Biology:Platypterocarpus

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Platypterocarpus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Platypterocarpus
Dunkley & Brenan (1948)
Species:
P. tanganyikensis
Binomial name
Platypterocarpus tanganyikensis
Dunkley & Brenan (1948)

Platypterocarpus tanganyikensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae. It is a tree endemic endemic to the West Usambara Mountains of Tanzania, where it grows 13 to 27 meters tall. It is the sole species in genus Platypterocarpus.[2]

It grows in the transition zone between wet and dry Afromontane forest from 1500 to 1900 meters elevation, where it is fairly common in Podocarpus–Juniperus–Ocotea forest on grey sandy soil.[2]

References

  1. Mwangoka, M.; Ndangalasi, H.; Kindeketa, W.; Luke, W.R.Q.; Kabuye, C.; Kalema, J.; Minani, V.; Kelbessa, E. et al. (2022). "Platypterocarpus tanganyikensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T32875A2826082. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T32875A2826082.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/32875/2826082. Retrieved 26 November 2023. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Platypterocarpus tanganyikensis Dunkley & Brenan. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 November 2023.

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