''Vatica'' is a genus of
plant
Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...
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 ...
. Its species range from India and southern China through Sri Lanka, Indochina, Indonesia, the Philippines, and New Guinea.
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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 ...
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* '']Vatica abdulrahmaniana
''Vatica'' is a genus of plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae. Its species range from India and southern China through Sri Lanka, Indochina, Indonesia, the Philippines, and New Guinea.
Species
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* ''Vatica acrocarpa
''Vatica'' is a genus of plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae. Its species range from India and southern China through Sri Lanka, Indochina, Indonesia, the Philippines, and New Guinea.
Species
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* '' Vatica adenanii''
* '' Vatica affinis''
* '' Vatica albiramis''
* ''Vatica badiifolia
''Vatica badiifolia'' is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, native to Borneo. The specific epithet ''badiifolia'' means "chestnut brown leaf", referring to the colour of the dry leaf.
Description
''Vatica badiifolia'' grows up to tall, with ...
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* ''Vatica bantamensis
''Vatica bantamensis'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to Banten in Indonesia. It is an endangered species
An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near fu ...
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* '' Vatica bella''
* ''Vatica borneensis
''Vatica borneensis'' is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, native to Borneo.
Description
''Vatica borneensis'' grows up to tall, with a trunk diameter of up to . Its coriaceous leaves are elliptic and measure up to long. The inflorescence ...
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* ''Vatica brevipes
''Vatica brevipes'' is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, native to Borneo. The specific epithet ''brevipes'' means "short foot", referring to the petiole.
Description
''Vatica brevipes'' grows up to tall, with a trunk diameter of up to . I ...
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* '' Vatica brunigii''
* '' Vatica cauliflora''
* '' Vatica chartacea''
* ''Vatica chevalieri
''Vatica'' is a genus of plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae. Its species range from India and southern China through Sri Lanka, Indochina, Indonesia, the Philippines, and New Guinea.
Species
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* ''Vatica chinensis
''Vatica chinensis'' is a species of flowering plant, flowering tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, found in South Asia.
Distribution
The tree is native to the Western Ghats range in Karnataka and Kerala states of southern India; and historica ...
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* ''Vatica compressa
''Vatica compressa'' is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, native to Borneo. The specific epithet ''compressa'' means "compressed", referring to the twig when young.
Description
''Vatica compressa'' grows up to tall, with a trunk diameter o ...
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* ''Vatica congesta
''Vatica congesta'' is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, native to Borneo. The specific epithet ''congesta'' means "congested or combined", referring to the inflorescences.
Description
''Vatica congesta'' grows up to tall, with a trunk dia ...
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* ''Vatica coriacea
''Vatica coriacea'' is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, native to Borneo. The specific epithet ''coriacea'' means "leathery", referring to the leaves.
Description
''Vatica coriacea'' grows up to tall, with a trunk diameter of up to . Its ...
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* ''Vatica cuneata
''Vatica'' is a genus of plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae. Its species range from India and southern China through Sri Lanka, Indochina, Indonesia, the Philippines, and New Guinea.
Species
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* ''Vatica cuspidata
''Vatica cuspidata'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It is a critically endangered species threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss or habita ...
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* ''Vatica diospyroides
''Vatica diospyroides'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree found in Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is a critically endangered species threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat l ...
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* ''Vatica dulitensis
''Vatica dulitensis'' is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, native to Borneo. It is named for Mount Dulit in Sarawak.
Description
''Vatica dulitensis'' grows up to tall, with a trunk diameter of up to . Its obovate to lanceolate leaves meas ...
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* ''Vatica elliptica
''Vatica elliptica'' is a rare species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, native to Mindanao island in the Philippines.
Distribution
The tropical rain forest tree is endemic to Mount Kaladis in Zamboanga del Sur province, on the Zamboanga P ...
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* ''Vatica endertii
''Vatica endertii'' is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, native to Borneo. It is named for the Dutch botanist F. H. Endert.
Description
''Vatica endertii'' grows up to tall, with a trunk diameter of up to . Its chartaceous leaves are obo ...
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* '' Vatica flavida''
* ''Vatica flavovirens
''Vatica flavovirens'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is a critically endangered species threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss or ...
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* '' Vatica glabrata''
* '' Vatica globosa''
* '' Vatica granulata''
* '' Vatica griffithii''
* '' Vatica guangxiensis''
* '' Vatica harmandiana''
* '' Vatica havilandii''
* '' Vatica heteroptera''
* '' Vatica hullettii''
* '' Vatica javanica''
* '' Vatica kanthanensis''
* '' Vatica lanceifolia''
* '' Vatica lobata''
* '' Vatica lowii''
* '' Vatica maingayi''
* ''Vatica mangachapoi
''Vatica mangachapoi'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae.Merrill, Elmer Drew. "An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants." An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants. (1923)
It is a tree found in the Malesia and Indoch ...
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* '' Vatica maritima''
* '' Vatica mendozae''
* '' Vatica micrantha''
* '' Vatica mizaniana''
* '' Vatica najibiana''
* ''Vatica nitens
''Vatica nitens'' is a species of flowering plant in the family ''Dipterocarpaceae''. It is a tree native to Peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo. It is an endangered species threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destr ...
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* '' Vatica oblongifolia''
* '' Vatica obovata''
* '' Vatica obscura''
* '' Vatica odorata''
* '' Vatica pachyphylla''
* '' Vatica pallida''
* '' Vatica paludosa''
* ''Vatica palungensis
''Vatica palungensis'' is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is endemic to Borneo, where it is known only from West Kalimantan, Indonesia.
''Vatica palungensis'' is recorded from a single area in Cabang Panti Research Site of Gunung Palun ...
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* '' Vatica parvifolia''
* ''Vatica patentinervia
''Vatica patentinervia'' is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, native to Borneo. The specific epithet ''patentinervia'' means 'widely divergent nerves', referring to the leaf veins.
Description
''Vatica patentinervia'' grows up to tall, wit ...
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* ''Vatica pauciflora
''Vatica pauciflora'' is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The specific epithet is Latin for 'few-flowered'.D. Gledhill
Distribution
''Vatica pauciflora'' is native to Sumatra (including Bangka Island), Peninsular Malaysia, Sin ...
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* '' Vatica pedicellata''
* '' Vatica pentandra''
* '' Vatica philastreana''
* '' Vatica rassak''
* '' Vatica ridleyana''
* '' Vatica rotata''
* '' Vatica rynchocarpa''
* ''Vatica sarawakensis
''Vatica sarawakensis'' is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is named for Sarawak, part of the species' range in Borneo.
Description
''Vatica sarawakensis'' grows up to tall, with a trunk diameter of up to . Its coriaceous leaves are ob ...
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* ''Vatica scortechinii
''Vatica scortechinii'' is a species of flowering plant in the family ''Dipterocarpaceae''. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It is a critically endangered species threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habit ...
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* '' Vatica soepadmoi''
* '' Vatica spatulata''
* '' Vatica stapfiana''
* '' Vatica subglabra''
* '' Vatica teysmanniana''
* '' Vatica umbonata''
* '' Vatica venulosa''
* '' Vatica vinosa''
* '' Vatica yeechongii''
References
Dipterocarpaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Flora of the Indomalayan realm
Taxa described in 1771
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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