Category Archives: Medusandraceae

Medusandraceae

Soyauxia velutina

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Soyauxia velutina


Medusandraceae


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Habit

Tree


Fern

No


Predominant Habitat

Forest


Geographic Distribution

Liberia (likely to occur)


IUCN Red-List

Not assessed


Synonyms

-


Author (Species)

Hutch. & Dalziel


Rank

-


Taxon

-


Author (Sub Species/Variant)

-


Literature

FWTA 1: 653


Vouchers

-


Common Name(s)

Not Known


Notes

Tree with flat twigs; stipules in pairs at base of petiole. Leaves simple, alternate, with entire margin, acuminate apex, and obtuse – rounded base. About 15 pairs of laterals; venation ± scalariform. Fruits 3-sided but not deeply lobed, about 1.5 cm long.

Soyauxia grandifolia

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Soyauxia grandifolia


Medusandraceae


Soyauxia grandifolia, leaf, flowerSoyauxia grandifolia, leaf, flower


Habit

Tree


Fern

No


Predominant Habitat

Forest


Geographic Distribution

Upper Guinean Forest


IUCN Red-List

Not assessed


Synonyms

-


Author (Species)

Gilg & Stapf


Rank

-


Taxon

-


Author (Sub Species/Variant)

-


Literature

FWTA 1: 653


Vouchers

Bos 2022 (K, WAG); Jongkind 5329 (WAG)


Common Name(s)

Not Known


Notes

Shrub or small tree to 24 m, up to 30 cm Ø; with red slash. Leaf with more than 15 pairs of laterals, ± scalariform venation. Flowers dark red,3-angled. Fruit an inflated 3-angled capsule, ± 3 x 2,5 cm, red-brown or purplish.

Soyauxia spec.nov.

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Soyauxia spec.nov.


Medusandraceae


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Habit

Tree


Fern

No


Predominant Habitat

Forest


Geographic Distribution

Liberia (endemic)


IUCN Red-List

Not assessed


Synonyms

-


Author (Species)

Breteler


Rank

-


Taxon

-


Author (Sub Species/Variant)

-


Literature

to be published


Vouchers

Jongkind 9868 (WAG)


Common Name(s)

Not Known


Notes

A big tree with root swellings or slightly fluted. Slash pale brown, dense, fibrous. Leaves simple, alternate, the margin entire and slightly recurved. Tree first recorded in 2010.

Soyauxia floribunda

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Soyauxia floribunda


Medusandraceae


Soyauxia floribunda, leafSoyauxia floribunda, leaf


Habit

Tree


Fern

No


Predominant Habitat

Forest


Geographic Distribution

Upper Guinean Forest


IUCN Red-List

Not assessed


Synonyms

-


Author (Species)

Hutchinson


Rank

-


Taxon

-


Author (Sub Species/Variant)

-


Literature

FWTA 1: 653


Vouchers

Bos 1858 (BR, K, WAG); de Gier 224 (WAG)


Common Name(s)

Not Known


Notes

Leaves simple, alternate, with short petiole and with oblong stipules; blade pale green beneath; margin entire; 10 – 15 pairs of laterals; venation ± scalariform. Shrub or small understory tree to 9 m; slash red. Fruit an oblong capsule, 12 – 20 mm long, 3-sided.