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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 ...
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.
Ivindo National Park. Ogooué-Ivindo Province, Ogooué-Lolo Province. Natural (ix) (x) 2021. Situated on the equator in northern Gabon the largely pristine site encompasses an area of almost 300,000 ha crossed by a network of picturesque blackwater rivers. It features rapids and waterfalls bordered by intact rainforest, which make for a ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Gabon. The avifauna of Gabon include a total of 767 species. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World , 2022 edition.
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 ...
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.
Gabon has a total of 3,261 km of international boundaries. It borders Equatorial Guinea (335 km) and Cameroon (349 km) to the north and the Republic of the Congo (2,567 km) to the east and south. Gabon lies on the equator. Maritime claims. Territorial sea: 12 nmi (22 km) Contiguous zone: 24 nmi (44 km) Exclusive economic zone: 200 nmi (370 km)
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