Isolona zenkeri

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Isolona zenkeri

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Magnoliids
Order:  | Magnoliales
Family:  | Annonaceae
Genus:  | Isolona
Species:  |

I. zenkeri

Binomial name
Isolona zenkeri

Engl.

Synonyms[2]

Diospyros oblongicarpa Gürke
Maba oblongicarpa (Gürke) Prain

Isolona zenkeri is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is found in Cameroon, The Republic of the Congo and Gabon.[2] Adolf Engler, the German botanist who first formally described the species, named it after Georg August Zenker who collected the sample Engler examined.[3] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

## Description

It has dark smooth branches. Its leaves are 20-25 by 7-9 centimeters and come to a point at their tip.[3]

## References

1. ↑ Cosiaux, A.; Couvreur, T.L.P.; Erkens, R.H.J. (2019). "Isolona zenkeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T45418A132677592. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T45418A132677592.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45418/132677592. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Isolona zenkeri Engl.". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:73761-1.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Engler, A.; Diels, L. (1899). "Diagnosen Neuer Afrikanischer Pflanzenarten - 4. Anonaceae". Notizblatt des Königlichen botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin. 2. Leipzig: In Commission bei Wilhelm Engelmann. p. 301. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/91418.

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