Biology:Ascarina diffusa

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Ascarina diffusa
Ascarina diffusa A.C.Sm. (AM AK13041).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Chloranthales
Family: Chloranthaceae
Genus: Ascarina
Species:
A. diffusa
Binomial name
Ascarina diffusa
A.C.Sm. (1976)

Ascarina diffusa is a species of flowering plant in the family Chloranthaceae. It is native to the tropical Pacific, ranging from the Bismarck Archipelago through the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, and the Samoan Islands to the Cook Islands.[1]

On Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, Ascarina diffusa is a characteristic tree of cloud forests above 400 meters elevation, becoming dominant or co-dominant with Metrosideros collina in higher and wetter cloud forest areas.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q17398402 entry