Uvariopsis zenkeri
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| Uvariopsis zenkeri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Uvariopsis |
| Species: | U. zenkeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Uvariopsis zenkeri | |
Uvariopsis zenkeri Engl. is a species of flowering shrub in the family Annonaceae[3] endemic to Cameroon and the Central African Republic.[4]
Etymology
The specific epithet zenkeri honours the German botanist Georg August Zenker, who discovered the first specimen at Bipindi in the Cameroons in 1896.[5]
Distribution
This species is found in shadow on laterite at an altitude of 120 m in Cameroon, and in the fringing forest of the rain-forest in the Central African Republic.[4] IUCN, however, lists this species as endemic to Cameroon.[1]