Biology:Ephippiandra masoalensis

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Ephippiandra masoalensis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Monimiaceae
Genus: Ephippiandra
Species:
E. masoalensis
Binomial name
Ephippiandra masoalensis
Lorence

Ephippiandra masoalensis is a species of flowering plant endemic to the Masoala Peninsula of eastern Madagascar .[1]

Description

Ephippiandra masoalensis is small tree, growing up to five meters tall.

Range and habitat

The species is known from a single population in Masoala National Park on the Masoala Peninsula of eastern Madgagascar, overhanging the Antalavia River at 380 meters elevation. It grows in humid tropical evergreen lowland forest on lateritic soil.[1]

Conservation and threats

The species sole known population is in Masoala National Park, which is considered to be well-protected. The larger Madagascar lowland forests ecoregion is threatened by deforestation, shifting agriculture, and illegal logging and wood harvesting, but it isn't known whether these threats to the ecoregion also pose a threat to this species.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Rabarimanarivo, M. 2020. Ephippiandra masoalensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T137673521A137901533. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T137673521A137901533.en. Accessed 16 September 2022.

Wikidata ☰ Q15593609 entry