Kingdom Plantae Family Rutaceae Scientific name Zanthoxylum psammophilum | Order Sapindales Genus Zanthoxylum Rank Species | |
Similar Zanthoxylum kauaense, Zanthoxylum brachyacanthum, Zanthoxylum hawaiiense | ||
Zanthoxylum psammophilum (synonym Fagara psammophila Aké Assi) is a species of shrub or small tree in the Rutaceae family. It is a large liana endemic to Côte d'Ivoire, although in 2005 it was found in Liberia as well. Zanthoxylum psammophilum, a new combination created in 1975 to subsume the genus Fagara into the genus Zanthoxylum based on morphology and secondary metabolites, is the preferred name according to the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève which has a section that specializes in the conservation and biodiversity of flowering plants of Côte d'Ivoire. However, the International Plant Names Index lists Fagara as the genus, and Zanthoxylum as the synonym. The type specimen for the plant was collected in the ecotone between the lowland Eastern Guinean forests (tropical rainforest) and the inland Guinean forest-savanna mosaic in the Lagunes District.