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Category. : Flora of Gabon. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flora of Gabon. This category contains the native flora of Gabon as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included; taxa of higher ranks (e.g. genus) are only included if monotypic or endemic.
Diospyros crassiflora. Diospyros crassiflora, commonly known as Gaboon ebony, African ebony, Cameroon ebony, Nigeria ebony, [3] West African ebony, [4] and Benin ebony[5] is a species of lowland-rainforest tree in the family Ebenaceae that is endemic to Western Africa. It is named after the Central African nation of Gabon, though it also occurs ...
Aucoumea klaineana (angouma, gaboon, or okoumé) is a tree in the family Burseraceae, native to equatorial west Africa in Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, and Río Muni.It is a large hardwood tree growing to 30–40 m (100–130 feet) tall, rarely larger, with a trunk 1.0–2.5 m (3.5–8 feet) diameter above the often large basal buttresses.
Baill. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Tabernanthe iboga (iboga) is an evergreen rainforest shrub native to Central Africa. A member of the Apocynaceae family indigenous to Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Republic of Congo, it is cultivated across Central Africa for its medicinal and other effects. In African traditional medicine and rituals, the ...
André Aubréville (30 November 1897, in Pont-Saint-Vincent (Meurthe-et-Moselle) – 11 August 1982, in Paris) [1][2] was a French botanist, professor at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris and a member of the Academy of Sciences. He was the first scientist to introduce the term "desertification" (in his 1949 book: Climats, forêts ...
The standard author abbreviation Pierre is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1] Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre. Pierre's bust in Ho Chi Minh City. Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre (23 October 1833 – 30 October 1905), also known as J. B. Louis Pierre, was a French botanist known for his Asian studies.
Pleomele poggei (Engl.) N.E.Br. Dracaena sanderiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Central Africa. [ 3 ] It was named after the German–English gardener Henry Frederick Conrad Sander (1847–1920). The plant is commonly marketed as " lucky bamboo "; this term has become one of its common names.
In Gabon there are rare species, such as the Gabon pangolin and the grey-necked rockfowl, or endemics, such as the Gabon guenon. The country is one of the most varied and important fauna reserves in Africa: [ 39 ] it is an important refuge for chimpanzees (whose number, in 2003, was estimated between 27,000 and 64,000) [ citation needed ] and ...