''Vepris heterophylla'' is an angiosperm belonging to the
kingdom Plantae, phylum
Tracheophta, class
Magnoliopsida, order
Sapindales, family
Rutaceae., genus ''
Vepris
''Vepris'' is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae. It comprises around 90 species, mainly from tropical Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands and at a lesser extent Arabia and India.
Species
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''. The genus Vepris is a widespread plant that is capable of adapting to a variety of climatic and soil conditions, drought inclusive ''Vepris heterophylla'' can be found in
Ghana,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Mali, and
Nigeria, on the
African continent
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
. It usually occurs in the dry forest, on rocky hills in the savanna, and on hill slopes with granite boulders and along temporary river banks ''Vepris heterophylla'' is listed as an Endangered species according to IUCN Red List Classification due to
habitat loss
References
External links
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Flora of West Tropical Africa
Endangered flora of Africa
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Adolf Engler
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