| Sclerosperma mannii H. Wendl. |
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| Family : ARECACEAE |
Protologue : Trans. Linn. Soc. London 24: 427 (1864)  |
| Information on the genus : Sclerosperma |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Sclerosperma dubium Becc. (1934) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Short or acaulescent, clustering palm; stem when present very short; leaves segmented, very large, ascending; leaflets 8-17 (-24), subopposite to alternate; fruits globose, 2.5-3 cm long and 2.2.-2.9 cm in diameter. |
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| Ecology : |
Grows in lowland evergreen forest, ranging from forest just behind the mangrove swamp forest, though seasonally flooded forest, to valley bottom forest at higher elevations, persisting in secondary growth; it is present from 0 to 1400 m. |
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The species has been also reported on the island of Bioko (Fernando Pó) in Equatorial Guinea but no specimens have been apparently found in order to confirm its presence there |
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Sclerosperma mannii has a disjunct distribution with a population in Liberia and from southeast Nigeria southward to Congo and as far east as the border area of Congo and Rwanda. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Hutchinson, J. & J.M. Dalziel (1968). Flora of West Tropical Africa: Second Edition 3(1): 161
- Scripta Bot. Belg. 4: 108 (1993).
- Bases Doc. Fl. Guinea Equat. : 377 (1999).
- Sosef & al (2006). Check-list des Plantes Vasculaires du Gabon.
- Woody Pl. W. Afr. Forest : 868 (2006).
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Strelitzia 22: 173 (2008).
Bibliography other :
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Fgui |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
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| Record n°33299 modified 2013-11-05 |
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