Karomia gigas
Karomia gigas is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania, where only small populations survive.[1][3]
| Karomia gigas | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Karomia |
| Species: | K. gigas |
| Binomial name | |
| Karomia gigas (Faden) Verdc. | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Holmskioldia gigas Faden | |
In 2016 Botanic Gardens Conservation International found six Karomia gigas trees in one location in Tanzania. They employed local Tanzanians to guard the trees and report if there were any seeds so that they could be cultivated in a Tanzanian botanical garden.[4]
References
- Lovett, J. & Clarke, G.P. (1998). "Holmskioldia gigas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T35173A9916244. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T35173A9916244.en.
- "Karomia gigas (Faden) Verdc.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 April 2014 – via The Plant List.
- "Two 'twice-extinct' trees rediscovered in coastal Tanzania". WWF. 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- Beech, E.; Rivers, M.; Oldfield, S.; Smith, P. P. (2017-03-23). "GlobalTreeSearch – the first complete global database of tree species and country distributions". Journal of Sustainable Forestry. 0 (ja): null. doi:10.1080/10549811.2017.1310049. ISSN 1054-9811.
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