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Herbier National du Gabon (LBV-Botany)

Contacts: Nestor Obiang, Curator, engoneobiangnestor@gmail.com
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 8 September 2023
IPT / DwC-A Source:
LBV IPT Import
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 41,973 specimen records
  • 41,702 (99%) georeferenced
  • 14 (0.03%) with images (14 total images)
  • 34,097 (81%) identified to species
  • 203 families
  • 1,352 genera
  • 4,446 species
  • 4,837 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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Taxon Distribution
  • Acalypha (2)
  • Afrotrewia (1)
  • Alchornea (97)
  • Amanoa (17)
  • Anthostema (12)
  • Antidesma (85)
  • Argomuellera (33)
  • Aristogeitonia (5)
  • Aubletiana (7)
  • Bridelia (42)
  • Caperonia (1)
  • Cavacoa (1)
  • Chaetocarpus (30)
  • Cleistanthus (70)
  • Conceveiba (4)
  • Croton (46)
  • Crotonogyne (77)
  • Cyathogyne (11)
  • Cyrtogonone (4)
  • Cyttaranthus (6)
  • Dalechampia (9)
  • Dichostemma (48)
  • Discoclaoxylon (1)
  • Discoglypremna (10)
  • Drypetes (146)
  • Duvigneaudia (18)
  • Elaeophorbia (4)
  • Erythrococca (12)
  • Euphorbia (33)
  • Grossera (52)
  • Hevea (2)
  • Hymenocardia (24)
  • Jatropha (4)
  • Klaineanthus (27)
  • Macaranga (98)
  • Maesobotrya (218)
  • Mallotus (11)
  • Manihot (4)
  • Manniophyton (27)
  • Maprounea (36)
  • Mareya (46)
  • Mareyopsis (19)
  • Margaritaria (10)
  • Martretia (1)
  • Micrococca (2)
  • Microdesmis (143)
  • Necepsia (10)
  • Neoboutonia (3)
  • Oldfieldia (1)
  • Pentabrachion (33)
  • Phyllanthus (80)
  • Plagiocladus (33)
  • Plagiostyles (22)
  • Plesiatropha (15)
  • Plukenetia (5)
  • Pogonophora (17)
  • Protomegabaria (23)
  • Pycnocoma (18)
  • Ricinodendron (7)
  • Sapium (11)
  • Sclerocroton (7)
  • Shirakia (1)
  • Shirakiopsis (3)
  • Sibangea (14)
  • Spondianthus (13)
  • Tetracarpidium (1)
  • Tetrorchidium (44)
  • Thecacoris (67)
  • Tragia (12)
  • Uapaca (116)