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Dipterocarpaceae
Dipterocarpaceae is a family (biology), family of flowering plants with 22 genera and about 695 known species of mainly lowland tropical forest trees. Their distribution is pantropical, from northern South America to Africa, the Seychelles, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines. The greatest diversity of Dipterocarpaceae occurs in Borneo.Ashton, P.S. Dipterocarpaceae. ''Flora Malesiana'', 1982 Series I, 92: 237-552 The largest genera are ''Shorea'' (196 species), ''Hopea'' (104 species), ''Dipterocarpus'' (70 species), and ''Vatica'' (65 species).Ashton, P.S. Dipterocarpaceae. In ''Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak,'' Volume 5, 2004. Soepadmo, E., Saw, L. G. and Chung, R. C. K. eds. Government of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Many are large forest-emergent species, typically reaching heights of 40–70 m, some even over 80 m (in the genera ''Dryobalanops'', ''Hopea'' and ''Shorea''), with the tallest known living specimen (''Shorea faguetiana'') 93.0 m tall. Nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dipterocarpus
'' D. retusus'' in Köhler ''Dipterocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants and the type genus of family Dipterocarpaceae. ''Dipterocarpus'' is the third-largest and most diverse genus among the Dipterocarpaceae. The species are well known for timber, but less acknowledged for use in traditional herbal medicine. The genus has about 70 species, occurring in South Asia and Southeast Asia, from Sri Lanka and India to the Philippines. It is an important component of dipterocarp forests. Its generic name comes from Greek and means "two-winged fruits". The greatest diversity of ''Dipterocarpus'' species occurs on Borneo, with many endemic to the island. The oldest fossil of the genus, and Dipterocarpaceae, is from the latest Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Intertrappean Beds of India. Uses The genus is of considerable importance as timber trees and for producing resinous oil. The oil is sold under the trade names gurjun oil, kanyin oil, wood oil, and Keruing oil. ''D. turbinatus'', gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shorea
Fruit of a ''Shorea'' species ''Shorea'' is a genus of about 47 species of mainly rainforest trees in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The timber of trees of the genus is sold under the common names lauan, luan, lawaan, meranti, seraya, balau, bangkirai, and Philippine mahogany. Description The tallest documented tropical angiosperm is a '' Shorea faguetiana'' found in the Danum Valley Conservation Area, in Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo). In Sabah's Tawau Hills National Park, at least five other species of the genus have been measured to be over tall: '' S. argentifolia'', '' S. gibbosa'', '' S. johorensis'', '' S. smithiana'', and '' S. superba''. Borneo is also the hotspot of ''Shorea'' diversity with 138 species, of which 91 are endemic to the island.Ashton, P. S. "Dipterocarpaceae". In ''Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak,'' Volume 5, 2004. Soepadmo, E.; Saw, L. G. and Chung, R. C. K. eds. Government of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Reproduction The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudomonotes
''Pseudomonotes'' is a monotypic genus of trees in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It contains a single species ''Pseudomonotes tropenbosii'', which is endemic to the Amazon rainforest of Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel .... References Dipterocarpaceae Dipterocarpaceae genera Flora of the Amazon Monotypic Malvales genera Trees of Colombia {{Dipterocarpaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hopea
''Hopea'' is a genus of plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It contains some 113 species, distributed from Sri Lanka and southern India to the Andaman Islands, Myanmar, southern China, and southward throughout Malesia to New Guinea. They are mainly main and subcanopy trees of lowland rainforest, but some species can become also emergent trees, such as '' Hopea nutans''. The genus was named after John Hope, the first Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh .... Botany Trees in this genus are small or medium, but they can grow occasionally large. They have low branches and sometimes thick buttress roots. Their bark is chocolate brown and smooth at first, but later crack and mottle with grey spots. Species Spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vateriopsis
''Vateriopsis seychellarum'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae, and is the only species in the genus ''Vateriopsis''. It is endemic to Seychelles. It has been labeled as a critically endangered species due to climate change Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in Global surface temperature, global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate variability and change, Climate change in .... References Dipterocarpaceae Dipterocarpaceae genera Monotypic Malvales genera Endemic flora of Seychelles Trees of Seychelles Critically endangered plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Dipterocarpaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stemonoporus
''Stemonoporus'' is a genus of plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The genus is endemic to Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, .... It contains as many as 26 species, all but one confined to the perhumid forests of the island. Species 26 species are accepted:This list has been compiled from thDipterocarpaceae Data Base− held and maintained at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. * '' Stemonoporus acuminatus'' – (Thwaites) P.S.Ashton * '' Stemonoporus affinis'' – Thwaites * '' Stemonoporus angustisepalus'' – Kosterm. * '' Stemonoporus bullatus'' – Kosterm. * '' Stemonoporus canaliculatus'' – Thwaites * '' Stemonoporus ceylanicus'' – (Wight) Alston * '' Stemonoporus cordifolius'' – (Thwaites) P.S.Ashton * '' Stemonoporus elegans'' – Thwaites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parashorea
