Karomia gigas (Faden) Verde. (1992:82)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Holmskioldia gigas Faden in Kew Bull. 43: 660 (1988)
Conservation Status
Last record: late 1970's
Rediscovered in 1993
Last record: 1993
Rediscovered in 2010/11 (Clarke et al., 2011)
Distribution
Kenya & Tanzania
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Faden. (1988). Kew Bull. 43(4): 660.
Other references:
Beentje, H. J. (1994). Kenya trees, shrubs and lianas. Kenya. 722 pp.
Clarke, G. Philip, Burgess, N. D., Mbago, F. M., Mligo, C., Mackinder, B. and Gereau, R. E. (2011). Two ‘Extinct’ Trees Rediscovered Near Kilwa, Tanzania. Journal of East African Natural History 100(1-2): 133-140.
Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Humphreys, Aelys M., Govaerts, Rafaël, Ficinski, Sarah Z., Lughadha, Eimear Nic and Vorontsova, Maria S. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0906-2 [Supplementary Dataset 1]
Mapunda, Kihomo K. and Andrew, Samora M. (2023). Predicting the distribution of critically endangered tree species Karomia gigas under climate change in Tanzania. Ecological Engineering 195: 107065. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2023.107065
Mapunda, Kihomo K., Andrew, Samora M. and Munishi, Pantaleo K. T. (2024). Population structure and carbon storage of critically endangered tree Karomia gigas (Faden) Verdic in the coastal forests of Lindi, Tanzania. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators 22: 100352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2024.100352
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