Flora of Congo

Acanthus mayaccanus is a shrub species in the family Acanthaceae. It is endemic to the Republic of the Congo.

Microberlinia bisulcata is a lowland rainforest tree in the family Fabaceae, a species that is found only in Cameroon. It is threatened by habitat destruction and exploitation. Common names include African zebrawood, tigerwood, zebrano and zingana.

Cola letestui is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found only in Gabon.

Coffea kapakata, also known as kapakata, is a putative species of plant in the genus Coffea, more commonly known as coffee, that is native to western Angola and Congo. Specimens were collected in 1932, but precise locality details are uncertain, and no other specimens have since been discovered. Because so little information is known about it, its conservation status is categorised as 'data deficient'.

Ocotea gabonensis is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is an evergreen tree in the genus Ocotea. It is endemic to Gabon.

Msuata is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Vernonieae within the family Asteraceae. Species There is only one known species, Msuata buettneri, endemic to Zaire in Central Africa.

Dioncophyllum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Dioncophyllaceae. The only species is Dioncophyllum thollonii. It is native to Gabon and Republic of the Congo in west-central tropical Africa.

Chevalierella is a genus of African plants in the grass family. The only known species is Chevalierella dewildemanii, native to Republic of Congo and to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Peperomia thollonii is a species of flowering plant from the genus Peperomia. It was first described by Casimir de Candolle and published in the book "Notulae Systematicae. Herbier du Museum de Paris 3: 38. 1914 ". It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes. Its etymology came from François-Romain Thollon, a botanist and plant collector who worked in Gabon and the Congo.

Anonidium letestui is a species of plants in the custard apple family Annonaceae native to Gabon and Congo in West Central Africa. It is listed as endangered by the IUCN.

Tapura carinata is a species of plant in the Dichapetalaceae family. It is found in the Republic of the Congo and Gabon.

Pseudopancovia heteropetala is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Sapindaceae. It is the sole species in genus Pseudopancovia . Its native range is Gabon and Republic of the Congo in Western Central Tropical Africa.

Lijndenia brenanii is a species of plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is endemic to Tanzania.

Hymenocoleus glaber is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Cyperus chevalieri is a species of sedge that is endemic to Africa. The species was first formally described by the botanist Georg Kükenthal in 1936.

Tabernaemontana letestui is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is found in West Congo and Gabon.

Tabernaemontana bouquetii is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is found in Congo, and Gabon.

Letestua is a monotypic genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae, described as a genus in 1917. The genus name of Letestua is in honour of Georges Marie Patrice Charles Le Testu (1877–1967), who was a French colonial administrator in tropical Africa and later worked at a botanical garden in Caen. There is only one recognized species, Letestua durissima. It is native to Gabon and West Congo.

Dioncophyllum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Dioncophyllaceae. The only species is Dioncophyllum thollonii. It is native to Gabon and Republic of the Congo in west-central tropical Africa.

Beilschmiedia mayumbensis is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is threatened by habitat loss. Beilschmiedia mayumbensis is a small tree which grows up to 8 meters high. The species is known from only three collections, made between 1948 and 1958. The locations are widely scattered, and the species' estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) is to be 425,098 km2 while its estimated area of occupancy (AOO) is just 12 km2. It grows in lowland tropical rainforest including primary forest, old forest relics, and forest with Macrolobium,

Beilschmiedia giorgii is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Batesanthus pseudopalpus is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family. It is native to the Republic of the Congo and Gabon. Hendrik J. T. Venter and Rudolf L. Verhoeven, the botanists who first formally described the species, named it after the lobes of its corona which they said resemble the pedipalps of the rain spiders Palystes castaneus and Palystes superciliosus.

Aframomum singulariflorum is a species in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It was first described by Dhetchuvi in 1993.

Aframomum longipetiolatum is a monocotyledonous plant species in the family Zingiberaceae. It is native to Gabon.

Aframomum aulacocarpos is a monocotyledonous plant species described by François Pellegrin and Jean Koechlin. Aframomum aulacocarpos is part of the genus Aframomum and the family Zingiberaceae. No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.

Calyptrochilum aurantiacum is a plant species in the family Orchidaceae. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Augouardia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae. The genus has only one species, Augouardia letestui, which is endemic to Gabon, Africa.

Leptactina papalis is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a tree is native to Republic of the Congo and Gabon. It was first described as Coleactina papalis in 1970, and placed in the monotypic genus Coleactina. It was reclassified into genus Leptactina in 2015.

Georgesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae. It includes a single species, Georgesia cymosa, a liana native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of the Congo. The species was first described as Anisocycla cymosa by Georges Troupin in 1949. In 2023 Lian Lian & Wei Wang placed the species the newly-described monotypic genus Georgesia as Georgesia cymosa.

Georgesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae. It includes a single species, Georgesia cymosa, a liana native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of the Congo. The species was first described as Anisocycla cymosa by Georges Troupin in 1949. In 2023 Lian Lian & Wei Wang placed the species the newly-described monotypic genus Georgesia as Georgesia cymosa.