Abstract
Eremospatha dransfieldii is a robust rattan palm, climbing up to 40 m in length. It is only known to occur in the south-western region of Ghana, south-eastern part of Cote d'Ivoire and in Sierra Leone. The species' Area of Occupancy (AOO) is restricted to just 40 km². This species is confined to moist-evergreen forests with high rainfall. It is known to be facing habitat loss and over-harvesting of its stems. We assess Eremospatha dransfieldii as Endangered based on criteron B2ab(iii), according to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria (ver 3.1).
Highlights
Eremospatha dransfieldii (Sunderland 2003) has been shown to be a sister species to E. cabrae
Basis The Extent of Occurence (EOO) was calculated using 20 georeferenced herbarium specimens found in the RAINBIO database (Dauby et al 2016)
Eremospatha dransfieldii is only found in the south-western region of Ghana and southeastern part of Côte d'Ivoire, with two specimens collected from Sierra Leone
Summary
Rattan (English), Rotin (French); Sierra Leone: balu (Kono); mbalu (def. -ui) (Mende); Côte d’Ivoire: kpè-pun (Attié); tami (Dyula); kou gnain (Gouro); niböigain (Wè): Ghana: mfia (Twi) (Sunderland et al 2005).
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