Isoglossa nervosa
| Isoglossa nervosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Isoglossa |
| Species: | I. nervosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Isoglossa nervosa C.B.Clarke (1900)
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Isoglossa nervosa is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is an herbaceous perennial or subshrub native to southeastern Nigeria, Cameroon, and Bioko island in Equatorial Guinea.[2] Its natural habitat is tropical montane forest from 2,000 to 2,950 meters elevation.[1]
It has been recorded at Pico Basilé on Bioko, on Mount Cameroon and Mann's Spring, Bokwangwo, Bamboutos, Mount Oku, and the Adamawa Plateau in Cameroon, and Mabile-Ngelyaki in Nigeria.[1] It grows in upper montane forest with Podocarpus milanjianus, Prunus africana, Myrsine melanophloeos, Nuxia congesta, and Syzygium guineense, as well as bamboo thicket, forest-grassland transition thickets, and montane grassland.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Cheek, M. (2014). "Isoglossa nervosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T39469A2926941. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T39469A2926941.en. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ a b Isoglossa nervosa C.B.Clarke. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
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