Leptonychia bampsii Germ.
var. bampsii

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Status: Native
Description:
Type location:
DR Congo
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: bampsii: after Paul Bamps (1932–2019), Botanist, taxonomist and former head of the Vascular Plants Department at the National Botanic Garden of Belgium.
Habitat: Moist evergreen forest and gallery forest.
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Worldwide distribution: This variety is only known from DR Congo.
Botanical divisions: V,VI
Growth form(s): Tree, shrub over 2 m.
Endemic status: Endemic
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Literature:

Germain, R. & Bamps, P. (1963). Sterculiaceae Flore du Congo du Ruanda et du Burundi Volume X Page 239.


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External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Leptonychia bampsii
African Plant Database: Leptonychia bampsii
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Leptonychia bampsii
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Leptonychia bampsii
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Leptonychia bampsii
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iNaturalist: Leptonychia bampsii
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Leptonychia bampsii
JSTOR Plant Science: Leptonychia bampsii
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Leptonychia bampsii
Plants of the World Online: Leptonychia bampsii
Tropicos: Leptonychia bampsii
Wikipedia: Leptonychia bampsii


Copyright: The DRC flora team, 2024-26

The DRC flora team (2026). Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Species information: Leptonychia bampsii var. bampsii.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=263950, retrieved 6 July 2026

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