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<mods:namePart>Johnson, David M.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Murray, Nancy A.</mods:namePart>
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36.
<taxonomicName LSID="886A7CC6-80D1-BC88-3FE3-B1DE53D10851" authority="D. M. Johnson &amp; N. A. Murray" authorityName="D. M. Johnson &amp; N. A. Murray" authorityYear="2018" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Annonaceae" genus="Xylopia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Xylopia monticola" order="Magnoliales" pageId="153" pageNumber="154" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="monticola" status="sp. nov.">Xylopia monticola D. M. Johnson &amp; N. A. Murray</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 39" captionStartId="F39" captionText="Figure 39. Xylopia thomsonii, X. monticola, X. talbotii, and X. dinklagei. A-C X. thomsonii A Fruit B Leaf C Flower D-E X. monticola D Flower E Leaf and fruit F X. talbotii, flower, side view G-I X. dinklagei G Leaf H Flower I Fruit. A from de Wilde &amp; de Wilde-Duyfjes 2703 (K) B, C from Talbot &amp; Talbot 3267 (BM) D from Chapman 3755 (K) E from Thomas et al. 7400 (MO) F from Thomas 3204 (MO) G, H from Dinklage 1840 (A) I from Baldwin 10805 (K)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.97.20975.figure39" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/199124" pageId="153" pageNumber="154">Fig. 39D-E</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="153" pageNumber="154">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="153" pageNumber="154">
Species resembling
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="154">Xylopia acutiflora</emphasis>
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s. s. and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="154">X. thomsonii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in its indument of mixed long and short hairs, and 1-flowered inflorescences with the short pedicels bearing 3 or more persistent bracts, but differing from
<taxonomicName family="Annonaceae" genus="X." kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="X. acutiflora" order="Magnoliales" pageId="153" pageNumber="154" rank="species" species="acutiflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="154">X. acutiflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the prominent abaxial leaf reticulum, the longer pedicels (5.2-8.1 mm), the outer petals (15.6-) 36-52 mm long, and the monocarps with wrinkled stipes 8-13 mm long and 3-5 seeds in a single row; from
<taxonomicName family="Annonaceae" genus="X." kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="X. thomsonii" order="Magnoliales" pageId="153" pageNumber="154" rank="species" species="thomsonii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="154">X. thomsonii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
it differs in the erect tree habit and the monocarps not exceeding 4 cm in length with proportionately longer stipes.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="153" pageNumber="154">
<typeStatus>Type</typeStatus>
.
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<paragraph pageId="153" pageNumber="154">
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1975-02-28" collectorName="N. E. State, J. D. Chapman" country="NIGERIA" county="State" elevation="1676" location="Kurmin Kugapa" municipality="Sardauna Province" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Taraba" typeStatus="holotype">
<collectingCountry name="Nigeria">NIGERIA</collectingCountry>
.
<collectingRegion country="Nigeria" name="Taraba">Taraba</collectingRegion>
[&quot;
<collectorName>N. E. State</collectorName>
&quot;]
<collectingCounty>State</collectingCounty>
,
<collectingMunicipality>Sardauna Province</collectingMunicipality>
,
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, below
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below the western edge of
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[&quot;Chappal Waddi&quot;], ca.
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,
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,
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<collectorName>J. D. Chapman</collectorName>
3755
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(
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: K!)
