Biology:Stemonoporus laevifolius

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Short description: Species of tree

Stemonoporus laevifolius
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Dipterocarpaceae
Genus: Stemonoporus
Species:
S. laevifolius
Binomial name
Stemonoporus laevifolius
Kosterm.

Stemonoporus laevifolius is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to southwestern Sri Lanka. It is known from two locations in Sinharaja Forest Reserve, where it grows in lowland evergreen rain forest. The species is threatened by timber overharvesting and habitat loss from conversion of its native forests to farms and plantations. The IUCN Red List assesses the species as Critically Endangered.[1]

The species was first described by André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans in 1982.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5479503 entry