''Cotylelobium'' is a genus of plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The name ''Cotylelobium'' is derived from

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(''kotyle'' = a small cup and ''lobos'' = a pod) and describes the receptacle. It contains five species distributed in

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, Peninsular

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. All five species are listed on the IUCN redlist, as either

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or critically endangered.

Species

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Cotylelobium burckii ''Cotylelobium burckii'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The species is named after W. Burck, (1848–1910), a botanist that worked on the Dipterocarpaceae and the Sapotaceae. ''C. burckii'' is a canopy tree, up to 40 m, fo ...

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Cotylelobium lanceolatum ''Cotylelobium lanceolatum'' is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The specific epithet ''lanceolatum'' means "lance-like", referring to the shape of the leaf. Description ''Cotylelobium lanceolatum'' grows up to tall, with a trunk diameter ...

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Cotylelobium lewisianum ''Cotylelobium lewisianum'' is a plant in the Dipterocarpaceae family. It is critically endangered. Distribution It is native to Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, � ...

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Cotylelobium scabriusculum ''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 Lank ...

References

Dipterocarpaceae Malvales genera {{Dipterocarpaceae-stub