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.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="154" lastPageNumber="155" pageId="153" pageNumber="154" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="153" pageNumber="154">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph lastPageId="154" lastPageNumber="155" pageId="153" pageNumber="154">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="154">Tree</emphasis>
up to 10 m (-20 m) tall.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="154">Twigs</emphasis>
brown, pubescent, the hairs 0.1-1.2 mm long, eventually light grayish brown, glabrate; no nodes with two axillary branches seen.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="154">Leaf</emphasis>
with larger blades 7.8-10.9 cm long, 2.7-5.1 cm wide, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, concolorous, lanceolate, lanceolate-oblong, elliptic to oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, apex blunt-acuminate, the acumen 4.5-16 mm long, base broadly cuneate to nearly rounded, pubescent on the midrib but otherwise glabrous adaxially, sparsely pubescent to glabrate abaxially; midrib plane adaxially, raised abaxially, secondary veins somewhat arcuate, weakly brochidodromous, 7-13 per side, diverging at 65-70° from the midrib, plane to slightly raised adaxially, raised abaxially, higher-order veins plane or slightly raised and distinct in patches adaxially, raised and reticulate abaxially; petiole 3.5-9 mm long, shallowly canaliculate, sometimes slightly flattened, sparsely pubescent to pubescent.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="154">Inflorescences</emphasis>
axillary, 1-flowered, pubescent; pedicels 5.2-8.1 mm long, 1-1.3 mm thick; bracts 3-4, evenly spaced along pedicel, persistent, 2-3.1 mm long, ovate but sometimes bifid when torn down the middle, apex acute; buds linear, slightly falciform, apex acute.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="154">Sepals</emphasis>
slightly spreading at anthesis, connate at base, 2.7-3.5 mm long, 2.9-3.1 mm wide, coriaceous, triangular to ovate, apex acute, pubescent abaxially.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="154">Petals</emphasis>
creamy white
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="154">in vivo</emphasis>
; outer petals spreading, (15.6-) 36-52 mm long, 2.7-3.6 mm wide at base, 1.6-1.7 mm wide at midpoint, coriaceous, linear, weakly longitudinally ridged abaxially, apex acute, pubescent adaxially, sericeous abaxially; inner petals erect to spreading, (15.5-) 29-37 mm long, 2.0-2.6 mm wide at base, 0.7-0.8 mm wide at midpoint, coriaceous, filiform, apex obtuse, base with undifferentiated margin, with weak longitudinal ridges on both surfaces, pubescent on both surfaces except for glabrous base.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="154">Stamens</emphasis>
160-200; fertile stamens 1.8-2.2 mm long, narrowly oblong, apex of connective 0.2-0.3 mm long, shieldlike, overhanging the anther thecae, glabrous, anthers 10-12-locellate, filament ca. 0.6 mm long; outer staminodes 1.5-1.9 mm long, clavate, apex truncate or sometimes emarginate; inner staminodes 0.7-0.9 mm long, broadly clavate or oblong, apex truncate; staminal cone 1.7-1.9 mm in diameter, 1.3-1.5 mm high, completely concealing the ovaries, rim laciniate.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="154">Carpels</emphasis>
7-8; ovaries 1.2-1.3 mm long, lanceolate or narrowly oblong, densely pubescent, stigmas loosely connivent, 2-3.4 mm long, linear, glabrous except for a tuft of hairs at the apex.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="154">Torus</emphasis>
flat, 1.7-2.4 mm in diameter.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="154">Fruit</emphasis>
of up to 5 glabrate monocarps borne on a pedicel 6-8.7 mm long, 1.5-2.8 mm thick, sparsely pubescent, sometimes with bracts or sepals persistent; torus 3.1-5 mm in diameter, 1.5-2.9 mm high, depressed-globose.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="154">Monocarps</emphasis>
with a green exterior and red endocarp
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="154">in vivo</emphasis>
, 3.4-4.0 cm long, 0.9-1.0 cm wide, 0.6-0.7 cm thick, narrowly
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and slightly falciform, torulose, apex obtuse, occasionally with an offset beak 0.5-2 mm long, base contracted into a stipe 8-13 mm long, 2.1-2.6 mm thick, longitudinally wrinkled with furrows extending down stipes, verrucose; pericarp 0.2-0.4 mm thick.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">Seeds</emphasis>
up to 5 per monocarp, in a single row, lying oblique to long axis, 11-13.1 mm long, 6.4-6.5 mm wide, 5.8-6.2 mm thick, oblong, broadly elliptic to circular in cross-section, truncate at micropylar end but with endostome protruding, rounded at chalazal end, tan, smooth, faintly shiny, raphe/antiraphe visible only as a faintly raised ridge, micropylar scar 2.1-3.2 mm long, 1.8-3.3 mm wide, irregularly circular; sarcotesta glaucous
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">in vivo</emphasis>
; aril absent.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="154" pageNumber="155" type="phenology">
<paragraph pageId="154" pageNumber="155">Phenology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="154" pageNumber="155">Specimens with flowers have been collected in February and March, and with fruits in February, March, and May.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="154" pageNumber="155" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="154" pageNumber="155">Distribution</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="154" pageNumber="155">
(Fig.
