Gymnostemon

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Simaroubaceae
Genus: Gymnostemon
Species: G. zaizou
Name

Gymnostemon Aubrév. & Pellegr., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 84: 183. (1937)

Type species: Gymnostemon zaizou Aubrév. & Pellegr., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 84: 184. (1937)
monotypic taxon

References

Aubréville, A. & Pellegrin, F. 1937. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 84: 183.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Gymnostemon in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb. 6. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Gymnostemon. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb. 6. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Gymnostemon. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 6 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Gymnostemon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Feb. 2021.

Gymnostemon is a monotypic genus of plants in the family Simaroubaceae. The sole species, Gymnostemon zaizou, is semi-deciduous forest tree. It is endemic to Côte d'Ivoire and threatened by habitat loss throughout its native range of the Sassandra River Basin.[2] G. zaizou is a commercial hardwood species that is well-adapted to the heavy rainfall of western Africa. Wood from this species of tree is also used locally to make barred percussion instruments.[3]
References

Assi, A. (1998). "Gymnostemon zaizou". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T32225A9688992. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32225A9688992.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
Avit, J-BLF; Patrick Leon Pedia; Yacouba Sankaré (1999). "Ministère de l'Environnement et de la Forêt diversite biologique de la Cote D'Ivoire (Rapport de synthèse)". United Nations Environment Programme.
Brancheriau, Loïc; Henri Baillères; Pierre Détienne; Richard Kronland; Bloen Metzger (2006). "Classifying xylophone bar materials by perceptual, signal processing and wood anatomy analysis" (PDF). Annals of Forest Science. EDP Sciences. 63: 73–81. doi:10.1051/forest:2005099.