Biology:Cinnamomum lawang

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Short description: Species of tree

Cinnamomum lawang
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Cinnamomum
Species:
C. lawang
Binomial name
Cinnamomum lawang
Kosterm.[2]

Cinnamomum lawang is a species of tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae). It is endemic to Borneo.

Description

Cinnamomum lawang is a tree growing to 27 m tall, with a trunk 72 cm in diameter. It shares the same type of enlarged fleshy fruit cupule with Cinnamomum crassinervium, but differs in having distinctly stout and quadrangular apical twigs (vs. less angular), 4-locular stamens (vs. 2-locular), cupule perianth lobes not plicate (vs. plicate), and fruit pedicel terete in cross-section (vs. triangular).[3]

Range and habitat

Cinnamomum lawang is found in Sarawak (Sri Aman District) and West Kalimantan. It grows in lowland rain forest.[3]

References

  1. de Kok, R. (2020). "Cinnamomum lawang". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T125917324A125917327. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T125917324A125917327.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/125917324/125917327. Retrieved 9 April 2023. 
  2. Cinnamomum lawang Kosterm. Plants of the World Online. Accessed 9 April 2023.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Wuu-Kuang, Soh (2011). Taxonomic revision of Cinnamomum (Lauraceae) in Borneo. Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants, Volume 56, Number 3, 2011, pp. 241-264(24). Naturalis Biodiversity Center DOI: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651911X615168

Wikidata ☰ Q15605936 entry