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  • Cercestis camerunensis seedling, the third leaf is a foliage leaf emerging from the protective second cataphyll

    Cercestis camerunensis seedling, the third leaf is a foliage leaf emerging from the protective second cataphyll

  • Cercestis camerunensis seedling, the cotyledonary sheath embraces the base as a thick ring then two cataphylls are produced before the first foliage leaf

    Cercestis camerunensis seedling, the cotyledonary sheath embraces the base as a thick ring then two cataphylls are produced before the first foliage leaf

  • Cercestis camerunensis, one to three months old seedlings producing two cataphylls and the first foliage leaf

    Cercestis camerunensis, one to three months old seedlings producing two cataphylls and the first foliage leaf

  • Cercestis camerunensis, one year old seedlings

    Cercestis camerunensis, one year old seedlings

  • Cercestis camerunensis, base of seedlings exhibiting establishment growth through increasing diameter of stem connected to new adventitious roots

    Cercestis camerunensis, base of seedlings exhibiting establishment growth through increasing diameter of stem connected to new adventitious roots

  • Cercestis camerunensis, dense vegetative population creeping in swampy forest understory, Campo, Cameroon

    Cercestis camerunensis, dense vegetative population creeping in swampy forest understory, Campo, Cameroon

  • Cercestis camerunensis, vegetative population growing on a rock along a forest stream bank, Campo, Cameroun

    Cercestis camerunensis, vegetative population growing on a rock along a forest stream bank, Campo, Cameroun

  • Cercestis camerunensis, juvenile ovate leaf on the left and Cercestis mirabilis with hastate leaves on the right, creeping stages on forest floor, Kribi, Cameroun

    Cercestis camerunensis, juvenile ovate leaf on the left and Cercestis mirabilis with hastate leaves on the right, creeping stages on forest floor, Kribi, Cameroun

  • Cercestis camerunensis on the left and a variegated leaf form of Cercestis mirabilis, on the right, creeping stages on forest floor, Kribi, Cameroun

    Cercestis camerunensis on the left and a variegated leaf form of Cercestis mirabilis, on the right, creeping stages on forest floor, Kribi, Cameroun

  • Cercestis camerunensis on the left and Cercestis mirabilis on the right, creeping stages on forest floor, Kribi, Cameroun

    Cercestis camerunensis on the left and Cercestis mirabilis on the right, creeping stages on forest floor, Kribi, Cameroun

  • Cercestis camerunensis, juvenile oval shaped leaf with longitudinal perforations, Kribi, Cameroun

    Cercestis camerunensis, juvenile oval shaped leaf with longitudinal perforations, Kribi, Cameroun

  • Cercestis camerunensis, juvenile with ovate leaves creeping on forest floor, Kribi, Cameroun

    Cercestis camerunensis, juvenile with ovate leaves creeping on forest floor, Kribi, Cameroun

  • Cercestis camerunensis, leaf, Kribi, Cameroun

    Cercestis camerunensis, leaf, Kribi, Cameroun

  • Cercestis camerunensis, lower surface of the leaf blade with prominent nerves, Kribi, Cameroun

    Cercestis camerunensis, lower surface of the leaf blade with prominent nerves, Kribi, Cameroun

  • Cercestis camerunensis, individual at subadult stage growing on a rock along a forest stream bank, Kribi, Cameroun

    Cercestis camerunensis, individual at subadult stage growing on a rock along a forest stream bank, Kribi, Cameroun

  • Cercestis camerunensis in its swampy habitat, Campo, Cameroun

    Cercestis camerunensis in its swampy habitat, Campo, Cameroun

  • Cercestis camerunensis, mature individual climbing on small tree along a forest stream bank, Campo, Cameroun

    Cercestis camerunensis, mature individual climbing on small tree along a forest stream bank, Campo, Cameroun

  • Cercestis camerunensis, horizontal anchoring roots and one long flat downwards growing feeding root, Campo, Cameroon

    Cercestis camerunensis, horizontal anchoring roots and one long flat downwards growing feeding root, Campo, Cameroon

  • Cercestis camerunensis, increasing diameter of the stem due to two long flat downwards growing feeding roots, featuring establishment growth, Campo, Cameroon

    Cercestis camerunensis, increasing diameter of the stem due to two long flat downwards growing feeding roots, featuring establishment growth, Campo, Cameroon

  • Cercestis camerunensis, downwards growing flattened feeding roots and horizontally growing anchoring roots, Kribi, Cameroun

