Reitsma: Gabon; 1340, 2047, 2151, 2856 Richards: Cameroon; 5209 Ringoet: DR Congo; s.n. Roberty: Guinea; 2903 Robyns: DR Congo; 3250, 4300 Rosevear: Cameroon; 30138 Sapin: DR Congo; s.n., s.n., s.n., s.n., s.n., s.n., s.n., s.n., s.n. Schmitz: DR Congo; 3710, 5617 Schouten: DR Congo; 103 Schweinfurth: DR Congo; 2860 Scott-Elliot: Sierra Leone; 4442, 4738, 5121 Sita: Congo; 4642 Small: Sierra Leone; 455; 832; 697 Smith: Nigeria; 53 Soyeaux: Gabon; 155 Starin: Gambia; 28, 136 <strong>Sunderland</strong>: Ghana; 2259, 2260, 2261, 2262, 2263, 2264, 2265, 2266: Cameroon; 1640, 1645, 1700, 1701, 1702, 1704, 1705, 1706, 1707, 1708, 1710, 1711, 1712, 1713, 1714, 1716, 1717, 1718, 1719, 1720, 1721, 1722, 1723, 1730, 1731, 1733, 1737, 1738, 1739, 1740, 1741, 1742, 1743, 1744, 1746, 1747, 1750, 1752, 1754, 1755, 1756, 1757, 1758, 1759, 1760, 1761, 1762, 1763, 1764, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1790, 1801, 1802, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1855, 1856, 1864, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1890, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1999, 2017, 2021, 2042, 2043, 2048, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2250, 2251, 2252, 2253, 2254, 2255, 2256, 2257, 2258, 2301, 2302, 2303, 2304, 2305, 2306, s.n.: Equatorial Guinea; 1791, 1792, 1793, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800, 1871, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923 Sylvanus: Cameroon; s.n. Szafranski: DR Congo; 1578 346
Terashima: DR Congo; 94 Tessmann: Cameroon; s.n.: Equatorial Guinea; 1, 2, 4, 6, 44 Thiebaud: DR Congo; 321 Thomas: Cameroon; 2292, 5163, 6139, 8182, 9726, 9732, 9733, 9738, 10058, 10059, s.n., s.n., s.n. Thomas et al: Congo; 8944 Thomas: Nigeria; 338 Thomas: Sierra Leone; 2753 Thonet: DR Congo; 110, 129 Tomlinson: Ghana; s.n., s.n., s.n., s.n., s.n. Toussaint: DR Congo; 2294, 2331 Troupin: DR Congo; 296; 2658, 9162 Tsiforkor: Ghana; s.n. Tuley: Nigeria; 454, 530, 603, 648, 649, 650, 665, 652, 653, 846, 851, 1076, 1077, 1078, Tuley & Ochie: Nigeria; 1682 Unwin: Nigeria; 109 van Gemerden: Cameroonl; 77, 110, Bi, BJ, BL, van Meer: Liberia; 264 van Nek: Gabon; 517 Vanden-Berghen: Senegal; 1752, 4094, 5264, 7285 Vandenbrand: DR Congo; 238 Vanderyst: DR Congo; 1408, 2781, 4906, 5139, 5256, 6411, 9974, 11246, 12343, 12664, 12670, 21843, 30729 Vigne: Ghana; 1365, 1829, 1868, 1875, 2410, 3951, 4858 Watts: Cameroon; 511, 514, 821 Webb: Cameroon; 311 347
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the palm hearts from ground-level (
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the genus Ceratogymna have been rec
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1977; Berlin, 1992). This hypothesi
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Belcher, B. 1999. A production to c
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Burkill, I.H. 1935. A dictionary of
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