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). Easternmost Nigeria and adjoining Cameroon; gallery forest along streams and in understory of foothill forests: the label of
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">Chapman 2739</emphasis>
lists as associates species of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">Dracaena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">Osmunda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Salicaceae" genus="Salix" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Salix" order="Salicales" pageId="154" pageNumber="155" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">Salix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">Vitex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, as well as
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">Phoenix reclinata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; at elevations of 650-1670 m.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="154" pageNumber="155" type="local name">
<paragraph pageId="154" pageNumber="155">Local name.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="154" pageNumber="155">
Kimba (
<bibRefCitation author="Chapman, JD" journalOrPublisher="Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch" pageId="184" pageNumber="185" refId="B30" refString="Chapman, JD, Chapman, HM, 2001. The forests of Taraba and Adamawa States, Nigeria: an ecological account and plant species checklist. Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch" title="The forests of Taraba and Adamawa States, Nigeria: an ecological account and plant species checklist." year="2001">Chapman and Chapman 2001</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="154" pageNumber="155">Additional specimens examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="154" pageNumber="155">
<materialsCitation accessionNumber="FHI 45180" collectingDate="1972-03-28" collectingDateMax="1978-02-02" collectingDateMin="1972-03-28" collectorName="N. E. State, Mambilla, Chapman, Gongola State, Ngel Nyaki F., Sardauna Division, Sardauna Div., Leinde Fadale, Mayo Sabere, Sardauna, L. G., Akwaizantar" country="NIGERIA" county="Gongola State" elevation="1067" location="Local Govt. area" municipality="Ganye" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Adamawa">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">
<collectingCountry name="Nigeria">NIGERIA</collectingCountry>
.
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<collectingRegion country="Nigeria" name="Adamawa">Adamawa</collectingRegion>
:
<collectingCounty>Gongola State</collectingCounty>
,
<collectingMunicipality>Ganye</collectingMunicipality>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:886A7CC680D1BC883FE3B1DE53D10851:E67CBF0DB579766BA3C28BB332004FCF" country="NIGERIA" county="Gongola State" municipality="Ganye" name="Local Govt. area" stateProvince="Adamawa">Local Govt. area</location>
, well up the western slopes of
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above
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:886A7CC680D1BC883FE3B1DE53D10851:41FB850909152994DBC9BC00A5376A1F" country="NIGERIA" county="Gongola State" municipality="Ganye" name="Jangla" stateProvince="Adamawa">Jangla</location>
,
<collectingDate value="1977-02-24">24 Feb 1977</collectingDate>
(fl),
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:886A7CC680D1BC883FE3B1DE53D10851:8580315569975F42ED81A352AD9BC913" country="NIGERIA" county="Gongola State" municipality="Ganye" name="Chapman" stateProvince="Adamawa">Chapman</location>
4730
</emphasis>
(K).-
<collectingRegion country="Nigeria" name="Taraba">Taraba</collectingRegion>
:
<collectorName>N. E. State</collectorName>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:886A7CC680D1BC883FE3B1DE53D10851:E715C4994987398B664F839514B892C4" country="NIGERIA" county="Gongola State" municipality="Ganye" name="Mambilla" stateProvince="Adamawa">Mambilla</location>
<collectingRegion country="Nigeria" name="Plateau">Plateau</collectingRegion>
, bank of the
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:886A7CC680D1BC883FE3B1DE53D10851:B89957034DD86257E2DE97EDD579B4DB" country="NIGERIA" county="Gongola State" municipality="Ganye" name="Jigawal" stateProvince="Adamawa">Jigawal</location>
stream about
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hours walk downstream from the
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:886A7CC680D1BC883FE3B1DE53D10851:C7AF75FEF9425CC9FC58AF4021A41E79" country="NIGERIA" county="Gongola State" municipality="Ganye" name="Maisamari" stateProvince="Adamawa">Maisamari</location>
plantation,
<collectingDate value="1972-03-28">28 Mar 1972</collectingDate>
(fl),
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:886A7CC680D1BC883FE3B1DE53D10851:FD687CCC45C74683675BB8CBCE2622EC" country="NIGERIA" county="Gongola State" municipality="Ganye" name="Chapman" stateProvince="Adamawa">Chapman</location>
2739 [
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] (K);
<collectorName>N. E. State</collectorName>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:886A7CC680D1BC883FE3B1DE53D10851:29FF44B1C7D299B339A46B900588A044" country="NIGERIA" county="Gongola State" municipality="Ganye" name="Sardauna Province" stateProvince="Adamawa">Sardauna Province</location>
,
<collectorName>Mambilla</collectorName>
<collectingRegion country="Nigeria" name="Plateau">Plateau</collectingRegion>
, SW foothills, ca.