''Parashorea'' is a genus of plant in family Dipterocarpaceae. The name ''Parashorea'' is derived from Greek (''para'' = similar to) and refers to the genus similarity to ''Shorea''. It contains about 14 species distributed from South Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China and the southernmost parts of China to Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines. ''Parashorea'' trees have hard wood, can reach heights exceeding 70 metres, and have limbs reaching outward over ten metres. White seraya is a common name for several ''Parashorea'' species used in the timber trade. Species 14 species are accepted. * '' Parashorea aptera'' Slooten * '' Parashorea buchananii'' (C.E.C.Fisch.) Symington * '' Parashorea chinensis'' Wang Hsie * '' Parashorea densiflora'' Slooten & Symington * '' Parashorea dussaudii'' Tardieu * '' Parashorea globosa'' Symington * '' Parashorea lucida'' ( Miq.) Kurz * '' Parashorea macrophylla'' Wyatt-Sm. ''ex'' P.S.Ashton * '' Parashorea malaanonan'' (Blanco Blanco (''white'' o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monotes
''Monotes'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae. Its name, meaning "unity" or "uniqueness" was chosen because it was the only genus of dipterocarp then known to occur in Africa. The Zambezian region The Zambezian region is a large biogeographical region in Africa. The Zambezian region includes woodlands, savannas, grasslands, and thickets, extending from east to west in a broad belt across the continent. The Zambezian region lies south of th ... is the centre of diversity for the genus. Species 23 species are accepted. *'' Monotes adenophyllus'' Gilg *'' Monotes africanus'' A.DC. *'' Monotes autennei'' P.A.Duvign. *'' Monotes dasyanthus'' Gilg *'' Monotes doryphorus'' P.A.Duvign. *'' Monotes duvigneaudii'' Meerts *'' Monotes engleri'' Gilg *'' Monotes glaber'' Sprague *'' Monotes glandulosus'' Pierre *'' Monotes gossweileri'' De Wild. *'' Monotes hirtii'' P.A.Duvign. *'' Monotes hypoleucus'' (Welw.) Gilg *'' Monotes katangensis'' (De Wild.) De Wild. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marquesia
''Marquesia'' is a genus of plant in family Dipterocarpaceae. It is native to Africa and can be found in Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre and Zimbabwe. It contains the following species: * '' Marquesia acuminata'' * '' Marquesia excelsa'' * '' Marquesia macroura'' The genus name of ''Marquesia'' is in honour of L. Marques, who was a Portuguese plant collector hunting in Angola and Mozambique. The genus was circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle. * Circum ... by Ernst Friedrich Gilg in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. vol.40 on page 485 in 1908. References Dipterocarpaceae Dipterocarpaceae genera Flora of South Tropical Africa Flora of Equatorial Guinea Flora of Gabon Plants described in 1908 Taxa named by Ernest Friedrich Gilg {{Diptero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neohopea
''Neohopea isoptera'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is the sole species in genus ''Neohopea''. It is a tree endemic to Borneo Borneo () is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world, with an area of , and population of 23,053,723 (2020 national censuses). Situated at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, it is one of the Greater Sunda .... It is native to lowland mixed dipterocarp forest up to 500 meters elevation, where it is a canopy tree growing up to 60 meters tall. References Dipterocarpaceae Dipterocarpaceae genera Endemic dipterocarps of Borneo Flora of Brunei Flora of Kalimantan Flora of Sabah Flora of Sarawak Flora of the Borneo lowland rain forests Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN Taxa named by Peter Shaw Ashton {{Dipterocarpaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anisoptera (plant)
''Anisoptera''Korthals PW (1841) In: ''Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Ned. Bezitt., Bot.'' 65 is a genus of plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It contains ten species distributed from Chittagong in southeast of Bangladesh to New Guinea. Eight out of the ten species are currently listed on the IUCN Red List. Of these, four species are listed as critically endangered and the other four as endangered. The main threat is habitat loss. Taxonomy The name ''Anisoptera'' is derived from Ancient Greek, Greek ' “unequal” and ' “wing” describing the trees' unequal fruit calyx lobes. Characteristics Its bark is flaky and has vertical cracks. Its wood is pale and yellowish, it makes light hardwood timber. Species Ten species are accepted: * ''Anisoptera aurea'' – Philippines * ''Anisoptera costata'' – Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Philippines * ''Anisoptera curtisii'' – Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotylelobium
''Cotylelobium'' is a genus of plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The name ''Cotylelobium'' is derived from Greek (''kotyle'' = a small cup and ''lobos'' = a pod) and describes the receptacle. It contains five species distributed in Sri Lanka, Peninsular Thailand, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. All five species are listed on the IUCN redlist, as either vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered. Species , ''Plants of the World Online Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. History Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...'' accepts the following species: * '' Cotylelobium burckii'' * '' Cotylelobium lanceolatum'' * '' Cotylelobium lewisianum'' * '' Cotylelobium melanoxylon'' * '' Cotylelobium scabriusculum'' References Dipterocarpaceae Dipterocarpaceae genera Flora of the Indomalayan rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
