Salacia miegei
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Salacia miegei is a species of plant
in the Celastraceae
family. It is endemic to Ivory Coast, where it grows in Western Guinean lowland forests
including Taï National Park
, a protected area of primary rainforest and high endemism. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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 Celastraceae
Celastraceae
The Celastraceae , is a family of about 90-100 genera and 1,300 species of vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales...
family. It is endemic to Ivory Coast, where it grows in Western Guinean lowland forests
Western Guinean lowland forests
The Western Guinean lowland forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of West Africa. The ecoregion includes the lowland forests extending from the Atlantic Ocean a few hundred kilometers inland, and from western Côte d'Ivoire across Liberia, southeastern Guinea, most of Sierra Leone,...
including Taï National Park
Taï National Park
Taï National Park is a national park in Côte d'Ivoire containing one of the last areas of primary rainforest in West Africa. It was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1982 due to the breadth of its flora and fauna...
, a protected area of primary rainforest and high endemism. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Source
- Assi, A. 1998. Salacia miegei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.