Heisteria parvifolia

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• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 902 meters (0 to 2,959 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Rhaptostylum parvifolium Kuntze

Notes

Publishing author : Sm. Publication : in Rees, Cycl. xvii. n. 3.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Heisteria

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Further Reading

• A general system of gardening and botany. Founded upon Miller's Gardener's dictionary, and arranged according to the natural system. By George Don. London, Printed for C. J. G. and F. Rivington, 1831-38. url p. 581.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: The Museum, 1951-1992. url p. 364.
• Catalogue of the African plants collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853-61. .. London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1896-1901. url p. 140, p. 140, p. 521.
• Liberia / by Sir Harry Johnson; with an appendix on the flora of Liberia by Dr. Otto Stapf. London: Hutchinson, 1906. url p. 586, p. 586.
• Liberia, by Sir Harry Johnston. With an appendix on the flora of Liberia, by Dr. Otto Stapf; 28 coloured illustrations by Sir Harry Johnston, 24 botanical drawings by Miss Matilda Smith, 402 black and white il London, Hutchinson, 1906. url p. 586.
• Niger flora; or, An enumeration of the plants of western tropical Africa, collected by the late Dr. Theodore Vogel, botanist to the voyage of the expedition sent by Her Britannic Majesty to the river Niger in 1841, under the command of Capt. H. D. Trotter, R.N., &c.; includ London, H. Bailliere; [etc., etc.]1849. url p. 257.
• Pre-project study on the conservation status of tropical timbers in trade. Final report to International Tropical Timber Organization. Vol 1 ITTO url p. 82.
• Sketch of the forestry of West Africa with particular reference to its present principal commercial products. London, S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1887. url .
• The Ecology of arboreal folivores: a symposium held at the Conservation and Research Center, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, May 29-31, 1975 / Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978. url p. 60, p. 61, p. 66.
• West African forests and forestry, by A. Harold Unwin. .. with 110 illustrations by the author. London, T. F. Unwin, ltd.[1920] url p. 257, p. 512.
• Wissenschaftliche ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Africa-Expedition, 1907-1908: unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1910- url p. 193, p. 704.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 02, 2007:

• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5911624
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14166977
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:607895-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 118628-2
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1350062

Footnotes

1. Mean = 445.190 meters (1,460.597 feet), Standard Deviation = 341.410 based on 69 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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