Biology:Hopea cagayanensis

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Short description: Species of tree

Hopea cagayanensis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Dipterocarpaceae
Genus: Hopea
Species:
H. cagayanensis
Binomial name
Hopea cagayanensis
(Foxw.) Slooten
Synonyms[2]

Balanocarpus cagayanensis Foxw.

Hopea cagayanensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to northeastern Luzon in the Philippines.[2] It is native to lowland dipterocarp rain forest of the Lauan-Yakal type in Apayao, Cagayan and Ilocos Norte provinces. It flowers once every 4 to 6 years in May.[1]

The species was first described as Balanocarpus cagayanensis by Frederick William Foxworthy in 1918. In 1956 Dirk Fok van Slooten placed the species in genus Hopea as H. cagayanensis.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5485799 entry