Vepris heterophylla explained

Vepris heterophylla is an angiosperm belonging to the kingdom Plantae, phylum Tracheophta, class Magnoliopsida, order Sapindales, family Rutaceae., genus Vepris.[1] The genus Vepris is a widespread plant that is capable of adapting to a variety of climatic and soil conditions, drought inclusive[2] Vepris heterophylla can be found in Ghana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali, and Nigeria, on the African continent.[3] It usually occurs in the dry forest, on rocky hills in the savanna, and on hill slopes with granite boulders and along temporary river banks[4] Vepris heterophylla is listed as an Endangered species according to IUCN Red List Classification due to habitat loss[5]

Notes and References

  1. Cheek . Martin . Onana . Jean-Michel . Yasuda . Shigeo . Lawrence . Poppy . Ameka . Gabriel . Buinovskaja . Greta . December 2019 . Addressing the Vepris verdoorniana complex (Rutaceae) in West Africa, with two new species . Kew Bulletin . en . 74 . 4 . 53 . 10.1007/s12225-019-9837-y . 2019KewBu..74...53C . 0075-5974. free .
  2. Geldenhuys . C.J. . October 1993 . Observations of the effects of drought on evergreen and deciduous species in the eastern Cape forests . South African Journal of Botany . 59 . 5 . 522–534 . 10.1016/s0254-6299(16)30699-8 . 0254-6299. free .
  3. Antwi . Raymond Agyepong . Owusu . Erasmus Henaku . Attuquayefio . Daniel Korley . March 2018 . Species distribution of kobs (Kobus kob) in the Shai Hills Resource Reserve: an exploratory analysis . Environmental Monitoring and Assessment . en . 190 . 3 . 107 . 10.1007/s10661-018-6475-z . 2018EMnAs.190..107A . 0167-6369.
  4. Howes . Melanie-Jayne R. . 2015-10-14 . Book Review for the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society: by Schmelzer, GH & Gurib-Fakim, A (2013) Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. 11(2). Medicinal Plants 2. PROTA Foundation, Wageningen, Netherlands. . Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society . 179 . 3 . 546–547 . 10.1111/boj.12271 . 0024-4074. free .
  5. Book: Newmark, William D. . Conserving Biodiversity in East African Forests . 2002 . Springer Berlin Heidelberg . 978-3-642-07629-9 . Ecological Studies . 155 . Berlin, Heidelberg . 10.1007/978-3-662-04872-6.

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