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Liana Ecology Project
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Population and genetic structure of the West African rain forest liana Ancistrocladus korupensis (Ancistrocladaceae)
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Foster P; Sork V
1997
American Journal of Botany
84
1078-1091
Ancistrocladus korupensis D. W. Thomas & Gereau (Ancistrocladaceae) is a recently described liana from Cameroon. Its leaves yield the alkaloid michellamine B which shows in vitro activity against HIV. The only known population is limited to 15000 ha within Korup National Park and its immediate surroundings. This study: (1) describes ecological patterns (geographic range population density stage and size class distributions host tree
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