''Anthoshorea'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the family
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 ...
. It includes 23 species of trees native to tropical Asia, ranging from India and Sri Lanka to Indochina, south-central China, and
Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...
.
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The genus corresponds to the 'white meranti' group in the Dipterocarp timber classification system.][Ashton, P.S., Heckenhauer, J. Tribe Shoreae (Dipterocarpaceae subfamily Dipterocarpoideae) Finally Dissected. ''Kew Bulletin'' 77, 885–903 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-022-10057-w]
Species
23 species are accepted.[
*'' Anthoshorea agami''
*'' Anthoshorea assamica''
*'' Anthoshorea bentongensis''
*'' Anthoshorea bracteolata''
*'' Anthoshorea confusa''
*'' Anthoshorea cordata''
*'' Anthoshorea dealbata''
*'' Anthoshorea farinosa''
*'' Anthoshorea gratissima''
*'' Anthoshorea henryana''
*'' Anthoshorea hulanidda''
*'' Anthoshorea hypochra''
*'' Anthoshorea javanica''
*'' Anthoshorea lamellata''
*'' Anthoshorea montigena''
*'' Anthoshorea ochracea''
*'' Anthoshorea polita''
*'' Anthoshorea resinosa''
*'' Anthoshorea retinodes''
*'' Anthoshorea roxburghii''
*'' Anthoshorea stipularis''
*'' Anthoshorea symingtonii''
*'' Anthoshorea virescens''
]
References
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Dipterocarpaceae genera
Taxa described in 1891
Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre