous except for an appressed pubescence on the margins) and the fact that it was collected in the Mondah forest, in which case it would be the first collection of this species.
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<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FCCEFB3CFBACC8C1" box="[888,1066,1186,1210]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">Palisota leewhitei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was recognized to be a new species by the late C. Wilks, who pointed it out to Prof. White, long before we began studying
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<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FB80FB7CFB00C881" box="[1078,1158,1250,1274]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">Palisota</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. M.E. Leal, who previously worked for the Missouri Botanical Garden in
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, collected material of
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<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FC29FABCFB92C941" box="[927,1044,1314,1338]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">P. leewhitei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, duplicates of which were sent to the Smithsonian Institution, where R. Faden confirmed that it was a taxonomic novelty, although he never formally published it. The species was subsequently collected and photographed multiple times by several botanists and naturalists who visited the Mondah forest, including by Prof. White, who encouraged several researchers working in
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at the time (including M. Leal, G. McPherson, T. Stévart and G. Walters) to describe it. Finally, O. Lachenaud collected material in 2011 that has been designated as the
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, and drew to the attention of the authors the fact that it was a taxonomic novelty. The Mondah
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<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FC97F91CFCF4CAE1" box="[801,882,1666,1690]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">Palisota</emphasis>
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has been depicted in several books (
<bibRefCitation id="FD695CE7FFBDFF91FB49F91CFCDECAC2" author="VANDE WEGHE, J. P." journalOrPublisher="Wildlife Conservation Society, Libreville, Gabon" pageId="23" pageNumber="192" refId="ref26076" refString="VANDE WEGHE, J. P. (2005). Les parcs nationaux du Gabon. Akanda et Pongara: plages et mangroves. Wildlife Conservation Society, Libreville, Gabon." title="Les parcs nationaux du Gabon. Akanda et Pongara: plages et mangroves" type="book" year="2005">VANDE WEGHE, 2005</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="FD695CE7FFBDFF91FCD4F93CFB06CAC2" author="VANDE WEGHE, J. P. &amp; E. BIDAULT &amp; T. STEVART" box="[866,1152,1697,1722]" journalOrPublisher="Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux, Libreville, Gabon" pageId="23" pageNumber="192" refId="ref26076" refString="VANDE WEGHE, J. P., E. BIDAULT &amp; T. STEVART (2016). Les plantes a fleurs du Gabon. Une introduction a la flore des angiospermes. Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux, Libreville, Gabon." title="Les plantes a fleurs du Gabon. Une introduction a la flore des angiospermes" type="book" year="2016">VANDE WEGHE et al., 2016</bibRefCitation>
) as an example of the many narrowly endemic species restricted to the Libreville peninsula (
<bibRefCitation id="FD695CE7FFBDFF91FC9DF97CFB8DCA82" author="WALTERS, G. &amp; E. C. NGAGNIA NDJABOUNDA &amp; D. U. IKABANGA &amp; J. - P. BITEAU &amp; O. HYMAS &amp; L. J. T. WHITE &amp; A. - M. NDONG OBIANG &amp; P. NDONG ONDO &amp; K. J. JEFFERY &amp; O. LACHENAUD &amp; T. STEVART" box="[811,1035,1761,1786]" journalOrPublisher="Oryx" pageId="23" pageNumber="192" pagination="419 - 430" part="50" refId="ref26076" refString="WALTERS, G., E. C. NGAGNIA NDJABOUNDA, D. U. IKABANGA, J. - P. BITEAU, O. HYMAS, L. J. T. WHITE, A. - M. NDONG OBIANG, P. NDONG ONDO, K. J. JEFFERY, O. LACHENAUD &amp; T. STEVART (2016). Peri-urban conservation in the Mondah forest of Libre- ville, Gabon: Red List assessments of endemic plant species, and avoiding protected area downsizing. Oryx 50: 419 - 430. DOI: https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0030605315000204" title="Peri-urban conservation in the Mondah forest of Libre- ville, Gabon: Red List assessments of endemic plant species, and avoiding protected area downsizing" type="journal article" year="2016">WALTERS et al., 2016</bibRefCitation>
).
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.
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.
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:
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,
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,
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,
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, fr.,
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<collectorName id="340D44C0FFBDFF91FB72F8A4FA84CB36" box="[1220,1282,1850,1869]" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">Breteler</collectorName>
10867
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(
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);
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<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FA31F8A4FCB8CB13" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">ibid. loco</emphasis>
,
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, fr.,
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<collectorName id="340D44C0FFBDFF91FC7FF8CBFB9DCB13" box="[969,1051,1877,1896]" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">Leal et al.</collectorName>
1032
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(
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);
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<materialsCitation id="29902B4BFFBDFF91FB3DF8CBFC18CBF8" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3697313311" collectingDate="2011-11-03" collectionCode="WAG" collectorName="Maas et al" pageId="23" pageNumber="192" specimenCount="1">
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FB3DF8CBFB54CB13" box="[1163,1234,1877,1896]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">ibid. loco</emphasis>
,
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<collectingDate id="FD02FE3EFFBDFF91FB6DF8CBFAABCB13" box="[1243,1325,1877,1896]" pageId="23" pageNumber="192" value="2011-11-03">3.XI.2011</collectingDate>
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, fl.,
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<collectorName id="340D44C0FFBDFF91FAE7F8C8FA2ECB13" box="[1361,1448,1877,1896]" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">Maas et al</collectorName>
. 10079
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(
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);
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<materialsCitation id="29902B4BFFBDFF91FC14F8EEFA84CBF8" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3697313380" box="[930,1282,1904,1923]" collectingDate="2014-11-02" collectionCode="BRLU" collectorName="White" pageId="23" pageNumber="192" specimenCount="1">
<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FC14F8EEFC60CBF8" box="[930,998,1904,1923]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">ibid. loco</emphasis>
,
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<collectingDate id="FD02FE3EFFBDFF91FC58F8EEFBC7CBF8" box="[1006,1089,1904,1923]" pageId="23" pageNumber="192" value="2014-11-02">2.XI.2014</collectingDate>
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, fl.,
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<collectorName id="340D44C0FFBDFF91FBD4F8EEFB14CBF8" box="[1122,1170,1904,1923]" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">White</collectorName>
s.n.
</emphasis>
(
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);
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<emphasis id="AB8CFD04FFBDFF91FAB0F8EEFACCCBF8" box="[1286,1354,1904,1923]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">ibid. loco</emphasis>
,
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</date>
, fl.,
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<collectorName id="340D44C0FFBDFF91FC8DF814FCEACBE6" box="[827,876,1930,1949]" pageId="23" pageNumber="192">White</collectorName>
s.n.
</emphasis>
(
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,
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,
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).
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</paragraph>
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