Rhaphidophora pusilla

Rhaphidophora pusilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Rhaphidophora
Species: R. pusilla
Binomial name
Rhaphidophora pusilla
N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1897: 286 (1897)

Rhaphidophora pusilla is a species of plant in the Araceae family. It is found in Cameroon and Gabon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Rhaphidophora pusilla was considered synonymous with Rhaphidophora africana but was accepted as own species by R. Govaerts and D. G. Frodin in 2002.[1] More recent studies tend to synonymize the species again with R. africana.[2]

References

  1. Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.


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