Table 2. Plant species globally endemic on current evidence to the area of the Ebo forest, Littoral, Cameroon. Extinction risk assessment (IUCN Red List status from https://www.iucnredlist.org/ accessed 12 April 2021).
Species name | Family | Reference | Habit | IUCN status |
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Ardisia ebo Cheek | Primulaceae | Cheek & Xanthos (2012) | Herb | Critically Endangered |
Crateranthus cameroonensis Cheek & Prance | Lecythidaceae | Prance & Jongkind (2015) | Tree | Critically Endangered |
Inversodicraea ebo Cheek | Podostemaceae | Cheek et al. (2017) | Rheophyte | Critically Endangered |
Kupeantha ebo M.Alvarez & Cheek | Rubiaceae | Cheek et al. (2018b) | Small tree | Critically Endangered |
Kupeantha yabassi M.Alvarez & Cheek | Rubiaceae | Alvarez, Cheek & Sonké (2021) | Shrub | Critically Endangered (provisional) |
Palisota ebo Cheek | Commelinaceae | Cheek et al. (2018a) | Herb | Critically Endangered |
Pseudohydrosme ebo Cheek | Araceae | Cheek, Tchiengué & van der Burgt (2021) | Herb | Critically Endangered (provisional) |
Uvariopsis dicaprio Cheek & Gosline | Annonacaeae | This paper | Tree | Critically Endangered (provisional) |