Zanthoxylum psammophilum

Zanthoxylum psammophilum
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
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.^[1] It is a large liana endemic to Côte d'Ivoire, although in 2005 it was found in Liberia as well.^[2] Zanthoxylum psammophilum, a new combination created in 1975 to subsume the genus Fagara into the genus Zanthoxylum based on morphology and secondary metabolites,^[3] is the preferred name according to the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève^[4] 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 District.

References

1. Assi, A. 1998. Zanthoxylum psammophilum Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 24 August 2007.
2. Peter Hoke, Ron Demey and Alex Peal, A Rapid Biological Assessment of North Lorma, Gola and Grebo National Forests, Liberia Archived March 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine., The RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment, Conservation International, p. 15
3. Waterman, P. G. (May 1975). "New combinations in Zanthoxylum L. (1753)". Taxon. International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT). 24 (2/3): 361–366. doi:10.2307/1218347.
4. "Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève". Retrieved 2008-06-09.