Uvariopsis dicaprio Cheek &amp; Gosline, PeerJ 9 (e 12614): 8 2022
Creators: name: Couvreur, Thomas L. P.
name: Dagallier, Leo-Paul M. J.
name: Crozier, Francoise
name: Ghogue, Jean-Paul
name: Hoekstra, Paul H.
name: Kamdem, Narcisse G.
name: Johnson, David M.
name: Murray, Nancy A.
name: Sonke, Bonaventure
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliales
Annonaceae
Uvariopsis
Uvariopsis dicaprio

description: Uvariopsis dicaprio Cheek &amp; Gosline, PeerJ 9(e12614): 8, 2022 Fig. 132; Map 16B = Uvariopsis ebo Cheek &amp; Gosline, https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.26.437154; <i>nom. nud.</i> Type. Cameroon. Littoral Region, Yabassi, Ebo Forest, Dicam Trail 2000 m from Bekob camp, <i>MacKinnon L.E. 51</i>, 25 March 2008; holotype K [K001381842]; isotypes MO, YA. Description. <b>Tree, 3-4 m tall</b>, d.b.h. 2-3 cm; stilt roots or buttresses absent. Indumentum of simple hairs; old leafless branches glabrous, young foliate glabrous. Leaves: petiole 4(5) mm long, ca. 2 mm in diameter, glabrous, blade inserted on top of the petiole; blade 17-20(-23) cm long, 6-8 cm wide, oblanceolate, apex acuminate, acumen 1-1.5 cm long, broadly acute but minutely cordate, coriaceous, below glabrous when young and old, above glabrous when young and old; midrib sunken, above glabrous when young and old, below glabrous when young and old; secondary veins 5 to 8(9) pairs per side, glabrous above; tertiary venation reticulate. Individuals unisexual [?, female flowers unknown], monoecious [?]; male inflorescences cauliflorous, scattered along the trunk. Male flowers with 6 perianth parts in 2 whorls, narrowly ovoid to pyramidal in bud; <b>1 to 7 per inflorescence borne on a short peduncle</b>; <b>pedicel ca. 18-25 mm long</b>, ca. 1 mm in diameter, glabrescent to glabrous; bracts (1)2, one basal and one upper towards the lower half of pedicel, similar in size, ca. 1.5 mm long, ca. 0.5 mm wide; sepals 2, valvate, free, ca. 1-1.5 mm long, ca. 2 mm wide, semi-orbicular, apex acute, base truncate, glabrous, margins flat; petals free, 4 in one whorl, 14-16 mm long, ca. 5-9 mm wide, lanceolate-oblong, apex rounded, base truncate, yellow-green, margins flat, sparsely pubescent outside, glabrous inside; stamens ca. 300 in ca. 10 whorls, ca. 0.5 mm long; connective absent; staminodes absent. Fruits unknown. Distribution. Endemic to Cameroon; known from the Littoral region. Habitat. A rare species only known by the type, in submontane primary rain forests. Altitude 850 m a.s.l. Local and common names known in Cameroon. None recorded. IUCN conservation status. Not officially evaluated, but suggested as CR B1+2ab(iii), D (Gosline et al. 2022). Uses in Cameroon. None reported. Notes. <i>Uvariopsis dicaprio</i> is only known by the type specimen. It is distinguished from the other species by its flowers with yellow-green petals.
description: Published as part of <i>Couvreur, Thomas L. P., Dagallier, Leo-Paul M. J., Crozier, Francoise, Ghogue, Jean-Paul, Hoekstra, Paul H., Kamdem, Narcisse G., Johnson, David M., Murray, Nancy A. &amp; Sonke, Bonaventure, 2022, Flora of Cameroon - Annonaceae Vol 45, pp. 1-532 in PhytoKeys 207</i> on pages 417-419, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.207.61432
description: {"references": ["Gosline, G, Cheek, M, Onana, JM, Tchatchouang, EN, Burgt, XM van der, MacKinnon, L, Dagallier, L-PMJ, 2022. Uvariopsis dicaprio (Annonaceae) a new tree species with notes on its pollination biology, and the Critically Endangered narrowly endemic plant species of the Ebo Forest, Cameroon. PeerJ 9: e12614. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12614"]}