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<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0668" unit="ft" value="3500.0">3500 ft</elevation>
</quantity>
,
<collectingDate value="1975-03-31">31 Mar 1975</collectingDate>
(fl),
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">
<collectorName>Chapman</collectorName>
3786
</emphasis>
(K);
<collectorName>Gongola State</collectorName>
,
<collectorName>Ngel Nyaki F.</collectorName>
/R.,
<collectorName>Mambilla</collectorName>
<collectingRegion country="Nigeria" name="Plateau">Plateau</collectingRegion>
,
<collectorName>Sardauna Division</collectorName>
,
<collectingDate value="1977-02-03">3 Feb 1977</collectingDate>
(fr),
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<collectorName>Chapman</collectorName>
4618
</emphasis>
(K);
<collectorName>Gongola State</collectorName>
,
<collectorName>Sardauna Div.</collectorName>
,
<collectorName>Leinde Fadale</collectorName>
[&quot;Linedi Faadahree&quot;] high up on the
<collectorName>Mambilla</collectorName>
escarpment at the NE corner overlooking
<collectorName>Mayo Sabere</collectorName>
,
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</quantity>
,
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(fr),
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">
<collectorName>Chapman</collectorName>
4671
</emphasis>
(K);
<collectorName>Gongola State</collectorName>
,
<collectorName>Sardauna, L. G.</collectorName>
area, western foothills of
<collectorName>Mambilla</collectorName>
<collectingRegion country="Nigeria" name="Plateau">Plateau</collectingRegion>
,
<collectorName>Akwaizantar</collectorName>
[
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] forest, ca.
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<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0668" unit="ft" value="3500.0">3500 ft</elevation>
</quantity>
,
<collectingDate value="1978-02-02">2 Feb 1978</collectingDate>
(fl),
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">Chapman 5186</emphasis>
(K)
</materialsCitation>
.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">
<collectingCountry name="Cameroon">CAMEROON</collectingCountry>
.
</emphasis>
<collectingCounty>Southwest</collectingCounty>
: savanna with forest galleries near
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,
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SSW of Akwaya
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,
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,
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,
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<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2" unit="m" value="1200.0">1200 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
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(fl, young fr),
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(MO);
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, along footpath from Malishi to Kaluma,
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,
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,
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<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.5" unit="m" value="650.0">650 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
<collectingDate value="1987-05-01">1 May 1987</collectingDate>
(fr),
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">Thomas et al. 7400</emphasis>
(B, K, MO)
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="154" pageNumber="155">
<taxonomicName authorityName="D. M. Johnson &amp; N. A. Murray" authorityYear="2018" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ulmaceae" genus="Xylopia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Xylopia monticola" order="Magnoliales" pageId="154" pageNumber="155" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="monticola">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">Xylopia monticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is another segregate of
<taxonomicName family="Annonaceae" genus="X." kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="X. acutiflora" order="Magnoliales" pageId="154" pageNumber="155" rank="species" species="acutiflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">X. acutiflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
s. l., which may be distinguished by the leaves with a prominent vein reticulum abaxially, relatively long outer petals (up to
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long, exceeded only by
<taxonomicName family="Annonaceae" genus="X." kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="X. mildbraedii" order="Magnoliales" pageId="154" pageNumber="155" rank="species" species="mildbraedii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">X. mildbraedii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName family="Annonaceae" genus="X." kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="X. piratae" order="Magnoliales" pageId="154" pageNumber="155" rank="species" species="piratae">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">X. piratae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the
<taxonomicName family="Annonaceae" genus="X." kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="X. acutiflora" order="Magnoliales" pageId="154" pageNumber="155" rank="species" species="acutiflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">X. acutiflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
subgroup), and relatively small monocarps with proportionally long stipes. Unlike the seeds of
<taxonomicName family="Annonaceae" genus="X." kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="X. acutiflora" order="Magnoliales" pageId="154" pageNumber="155" rank="species" species="acutiflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">X. acutiflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, those of
<taxonomicName family="Annonaceae" genus="X." kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="X. monticola" order="Magnoliales" pageId="154" pageNumber="155" rank="species" species="monticola">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">X. monticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are up to 5 per monocarp and arranged in a single row.
<taxonomicName authorityName="D. M. Johnson &amp; N. A. Murray" authorityYear="2018" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ulmaceae" genus="Xylopia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Xylopia monticola" order="Magnoliales" pageId="154" pageNumber="155" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="monticola">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">Xylopia monticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is most similar to
<taxonomicName family="Annonaceae" genus="X." kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="X. thomsonii" order="Magnoliales" pageId="154" pageNumber="155" rank="species" species="thomsonii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">X. thomsonii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which, in addition to the distinctions above, is a scandent shrub rather than a tree.
