Zanthoxylum psammophilum

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Zanthoxylum psammophilum
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Zanthoxylum
Species: Z. psammophilum
Binomial name
Zanthoxylum psammophilum
(Aké Assi) Waterman
Synonyms

Fagara psammophila

Zanthoxylum psammophilum (synonym Fagara psammophila Aké Assi) is a species of shrub or small tree in the Rutaceae family. It is endemic to Côte d'Ivoire. Zanthoxylum psammophilum, a new combination created in 1975 to subsume the genus Fagara into the genus Zanthoxylum based on morphology and secondary metabolites,[1] is the preferred name according to the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève[2] which has a section that specializes in the conservation and biodiversity of flowering plants of Côte d'Ivoire. However, the International Plant Names Index lists Fagara as the genus, and Zanthoxylum as the synonym. The type specimen for the plant was collected in the ecotone between the lowland Eastern Guinean forests (tropical rainforest) and the inland Guinean forest-savanna mosaic in the Lagunes region.

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  1. ^ Waterman, P. G. (1975-05). "New combinations in Zanthoxylum L. (1753)" 24 (2/3): 361-366. International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT). 
  2. ^ Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève. Retrieved on 2008-06-09.

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