Piptostigma oyemense
Encyclopedia
Piptostigma oyemense is a species of plant
in the Annonaceae
family. It is endemic to Gabon
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Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in the Annonaceae
Annonaceae
Annonaceae, also called the custard apple familyis a family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs or rarely lianas.With about 2300 to 2500 species and more than 130 genera,...
family. It is endemic to 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...
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Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Piptostigma oyemense. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.