Cephalosphaera usambarensis
| Cephalosphaera usambarensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Myristicaceae |
| Genus: | Cephalosphaera Warb. (1903) |
| Species: | C. usambarensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cephalosphaera usambarensis (Warb.) Warb. (1903) | |
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Cephalosphaera usambarensis is a species of tree native to the moist evergreen forests of Kenya and Tanzania.[1] It is the sole species in genus Cephalosphaera.
Range and habitat
Cephalosphaera usambarensis is restricted to small areas in the Usambara, Nguru, Uluguru, and Udzungwa mountains of Tanzania and the Shimba Hills of Kenya.
It is endemic to transitional rain forest, a mid-elevation plant community found on seaward-facing mountain slopes above 800 meters elevation, and occasionally at lower elevations in stream valleys.[3]
References
- 1 2 Gereau, R.E., Kabuye, C., Kalema, J., Kamau, P., Kindeketa, W., Luke, W.R.Q., Lyaruu, H.V.M., Malombe, I., Mboya, E.I., Mollel, N., Njau, E.-F., Schatz, G.E., Sitoni, D., Ssegawa, P. & Wabuyele, E. 2022. Cephalosphaera usambarensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T33214A2835112. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T33214A2835112.en. Accessed 19 November 2023.
- ↑ Cephalosphaera usambarensis Warb. Plants of the World Online. Accessed 18 November 2023.
- ↑ White, Frank F. (1983). The vegetation of Africa: A descriptive memoir to accompany the Unesco/AETFAT/UNSO vegetation map of Africa. UNESCO, 1983. ISBN 92-3-101955-4