Biology:Stemonoporus scaphifolius

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Short description: Species of tree

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

Stemonoporus scaphifolius is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a small tree endemic to Sri Lanka. It is known from a single collection made in 1980 from lowland evergreen dipterocarp rain forest in Ratnapura District. It is either extremely rare or extinct.[1]

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

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5479527 entry