Overview
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Description
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Habitat
Ecology: It is found only in dry forest areas at low to medium altitudes .[1]
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Plantae
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- Plants
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Vascular Plants
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Dicotyledons
- Order:
Ericales
()
- Family:
Tomoceroidea
()
- Genus:
Vitellariopsis
()
- Specific epithet:
cuneata
- (Engl.) Aubrév.
- Botanical name: - Vitellariopsis cuneata (Engl.) Aubrév.
- Specific epithet:
cuneata
- (Engl.) Aubrév.
- Genus:
Vitellariopsis
(
- Family:
Tomoceroidea
(
- Order:
Ericales
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Austromimusops cuneata (Engl.) A. Meeuse
Notes
Publishing author : Engl. Publication : Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. (1894) 36 et 54; et Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C (1895) 307 Publishing author: A.Meeuse Publication: Bothalia vii. 355 (1960) Basionym author: (Engl.) Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Govaerts R., 11-Nov-2003
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Vitellariopsis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
V. cuneata · V. dispar · V. ferruginea · V. kirkii · V. marginata
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Further Reading
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- Lovett, J. 1996. Completed data collection forms for restricted range trees of Tanzania.
- Lovett, J. 1996. Tanzanian forest trees with a restricted distribution.
- Turrill, W.B., Milne-Redhead, E., Hubbard, C.E. and Polhill, R.M. 1952. Flora of Tropical East Africa. Published by the East African Community.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 01, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Lovett, J. & Clarke, G.P. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFeb 2, 2006.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 01, 2007:
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5973775
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-213284
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14252191
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:790047-1
- IUCN ID: 35784
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1023376
Footnotes
- Lovett, J. & Clarke, G.P. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
