Biology:Uncaria elliptica

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Short description: Species of plant

Uncaria elliptica
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Uncaria
Species:
U. elliptica
Binomial name
Uncaria elliptica
R.Br. ex G.Don
Synonyms[1]
  • Uruparia dasyoneura Uncaria thwaitesii
  • Uncaria dasyoneura Nauclea dasyoneura
  • (Korth.) Walp. (R.Br. ex G.Don) Walp.
  • Korth. (Korth.) Kuntze
  • Uncaria gambier Uncaria brevispina
  • Thwaites, sensu auct. (Hook.f.) Alston
  • Nauclea elliptica Maingay ex Hook.f.
  • Pierre ex Pit. Uncaria rostrata

Uncaria elliptica, synonym Uncaria thwaitesii, is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is native from Sri Lanka through Indo-China to west Malesia.[1]

Distribution

Uncaria elliptica is native to Borneo, Cambodia, Java, the Malay Peninsula, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Thailand.[1]

Conservation

Uncaria thwaitesii was assessed as "critically endangered" in the 1998 IUCN Red List, where it is said to be native only to Sri Lanka.[2] (As of February 2023), U. thwaitesii was regarded as a synonym of Uncaria thwaitesii, which has a wider distribution.[1]

References

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