''Lijndenia barteri'' (synonyms: ''Spathandra barteri'', ''Memecylon dinklagei'', ''Memecylon pynaertii'', and

basionym In the scientific name of organisms, basionym or basyonym means the original name on which a new name is based; the author citation of the new name should include the authors of the basionym in parentheses. The term "basionym" is used in both botan ...

''Memecylon barteri'') is a species of shrub in the family Melastomataceae. It is endemic to lowland

Upper Guinean forests The Upper Guinean forests is a tropical seasonal forest region of West Africa. The Upper Guinean forests extend from Guinea and Sierra Leone in the west through Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana to Togo in the east, and a few hundred kilometers inl ...

of West Africa. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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barteri Flora of West Tropical Africa Vulnerable plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Melastomataceae-stub