Flora of West-Central Africa

Coffea charrieriana, also known as Charrier coffee, is a species of flowering plant from the Coffea genus. It is a caffeine-free coffee plant endemic to Cameroon in Central Africa. It is the first recorded caffeine-free Coffea in Central Africa, and the second to be recorded in Africa. The first caffeine-free species was previously discovered in Kenya, named C. pseudozanguebariae. The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and a committee of taxonomists and scientists voted C. charrieriana as one of the top 10 species described in 2008.

Nymphaea thermarum, also known as Miniature Rwandan water lily, is a species of water lily that is endemic to Rwanda. Once thought to be extinct in the wild, all wild plants were believed to be lost due to destruction of its native habitat, but it was thought to be saved from extinction when it was grown from seed at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 2009. A previously-unknown wild population was discovered in 2023.

Medusandra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Peridiscaceae. It has two species, Medusandra richardsiana and Medusandra mpomiana. M. richardsiana is the most common and well known. Both species are native to Cameroon and adjacent countries. Medusandra was named by John Brenan in 1952. Brenan put Medusandra in its own family, Medusandraceae, and added Soyauxia to that family in 1953. Most authors, however, maintained Medusandraceae as a monogeneric family and put Soyauxia elsewhere. A detailed description of Medusandra was published by John Hutchinson in 1973. When the APG II system

Bulbophyllum teretifolium is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is an epiphyte with cylindrical leaves and up to about forty small, white and purplish flowers and is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical, moist montane forests, where it is threatened by habitat loss.

Bulbophyllum lizae is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.

Bulbophyllum jaapii is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It was described botanically in 2001. The distribution and range of B. jaapii is extremely limited; confined entirely to the summit forests and scrublands of a singular mountain in Cameroon (Mount Kupe, a dormant volcano on the Western High Plateau), at elevations of approximately 1,800 meters. It was first collected in November (during flowering), 1985 as a new discovery by D.W. Thomas and H.L. MacLeod, whom characterized them

Afrocarpus mannii is an evergreen coniferous tree native to the Afromontane forests of São Tomé Island in the Gulf of Guinea, growing on Pico de São Tomé at altitudes of 1,300 m (4,300 ft) up to the summit at 2,024 m (6,640 ft). This is the only Gymnosperm found on São Tomé e Príncipe. It was formerly classified as Podocarpus mannii. It is a small tree, growing 10–15 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, lanceolate, 6–8 cm long on mature trees, larger, to 15 cm long and 2 cm broad, on vigorous young trees. The seed cones are highly modified, with a single 2 cm diameter seed with a thin

Pavetta rubentifolia is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Pavetta muiriana is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Pavetta kupensis is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Bulbophyllum pandanetorum is a rare species of epiphytic plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is found in Cameroon and Gabon, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests at elevations roughly between 200 and 950 meters. It is threatened by habitat loss. It was botanically described in 1954. In September 1925, the first sample of B. pandanetorum were collected, twice, in Gabon. They were both found in the Ngounie River region; the first specimen was located near Kembélé, and the second, along the River Dévèla. Both were attached to Pandanus trees, and so the

Bulbophyllum blepharochilum is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae.

Veyretella is a genus of terrestrial flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains two known species, both endemic to Gabon. Veyretella flabellata Szlach., Marg. & Mytnik Veyretella hetaerioides (Summerh.) Szlach. & Olszewski

Psychotria guerkeana is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to São Tomé Island and is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN. It was named and described by Karl Moritz Schumann.

Pavetta monticola is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Equatorial Guinea and São Tomé and Príncipe.

Oxyanthus okuensis is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Justicia camerunensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is found in Cameroon and Nigeria. Its natural habitat is the understorey of closed-canopy mid-elevation tropical lowland and montane rain forests from 600 to 1,400 meters elevation. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Gastrodia africana is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Encephalartos marunguensis, the Marungu cycad, is a species of cycad in Africa. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (in the Marungu Mountains and on Muhila plateau) and Tanzania (about 100 km west of Marungu) in the southeast of the country.

Bulbophyllum nummularia is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.

Bulbophyllum mediocre is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.

Bulbophyllum luciphilum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum found in São Tomé at elevations of 1000 meters.

Bulbophyllum horridulum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.

Bampsia is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Linderniaceae. Its native range is Democratic Republic of the Congo. Species: Bampsia lawalreeana Lisowski & Mielcarek Bampsia symoensiana Lisowski & Mielcarek

Uvariopsis dicaprio is a species of tropical evergreen tree in the genus Uvariopsis. It is endemic to the Ebo Forest, in the Littoral Region of Cameroon. It was the first new plant species described in 2022, and was named after American actor Leonardo DiCaprio by botanists Martin Cheek and George Gosline, from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. U. dicaprio is classified as Critically Endangered in the IUCN Red List.

Newtonia camerunensis is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.

Hernandia beninensis is a species of plant in the Hernandiaceae family. It is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe and is listed as near threatened by the IUCN.

Djinga is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Podostemaceae. Its native range is Western Central Tropical Africa. Species: Djinga cheekii Ghogue, Huber & Rutish. Djinga felicis C.Cusset

Cola cecidiifolia is a species of flowering plant in the Family Malvaceae. It is found only in Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Bulbophyllum subligaculiferum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum endemic to the forests of Cameroon and Gabon. As a result of its decreasing population, it has been listed as 'Endangered' under criteria B2ab(iii,v) of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018.