</paragraph>
<paragraph lastPageId="155" lastPageNumber="156" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">
<bibRefCitation author="Chapman, JD" journalOrPublisher="Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch" pageId="184" pageNumber="185" refId="B30" refString="Chapman, JD, Chapman, HM, 2001. The forests of Taraba and Adamawa States, Nigeria: an ecological account and plant species checklist. Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch" title="The forests of Taraba and Adamawa States, Nigeria: an ecological account and plant species checklist." year="2001">Chapman and Chapman (2001)</bibRefCitation>
provided habitat details for
<taxonomicName family="Annonaceae" genus="X." kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="X. monticola" order="Magnoliales" pageId="154" pageNumber="155" rank="species" species="monticola">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">X. monticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in eastern
<collectingCountry name="Nigeria">Nigeria</collectingCountry>
, where it was consistently an understory species of lower montane forest. At the Cabbal Wade site, the canopy dominants were
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Newtonia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Newtonia buchananii" order="Fabales" pageId="154" pageNumber="155" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="buchananii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">Newtonia buchananii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Aubrevillea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aubrevillea kerstingii" order="Fabales" pageId="154" pageNumber="155" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="kerstingii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">Aubrevillea kerstingii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Fabaceae" genus="Parkia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Parkia filicoidea" order="Rosales" pageId="154" pageNumber="155" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="filicoidea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">Parkia filicoidea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Annonaceae" genus="Albizia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Albizia" order="Magnoliales" pageId="154" pageNumber="155" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">Albizia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp., and
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Araliaceae" genus="Polyscias" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Polyscias fulva" order="Umbelliflorae" pageId="154" pageNumber="155" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="fulva">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="155">Polyscias fulva</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In the Leinde Bumay forest
<pageBreakToken pageId="155" pageNumber="156" start="start">on</pageBreakToken>
the Tiba
<collectingRegion country="Nigeria" name="Plateau">Plateau</collectingRegion>
,
<taxonomicName genus="A." lsidName="A. kerstingii" pageId="155" pageNumber="156" rank="species" species="kerstingii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="155" pageNumber="156">A. kerstingii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. filicoidea" pageId="155" pageNumber="156" rank="species" species="filicoidea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="155" pageNumber="156">P. filicoidea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were again present as canopy species, and, in addition,
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Crambidae" genus="Symphonia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Symphonia globulifera" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="155" pageNumber="156" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="globulifera">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="155" pageNumber="156">Symphonia globulifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName authorityName="D. M. Johnson &amp; N. A. Murray" authorityYear="2018" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ulmaceae" genus="Xylopia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Xylopia monticola" order="Magnoliales" pageId="155" pageNumber="156" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="monticola">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="155" pageNumber="156">Xylopia monticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was stated to be locally common at several of the Nigerian localities, but the species is not widely distributed: it has an EOO of
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2 and an AOO of
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2 (Table
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Conservation assessment data for 28 African species of Xylopia. Threat status was taken from the IUCN Red List on 3 January 2018. Extent of Occurrence (EOO), Area of Occupancy (AOO), and number of localities based on the present study. IUCN status abbreviations are DD = Data Deficient, EN = Endangered, NT = Near Threatened, VU = Vulnerable. Footnoted references for published non-IUCN conservation assessments are † = Onana and Cheek 2011, ‡ = Johnson et al. 2017." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/92BA95775F3A914B799DD8820C327EB1" pageId="155" pageNumber="156" tableUuid="92BA95775F3A914B799DD8820C327EB1">1</tableCitation>
). Some collections were from designated forest reserves, but the current protection status of these reserves is not known. This is, however, a poorly explored area botanically.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="155" pageNumber="156">
The label of
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="155" pageNumber="156">Chapman 5186</emphasis>
states that the fruit is an ingredient in
<normalizedToken originalValue="“yaje,”">&quot;yaje,&quot;</normalizedToken>
(Hausa: pepper) and local people gather the wild fruits of this species (
<bibRefCitation author="Chapman, JD" journalOrPublisher="Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch" pageId="184" pageNumber="185" refId="B30" refString="Chapman, JD, Chapman, HM, 2001. The forests of Taraba and Adamawa States, Nigeria: an ecological account and plant species checklist. Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch" title="The forests of Taraba and Adamawa States, Nigeria: an ecological account and plant species checklist." year="2001">Chapman and Chapman 2001</bibRefCitation>
).
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