Biology:Hopea erosa

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Short description: Species of tree

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

Hopea erosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to the southern Western Ghats in southwestern India. It grows in lowland semi-evergreen and evergreen tropical moist forests from 70 to 800 meters elevation.[1]

The species was first described as Balanocarpus erosus by Richard Henry Beddome in 1874. In 1956 Richard Henry Beddome placed the species in genus Hopea as H. erosa.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3595429 entry