Summary
Gambeya korupensis Ewango & Kenfack (Sapotaceae: Chrysophylloideae), a new rain forest tree species from the Southwest Region in Cameroon, is described and illustrated. A distribution map is provided. G. korupensis has the leaf blade below pubescent on the midribs and secondary nerves, flowers with a pedicel 0.5 – 1 mm long, and a fruit which is ovoid, attenuate at the apex, 5-ridged, verrucose between the ridges, and bright red at maturity. The conservation status of G. korupensis is assessed as Vulnerable according to IUCN criteria.
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The Cameroonian Ministries of Forest and Wildlife and Scientific Research granted permission to carry out research in Korup National Park. The University of Bern and the Center for Tropical Forest Science are thanked for their continued support that led to the discovery of the new species. We thank the staff and curators of K, MO and WAG for their support to the first author during visits to their herbarium. Martin Cheek is thanked for arranging a visit of the first author to K and for continuing encouragement. The authors are grateful to the two reviewers for their valuable comments on the manuscript. We thank Andrew Brown for the illustration, and Rio Tinto and the Wildlife Conservation Society for their support of a visit to K.
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Ewango, C.E.N., Kenfack, D., Sainge, M.N. et al. Gambeya korupensis (Sapotaceae: Chrysophylloideae), a new rain forest tree species from the Southwest Region in Cameroon. Kew Bull 71, 28 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-016-9633-x
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