Biology:Marquesia macroura

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Marquesia macroura
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Dipterocarpaceae
Genus: Marquesia
Species:
M. macroura
Binomial name
Marquesia macroura
Gilg
Synonyms[2]
  • Monotes sapinii De Wild.
  • Trillesanthus macrourus (Gilg) Sosef

Marquesia macroura is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae.[2] It is a large tree, growing up to 30 meters tall, which is native to northern Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and western Tanzania. It flowers from June to October and is insect pollinated. It grows in wet miombo woodland and dry evergreen Cryptosepalum forest on loamy Kalahari sands up to 1,500 metres elevation.[1] The species is common in its habitat and often locally dominant. The population is declining from timber overharvesting and forest clearance.[1]

The species was first described by Ernest Friedrich Gilg in 1908.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Marfleet, K., Barstow, M., Beech, E. & Hills, R. 2023. Marquesia macroura. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023: e.T50737930A50737932. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T50737930A50737932.en. Accessed 6 March 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Marquesia macroura Gilg". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:365722-1. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15582423 entry