Bryophytes from the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (West-Central Africa) I. Introduction and preliminary checklist.

1996 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-58
Author(s):  
Patxi Heras Pérez ◽  
Marta Infante Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Central Africa ◽  
Equatorial Guinea ◽  
General Overview ◽  
Western Africa ◽  
West Central ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Physical Features

A preliminary list consisting of 159 bryophyte taxa (82 liverworts and 77 mosses) has been compiled from the bryological literature on the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (Central-Western Africa) until 1995. A general overview of the physical features and vegetation of the country, and an account of the history of its bryological exploration are also included.

Bryophytes from the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (West Central Africa). V. Diplasiolejeunea cogoensis sp. nov.

1999 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-12
Author(s):  
Marta Infante ◽  
Patxi Heras ◽  
Tamás Pócs
Keyword(s):  
Central Africa ◽  
Equatorial Guinea ◽  
West Central ◽  
The Republic

Diplasiolejeunea cogoensis is described as new from Equatorial Guinea (West Central Africa). It is included in Sectio Villaumeae, it is recognisable by its big size, the auriculated dorsal base of lobe, its long and always double first tooth and the shape and location of propaguliferous leaves.

Bryophytes from the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (West Central Africa). IV. Notes on some nomina nuda from Annobon

1999 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-129
Author(s):  
Patxi Heras Pérez ◽  
Marta Infante Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Equatorial Guinea ◽  
Moss Species ◽  
West Central ◽  
The Republic

Eight moss species corresponding to nomina nuda recorded in the literature from Annobon Island are listed with their recent determination and current names. Leucophanes unguiculatum, Philonotis uncinata var. glaucescens and Vesicularia strephomischos are new records for the Equatorial Guinean bryoflora.

Bryophytes from the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (West Central Africa).VI. Cololejeunea iradieri sp. nov., Cololejeunea magna stat. nov. and their relations to similar species

1999 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-18
Author(s):  
Marta Infante ◽  
Patxi Heras
Keyword(s):  
Central Africa ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Equatorial Guinea ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
West Central ◽  
The Republic

The group of African Cololejeunea species with a heart-shaped perianth and elongate marginal leaf cells has been studied. Cololejeunea iradieri is described as new from Equatorial Guinea (West Central Africa), while Cololejeunea harrisii Pócs var. magna Tix. is raised to species level. Their relations to similar species, C. amaniensis Pócs, C. harrisii Pócs and C. tenuiparietata Tix., are discussed.

Bryophytes from the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (West-Central Africa) II.Bryophytes collected by Emilio Guinea (1907-1985) in the Island of Bioco in 1947.

1997 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-135
Author(s):  
M. Infante ◽  
P. Heras ◽  
W. R. Buck
Keyword(s):  
Central Africa ◽  
Equatorial Guinea ◽  
West Central ◽  
The Republic

Some unidentified samples of bryophytes collected by Emilio Guinea in Bioco (Equatorial Guinea) in 1947 have been studied. Twenty-seven taxa are the result of this study, nine of them being new for Equatorial Guinea and two new for the island of Bioco.

Bryophytes from the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (West Central Africa). III. Contribution to the bryoflora of Rio Muni (Continental Region)

1998 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Marta Infante Sánchez ◽  
Patxi Heras Pérez
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Equatorial Guinea ◽  
West Central ◽  
First Results ◽  
Continental Part ◽  
The Republic

First results of the identification work of the collections made by Patxi Heras on Río Muni, the continental part of Equatorial Guinea, are offered. A list of 155 taxa (85 liverworts and 70 mosses) is included, 90 of them being new records for the country.

scholarly journals It Never Happened: Kinguri's Exodus and its Consequences

1998 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 387-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Vansina
Keyword(s):  
Central Africa ◽  
West Central ◽  
History Of ◽  
Radical Revision ◽  
Vast Area

The later precolonial history of a vast area in west central Africa between the Kwango and the Lubilash rivers starts with—and is dated by—the tradition of exodus of Kinguri and his companions from the heartland of the Lunda commonwealth. For the last two decades, however, several scholars have claimed that this tradition is merely a later addition to the older body of the traditions told by a dozen or so different peoples in west central Africa. Yet so far no one has examined where and when and how the Kinguri exodus tradition could have grafted itself onto the traditions of so many peoples over such a vast area. If true, this claim also requires a radical revision of the accepted history of western Lunda expansion. To examine the claim and its consequences is the aim of this article, which begins with the earliest written report of the Kinguri's exodus story.

Traditions of Genesis and the Luba Diaspora

1977 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 183-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Q. Reefe
Keyword(s):  
Central Africa ◽  
Early History ◽  
Oral Traditions ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Story Line ◽  
Origin Stories ◽  
West Central ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Function ◽  
Different Origin

Origin stories are an important genre of central African oral traditions. Historians have long been intrigued by these stories, for their plots tell of the beginnings of societies and of the founding of ruling dynasties. It has been possible to cross-check the information in the oral traditions of many of the societies of west central Africa against data in Portuguese written records dating to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. These documents have helped to direct investigators towards the best assumptions to make when analyzing the oral traditions of west central African societies. However, writing the early history of the savanna societies in the very middle of central Africa (in southern Zaire and northern Zambia) has always been hampered by the absence of written documents which describe the area much before the early nineteenth century. Historians studying the early political history of these societies have been forced to link the events and characters of origin stories to each other without any anchor in written documentation.Recently, doubts have been raised about the nature and function of origin stories. It is no longer clear that the first step in studying the early history of central African savanna societies is to compare different origin stories with each other, as one would a group of written documents, in order to establish a consistent historical story-line or narrative. Rather, questions raised about the nature of origin stories have brought out the point that the first step in writing the early history of this area is to resolve methodological and historiographical issues, before the historical essence can be distilled from these tales.

Gabon

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marius Schneider ◽  
Vanessa Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
Central Africa ◽  
Economic Capital ◽  
Equatorial Guinea ◽  
Official Language ◽  
Republic Of Congo ◽  
The Republic

Gabon is located in central Africa. It is bordered by Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, and the Republic of Congo. A sparsely populated country covered at 85 per cent of its territory with forests, Gabon has a population of 1.7 million over a territory of 26,000 square kilometres (km). The population is highly urbanized, with more than four in five Gabonese living in the cities. The capital Libreville and Port-Gentil, the economic capital of the country hosts 59 per cent of the population. The official language of Gabon is French, and the currency used is the CFA.

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