Cephalosphaera_(plant)

<i>Brochoneura</i>

Brochoneura

Species of flowering plant

For the genus of flies, see Cephalosphaera (fly).

Brochoneura usambarensis is a species of tree native to the moist evergreen forests of Kenya and Tanzania.[1] It is the sole species in genus Brochoneura.

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Range and habitat

Brochoneura 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. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    Brochoneura usambarensis Warb. Plants of the World Online. Accessed 18 November 2023.
  3. [3]
    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
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