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NEW ORCHID RECORDS FROM ATLANTIC CENTRAL AFRICA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2009

V. Droissart ,
B. Sonké ,
M. Simo  and
T. Stévart
V. Droissart
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Botanique systématique et de Phytosociologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50 Av. F. Roosevelt, CP 169, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium. E-mail: vincent.droissart@ulb.ac.be (author for correspondence).
B. Sonké
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Botanique systématique et de Phytosociologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50 Av. F. Roosevelt, CP 169, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium. E-mail: vincent.droissart@ulb.ac.be (author for correspondence). Laboratoire de Botanique systématique et d’Ecologie, Département des Sciences Biologiques, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Université de Yaoundé I, B.P. 047, Yaoundé, Cameroon. E-mail: bsonke_1999@yahoo.com, murielle_simo@yahoo.fr
M. Simo
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Botanique systématique et d’Ecologie, Département des Sciences Biologiques, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Université de Yaoundé I, B.P. 047, Yaoundé, Cameroon. E-mail: bsonke_1999@yahoo.com, murielle_simo@yahoo.fr
T. Stévart
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Botanique systématique et de Phytosociologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50 Av. F. Roosevelt, CP 169, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium. E-mail: vincent.droissart@ulb.ac.be (author for correspondence). Missouri Botanical Garden, Africa & Madagascar Department, PO Box 299, St Louis, MO 63166-0299, USA. E-mail: tariq.stevart@mobot.org National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Domein van Bouchout, Nieuwelaan 38, 1860 Meise, Belgium.
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Abstract

Several papers dealing with Orchidaceae from Atlantic Central Africa have recently been published. However, orchid distributions in this area remain poorly known. Over the last decade, we have conducted an intensive fieldwork programme in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. This has enabled us to collect 22 taxa that are new national records. Ten taxa are new records for Cameroon, eight for Equatorial Guinea and four for both countries. One of these taxa is also a new record from Nigeria. Fifteen taxa are endemic to the Lower Guinea area and six were previously known only from the type locality.

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Atlantic Central AfricaCameroonEquatorial Guineanew national recordsNigeriaOrchidaceae

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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 66 , Issue 1 , March 2009 , pp. 115 - 132
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 2009

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