Biology:Calophyllum hirasimum

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Calophyllum hirasimum
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Calophyllaceae
Genus: Calophyllum
Species:
C. hirasimum
Binomial name
Calophyllum hirasimum
P.F.Stevens

Calophyllum hirasimum is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family. It is a tree endemic to Western New Guinea in Indonesia. It grows 4 to 18 metres tall. It is native to the Arfak Mountains and Wissel Lake region of the Bird's Head Peninsula, where it grows in montane rain forest from 1,750 to 2,150 metres elevation. It is locally abundant in Nothofagus–conifer forest and in scrub of Myrtaceae, Ericaceae, and Nothofagus growing on clay soils.[1]

The species was described by Peter F. Stevens in 1980.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5023216 entry