Karomia gigas

Karomia gigas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Karomia
Species: K. gigas
Binomial name
Karomia gigas
(Faden) Verdc.
Synonyms[2]

Holmskioldia gigas Faden

Karomia gigas is a species of plant in the Lamiaceae family. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania, where only small populations survive.[1][3]

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

  1. 1 2 Lovett, J. & Clarke, G.P. (1998). "Holmskioldia gigas". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1998: e.T35173A9916244. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T35173A9916244.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. "Karomia gigas (Faden) Verdc.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 April 2014 via The Plant List.
  3. "Two 'twice-extinct' trees rediscovered in coastal Tanzania". WWF. 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  4. 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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