Vepris montisbambutensis Onana (2015:118)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Murphy et al., 2023:17)
Last (and only) record: 29 November 1974 (Onana & Chevillotte, 2015:118; Whittaker & Cheek, 2021 [as 1974])
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution & Habitat
Cameroon
Type locality: "Cameroun. Région du Sud-Ouest, route de Baranka (2400m) à la chefferie de Fossimondi (1700m), 25km N, NW de Dschang" (Onana & Chevillotte, 2015:118)
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Onana Jean Michel and Chevillotte, Hervé. (2015). Taxonomie des Rutaceae – Toddalieae du Cameroun revisitée: découverte de quatre espèces nouvelles, validation d'une combinaison nouvelle et véritable identité de deux autres espèces de Vepris Comm. ex A. Juss. Adansonia, sér. 3, 37: 103-129.
Other references:
Cheek, M., Gosline, G. and Onana, Jean Michel. (2018). Vepris bali (Rutaceae), a new critically endangered (possibly extinct) cloud forest tree species from Bali Ngemba, Cameroon. Willdenowia 48: 285-292. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.48.48207
Murphy, Bruce, Onana, Jean Michel, Burgt, Xander M. van der, Ngansop Tchatchouang, Eric, Williams, Jenny, Tchiengué, Barthélemy and Cheek, Martin. (2023). Important Plant Areas of Cameroon. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 302 pp. [automatic download]
POWO. (2024). Vepris montisbambutensis Onana. Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 6 April 2024]
Whittaker, A. and Cheek, Martin. (2021). Vepris montisbambutensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T190266398A190322631. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T190266398A190322631.en. Accessed on 06 April 2024.