Biology:Kayea coriacea

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Kayea coriacea
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Calophyllaceae
Genus: Kayea
Species:
K. coriacea
Binomial name
Kayea coriacea
(P.F.Stevens) P.F.Stevens
Synonyms[2]

Mesua coriacea P.F.Stevens

Kayea coriacea is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family. It is a tree endemic to Western Province of Papua New Guinea in central New Guinea. It grows in seasonally-flooded forests and on ridges in lowland rain forests.[1]

The species was first described as Mesua coriacea by Peter F. Stevens in 1974. In 1993 Stevens placed the species in genus Kayea as K. coriacea.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5457123 entry