WCS 3-Sentence Science

Gabon’s Diverse Grass Species

April 28, 2019

Photo credit: WCS Congo

Each year, Wildlife Conservation Society scientists publish more than 300 peer-reviewed studies and papers. “WCS 3-Sentence Science” is a regular tip-sheet — in bite sized helpings — of some of this published work.

Here we present Clay Boupoya’s work on the diversity of grass species in Gabon:

1. The number of vascular plant species known to occur in Gabon is rising quickly due to renewed collecting and inventory activities, often in little-known or previously uncollected areas.
2. Researchers have now confirmed 190 species of grasses including eleven species and one variety recorded in Gabon for the first time.
3. New records of four rare grass species (Elionurus lien sit, Guaduella macrostachys, Paratheria prostrata and Puelia schumanniana) are discussed in the study.

Study and Journal: “Novitates Gabonenses 91: additions to the grass flora of Gabon” from Plant Ecology and Evolution
WCS Co-Author(s): Clay Boupoya , WCS Gabon

For more information, contact: Stephen Sautner, 718–220–3682, ssautner@wcs.org.