Biology:Weinmannia rutenbergii

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Weinmannia rutenbergii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Cunoniaceae
Genus: Weinmannia
Species:
W. rutenbergii
Binomial name
Weinmannia rutenbergii
Engl.
Synonyms[2]

Pterophylla rutenbergii (Engl.) J.Bradford & Z.S.Rogers

Weinmannia rutenbergii is a species of plant in the family Cunoniaceae endemic to Madagascar . The species is common and has a widespread distribution. It can be found from sea level to the summits at Marojejy National Park. The species does best in open, disturbed habitat, particularly on roadsides and areas recently burned. The species exhibits high morphological plasticity, ranging from being shrub-like with small leaves at high altitudes to being a large canopy tree with large leaves in lowland areas.[3]

References

  1. Ravololomanana, N. 2020. Weinmannia rutenbergii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T70102463A70156761. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T70102463A70156761.en. Accessed 26 September 2022.
  2. Pterophylla rutenbergii (Engl.) J.Bradford & Z.S.Rogers. Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 25 September 2022.
  3. Bradford & Miller 2001, p. 232.

Literature cited

Bradford, J. C.; Miller, J. S. (2001). "New taxa and nomenclatural notes on the flora of the Marojejy massif, Madagascar. V. Cunoniaceae: Weinmannia". Adansonia. Series 3 23 (2): 219–236. http://www.mnhn.fr/publication/adanson/a01n2a4.pdf. Retrieved 8 August 2011. 

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