Biology:Hopea scabra

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Short description: Species of tree

Hopea scabra
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Dipterocarpaceae
Genus: Hopea
Species:
H. scabra
Binomial name
Hopea scabra
P.S.Ashton

Hopea scabra is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to Papua New Guinea. It is a medium-sized tree which grows up to 20 metres tall. It is known only from Sudest Island in the Louisiade Archipelago of Milne Bay Province. It grows in lowland coastal rain forest near rivers at about 30 metres elevation.[1]

The species was first described by Peter Shaw Ashton in 1978.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5499157 entry