Notes on the endemic and near endemic threatened rainforest plant species of Banyang Mbo Wildlife Sanctuary, SW Region, Cameroon, and Tricalysia banyangmbo sp nov. (Rubiaceae-Coffeeae) a new coffee relative

Species new to science discovered from the Banyang Mbo Wildlife Sanctuary (BMWS) of SW Region Cameroon are reviewed and summarised, as are species listed as threatened which have been recorded, both from A. lowland evergreen forest and B. from cloud (submontane) forest. In total five globally Critically Endangered, 17 Endangered and 21 Vulnerable plant species are listed for BMWS.

We describe an additional narrow endemic of BMWF, Tricalysia banyangmbo sp. nov . (Sect. Tricalysia Rubiaceae-Coffeeae), similar in the subulate calyx lobes exceeding the calyx tube, and in the stems being densely patent shortly hairy to T. sylvae Robbr. of Littoral, South Region, Cameroon and Gabon. The new species differs in having stipules in which the awn is shorter than the blade (vs vice versa), the leaf bases are rounded (vs cordate), the blades lack domatia (vs present) and the flowers are 4([ndash] 5)-merous (vs 5 &[ndash] 6&[prime] merous), the anthers lacking a distinct and conspicuous apical connective appendage (vs present). The new species is known from three collection sites with an estimated area of occupation of c. 4 km ² and is in an area threatened by oil palm plantations. We provisionally assess the species with the 2012 IUCN standard as Critically Endangered CR B1ab(iii) + B2ab(iii).