Vincetoxicum congolanum (Baill.) Meve & Liede

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Synonyms:	Nanostelma congolanum Baill. Schizoglossum glanvillei Hutch. & Dalziel Tylophora congolana (Baill.) Bullock Tylophora orthocaulis K. Schum.
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Status:	Native
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Type location:	Gabon
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Derivation of specific name:	congolanum: of the Congo, a general reference to the Congo basin region as the type specimen is from Gabon.
Habitat:	In seasonally damp bog.
Altitude range:	1050 m (approx)
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Worldwide distribution:	Guinea Conakry, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Gabon, CAR, DRC, Zambia and Angola.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	C
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Literature:	Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Page 355.

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