''Hopea'' is a genus of
plant
Plants are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all curr ...
s in the family
Dipterocarpaceae. The genus was named after
John Hope, 1725–1786, the first
Regius Keeper of the
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
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. It contains some 113 species, distributed from
Sri Lanka
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and southern
India
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to southern
China, and southward throughout
Malesia
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to
New Guinea
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. They are mainly main and
subcanopy
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tree
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s of lowland
rainforest
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,
[ but some species can become also ]emergent
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trees, such as ''Hopea nutans
''Hopea nutans'' is a large rainforest tree species in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is found in Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. The tallest measured specimen is 82.8 m tall in the Tawau Hills National Park, in Sabah on the island of Borneo
...
''.
Species accepted:
Other species recently used, but now not accepted include:
*''Hopea exalata
''Hopea exalata'' is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is endemic to Hainan Island in southern China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous c ...
'', now a synonym of ''Hopea reticulata
''Hopea reticulata'' is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is found in Thailand and Vietnam. Some authors include ''Hopea exalata'' of Hainan
Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republ ...
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*''Hopea kitulgallensis'', not now accepted
*''Hopea malabarica'', now a synonym of ''Hopea racophloea
''Hopea racophloea'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is native to Kerala and Karnataka in India.
References
Hopea, racophloea
Flora of Karnataka
Flora of Kerala
Endangered plants
Taxonomy articles created by Pol ...
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*''Hopea quisumbingiana
''Hopea quisumbingiana'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links ...
'', not now accepted
*''Hopea siamensis
''Hopea siamensis'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree found in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is a critically endangered species threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss ...
'', now a synonym of ''Hopea pierrei
''Hopea pierrei'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is an endangered tree found in Cambodia, where it is still relatively abundant in the Cardamom Mountains, but rare in Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam
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*''Hopea wightiana
''Hopea wightiana'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is endemic to India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most ...
'' Wall., now a synonym of ''Hopea ponga
''Hopea ponga'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is endemic to India
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Gallery
File:Hopea beccariana Base du tronc.JPG, ''Hopea beccariana
''Hopea beccariana'' is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is named for the Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari.
Description
''Hopea beccariana'' grows up to tall, with a trunk diameter of up to . It has buttresses. The bark is ...
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File:A leaf of Hopea odorata.jpg, ''Hopea odorata
''Hopea odorata'', or ta-khian ( th, ตะเคียน), is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is a large tree reaching up to 45 ...
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References
Malvales genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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