    Cercestis camerunensis, downwards growing flattened feeding roots and horizontally growing anchoring roots, Kribi, Cameroun

  • Cercestis camerunensis, downwards growing flattened feeding root and horizontally growing anchoring roots, Kribi, Cameroun

    Cercestis camerunensis, downwards growing flattened feeding root and horizontally growing anchoring roots, Kribi, Cameroun

  • Cercestis camerunensis, solitary downwards growing flattened feeding root and numerous horizontally growing anchoring roots, close up, Kribi, Cameroun

    Cercestis camerunensis, solitary downwards growing flattened feeding root and numerous horizontally growing anchoring roots, close up, Kribi, Cameroun

  • Cercestis camerunensis, horizontal numerous clasping roots partly covered by the wide flattened undulate appressed feeding roots, Kribi, Cameroon

    Cercestis camerunensis, horizontal numerous clasping roots partly covered by the wide flattened undulate appressed feeding roots, Kribi, Cameroon

  • Cercestis camerunensis, flat undulate feeding root, Kribi, Cameroon

    Cercestis camerunensis, flat undulate feeding root, Kribi, Cameroon

  • Patrick Blanc showing a bright silver patched young individual of Cercestis mirabilis close to a plain green one, Ebodjé, Campo, March 2018

    Patrick Blanc showing a bright silver patched young individual of Cercestis mirabilis close to a plain green one, Ebodjé, Campo, March 2018

  • Cercestis mirabilis, a bright silver patched leaves individual and a plain green one side by side in forest understory, Ebodjé, Campo, Cameroon

    Cercestis mirabilis, a bright silver patched leaves individual and a plain green one side by side in forest understory, Ebodjé, Campo, Cameroon

  • Cercestis mirabilis, leafy rosettes along tree trunk host, Campo, Cameroon copie

    Cercestis mirabilis, leafy rosettes along tree trunk host, Campo, Cameroon copie

  • Cercestis mirabilis, successive leafy rosettes along tree trunk host, Campo, Cameroon

    Cercestis mirabilis, successive leafy rosettes along tree trunk host, Campo, Cameroon

  • Cercestis mirabilis, leaves through sun flecks, Campo, Cameroun copie

    Cercestis mirabilis, leaves through sun flecks, Campo, Cameroun copie

  • Cercestis mirabilis climbing along a bare tree trunk, Ebodje, Cameroon

    Cercestis mirabilis climbing along a bare tree trunk, Ebodje, Cameroon

  • Cercestis mirabilis, leaf blade absent along the basal veins, Campo, Cameroun

    Cercestis mirabilis, leaf blade absent along the basal veins, Campo, Cameroun

  • Cercestis mirabilis, Condensed internodes and flagelliform climbing stem, Campo, Cameroon

    Cercestis mirabilis, Condensed internodes and flagelliform climbing stem, Campo, Cameroon

  • Cercestis mirabilis, downwards growing feeding roots with short spiny emergences, adhering to the host trunk, Campo, Cameroon

    Cercestis mirabilis, downwards growing feeding roots with short spiny emergences, adhering to the host trunk, Campo, Cameroon

  • Cercestis mirabilis, feeding roots with short spiny emergences, adhering to the host trunk, Campo, Cameroon

    Cercestis mirabilis, feeding roots with short spiny emergences, adhering to the host trunk, Campo, Cameroon

  • Cercestis mirabilis, feeding root apex with small verrucosities, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

    Cercestis mirabilis, feeding root apex with small verrucosities, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

  • Cercestis kamerunianus displaying its numerous leaf blades in a horizontal crown thus avoiding self shading, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

    Cercestis kamerunianus displaying its numerous leaf blades in a horizontal crown thus avoiding self shading, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

  • Cercestis kamerunianus, foliage leaf, Ebodje

    Cercestis kamerunianus, foliage leaf, Ebodje

  • Cercestis kamerunianus, successive stem traumatisms leading to profuse branching, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

    Cercestis kamerunianus, successive stem traumatisms leading to profuse branching, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

  • Cercestis kamerunianus, successive stem traumatisms leading to profuse branching without clear succession of cataphylls and foliage leaves as well as short and long internodes, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

    Cercestis kamerunianus, successive stem traumatisms leading to profuse branching without clear succession of cataphylls and foliage leaves as well as short and long internodes, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

  • Cercestis kamerunianus, succession of cataphylls and foliage leaves without distinction between short and long internodes, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

    Cercestis kamerunianus, succession of cataphylls and foliage leaves without distinction between short and long internodes, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

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