Cola lizae
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Cola lizae is a species of flowering plant
in the Sterculiaceae
family.
It is found only in Gabon
.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
This species was first described in 1987 and named after Liz Williamson, a researcher at Lopé.
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
in the Sterculiaceae
Sterculiaceae
Sterculiaceae is a botanical name for a group of flowering plants at the rank of family, which is now considered obsolete. As is true for any botanical name, the circumscription, status and placement of the taxon has varied with taxonomic point of view...
family.
It is found only in Gabon
Gabon
Gabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...
.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
This species was first described in 1987 and named after Liz Williamson, a researcher at Lopé.