''Microtropis'' 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 ...

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Celastraceae The Celastraceae (staff-vine or bittersweet) are a family of 97 genera and 1,350 species of herbs, vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only ''Celastrus'' (the s ...

. There are about 70 species. They are trees and shrubs, evergreen or deciduous, with oppositely arranged leaves and white or yellowish flowers.''Microtropis''.
Flora of China. ''Microtropis'' are distributed in

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, and

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Microtropis argentea ''Microtropis argentea'' is a species of tree in the family Celastraceae. It is endemic to Borneo, where it is confined to Sarawak. References argentea Endemic flora of Borneo Trees of Borneo Flora of Sarawak Vulnerable plants Ta ...

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Microtropis borneensis ''Microtropis borneensis'' is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is endemic to Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southe ...

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Microtropis densiflora ''Microtropis densiflora'' is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is endemic to Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territ ...

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Microtropis fascicularis ''Microtropis fascicularis'' is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is endemic to Borneo where it is confined to Sarawak. It is a deciduous shrub normally ranging in height from 1–5 m, though sometimes it can scramble higher into ...

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Microtropis keningauensis ''Microtropis keningauensis'' is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is endemic to Borneo where it is confined to Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, ...

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Microtropis rigida ''Microtropis rigida'' is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is a tree endemic to Borneo where it is confined to Sarawak Sarawak (; ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. The largest among the ...

Ridl. Henry Nicholas Ridley CMG (1911), MA (Oxon), FRS, FLS, F.R.H.S. (10 December 1855 – 24 October 1956) was an English botanist, geologist and naturalist who lived much of his life in Singapore. He was instrumental in promoting rubber trees i ...

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Microtropis sabahensis ''Microtropis sabahensis'' is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is a tree endemic to Borneo where it is confined to Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Bor ...

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Microtropis sarawakensis ''Microtropis sarawakensis'' is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is a tree endemic to Borneo where it is confined to Sarawak Sarawak (; ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. The largest amon ...

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Microtropis tenuis ''Microtropis tenuis'' is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by w ...

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Microtropis zeylanica ''Microtropis zeylanica'' is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit ...

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Celastrales genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Celastraceae-stub