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forests. These forests were seen in swampy valleys which are not flooded during the
whole year. In riparian forest, specific trees are Cathormion altissimum, Monopetalanthus
compactus and locally gregarious Pandanus candelabrum.
9.1.1.6 Endemism and Conservation Status of Recorded Species
The following items are included in this paragraph as far as information is available:
distribution of the species within Africa (White 1983), the phytogeographic areas
referred to:
Upper Guinea. The upper Guinea refugium, covering the evergreen forest zone near
the coast and the Mounts Nimba in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, separated
from the Lower Guinea forests by a dry belt around Benin, Togo and western Nigeria.
Lower Guinea. Refuge area along the Atlantic coast, that extends from the extreme
South-East Nigeria through Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, and into
Democratic Congo Republic. Congo basin. Inland forests of Congo basin, that extends
up to the mountain ranges of eastern Democratic Congo Republic.
Widespread, tropical Africa: Distribution extends beyond the above three areas of the
Congo Basin forest.
Conservation status: Status assigned to the full identified species, based on a synthesis
preliminary works published either by Jean Michel Onana National Herbarium of
Cameroon, or A. G. Voorhoeve (1965) or developed by Limbe Botanic Garden: Rare.
Narrow endemic, few records only. Hight conservation concern, equivalent of IUCN
endangered threatened status. Uncommon. More recorded than rare. But still only known
from one or two countries, equivalent of IUCN vulnerable (VU). Common. Recorded
with few collections but flagged as a possible species of concern, equivalent to IUCN
lower threat status. Abundant. No conservation concern, lower Guinea endemic, then
common within the area. When no conservation status is listed then the status is unknown.
The table below lists the species identified in the project area that are in the IUCN red
list or have a specific status in Africa.
Table 9-1: Plants with IUCN conservation status or with a specific african status
Scientific names Zone of endemism or
distribution
African specific
conservation status
Reference IUCN
status
Rhodognaphalon breviscupe Widespread VU
Terminalia ivorensis Widespread VU
Guarea cedrata Widespread VU
Guarea thompsonii Widespread Abundant Dunken and al., 2003 NT
Lophira alata Upper and Lower Guinea Some conservation
concern
Hallea stipulosa Upper and Lower Guinea Some conservation
concern
Nauclea diderrichii Upper and Lower Guinea Some conservation
concern
Brachystegia leonensis Sierra Leone, Liberia,
SW. Ivory Coast
Dunken and al., 2003 VU
Dunken and al., 2003 VU
Dunken and al., 2003 VU
A. G. Voorhoeve (1965)
Copaifera salikounda Upper Guinea A. G. Voorhoeve (1965)