Endemics in Family Order

Acanthaceae
Isoglossa glandulifera
Isoglossa nervosa
Oreacanthus mannii

Achariaceae
Camptostylus ovalis

Anacardiaceae
Trichoscypha bijuga
Trichoscypha camerunensis

Apiaceae
Peucedanum angustisectum

Apocynaceae
Tylophora cameroonica

Asparagaceae
Asparagus longipes

Asteraceae
Crudia bibundina
Helichrysum biafranum
Helichrysum cameroonense
Helichrysum mannii
Inula mannii
Mikaniopsis maitlandii
Pteris ekemae
Senecio burtonii

Begoniaceae
Begonia jussiaecarpa
Begonia quadrialata ssp. dusenii

Burmanniaceae
Oxygyne triandra

Campanulaceae
Lobelia columnaris

Caprifoliaceae
Succisa trichotocephala

Caryophyllaceae
Silene biafrae
Uebelinia hispida

Colchicaceae
Wurmbea tenuis

Commelinaceae
Commelina cameroonensis

Cyatheaceae
Alsophila camerooniana

Cyperaceae
Bulbostylis densa var. cameroonensis

Ericaceae
Agauria salicifolia

Gesneriaceae
Streptocarpus elongatus

Lamiaceae
Plectranthus dissitiflorus
Clinopodium robustum

Lauraceae
Beilschmiedia preussii

Malvaceae
Cola praeacuta

Myrtaceae
Myrtus kameruniana
Syzygium staudtii

Orchidaceae
Angraecopsis cryptantha
Disperis kamerunensis
Gastrodia africana
Genyorchis macrantha
Genyorchis platybulbon
Habenaria obovata
Polystachya albescens ssp. angustifolia
Polystachya alpina

Piperaceae
Peperomia vulcanica

Poaceae
Deschampsia mildbraedii
Hypseochloa
Hypseochloa cameroonensis

Polypodiaceae
Zygophlebia villosissima

Primulaceae
Afrardisia schlechteri
Ardisia oligantha

Sapindaceae
Allophylus bullatus

Sapotaceae
Synsepalum brenanii


Endemics in Alphabetical Order

Afrardisia schlechteri
Agauria salicifolia
Allophylus bullatus
Alsophila camerooniana
Angraecopsis cryptantha
Ardisia oligantha
Asparagus longipes
Begonia jussiaecarpa
Begonia quadrialata ssp. dusenii
Beilschmiedia preussii
Bulbostylis densa var. cameroonensis
Camptostylus ovalis
Clinopodium robustum
Cola praeacuta
Commelina cameroonensis
Crudia bibundina
Deschampsia mildbraedii
Disperis kamerunensis
Gastrodia africana
Genyorchis macrantha
Genyorchis platybulbon
Habenaria obovata
Helichrysum biafranum
Helichrysum cameroonense
Helichrysum mannii
Hypseochloa
Hypseochloa cameroonensis
Inula mannii
Isoglossa glandulifera
Isoglossa nervosa
Lobelia columnaris
Mikaniopsis maitlandii
Myrtus kameruniana
Oreacanthus mannii
Oxygyne triandra
Peperomia vulcanica
Peucedanum angustisectum
Plectranthus dissitiflorus
Polystachya albescens ssp. angustifolia
Polystachya alpina
Pteris ekemae
Senecio burtonii
Silene biafrae
Streptocarpus elongatus
Succisa trichotocephala
Synsepalum brenanii
Syzygium staudtii
Trichoscypha bijuga
Trichoscypha camerunensis
Tylophora cameroonica
Uebelinia hispida
Wurmbea tenuis
Zygophlebia villosissima


Summary

Included here is Cameroon Mountain (also know as Mount Cameroon) in the west African country of Cameroon close to the Gulf of Guinea. It is one of the largest volcanoes in Africa.

Of the endemic and near endemic vascular plants so far recorded there are about 53 species in 43 genera and 29 families. There is 1 near endemic genus (marked red) but no endemic families.

References

Cable, S. & Cheek, M. 1998. The Plants of Mount Cameroon. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Richards, P. W. 1963b. Ecological notes on west African vegetation. III. The uplands forests of the Cameroon Mountain. Journal of Ecology, 51: 529-554.