Couvreur Thomas L P, Niangadouma Raoul
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR-DIADE, BP 64501, F-34394 Montpellier cedex 5, France; University of Yaoundé I, Higher Teacher's Training College, Plant Systematic and Ecology Laboratory, P.O. Box 047, Yaoundé, Cameroon; Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Botany Section, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, The Netherlands.
National Herbarium of Gabon, R.D. 1135, Libreville, Gabon.
PhytoKeys. 2016 Aug 2(68):1-8. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.68.9576. eCollection 2016.
Monts de Cristal National Park in northwest Gabon is one of the most species rich places in Central Africa. Here, we describe two new species, one in Annonaceae and one in palms. Couvreur & Niangadouma, is unique in the genus by emitting a strong lemon scent from the crushed leaves and young branches. Couvreur & Niangadouma, is a rattan that lacks acanthophylls on the cirrus and has few pinnae. Complete descriptions, photographic illustrations, ecological information and preliminary IUCN conservation status are provided. For both species a data deficient (DD) status is proposed. These new species underline once again that the Monts de Cristal National Park is yet incompletely known botanically.
加蓬西北部的克里斯塔尔山国家公园是中非物种最为丰富的地区之一。在此,我们描述了两个新物种,一个属于番荔枝科,另一个属于棕榈科。库夫勒番荔枝(Couvreur & Niangadouma)在该属中独一无二,其碾碎的叶子和嫩枝会散发出浓烈的柠檬香味。库夫勒藤棕(Couvreur & Niangadouma)是一种藤本植物,其叶卷须上没有针刺状叶,羽片也很少。文中提供了这两个新物种的完整描述、照片插图、生态信息以及初步的世界自然保护联盟(IUCN)保护状况评估。对于这两个物种,均建议列为数据缺乏(DD)等级。这些新物种再次表明,克里斯塔尔山国家公园在植物学方面仍未被完全了解。