Rubroshorea pauciflora
| Rubroshorea pauciflora | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Dipterocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Rubroshorea |
| Species: | R. pauciflora |
| Binomial name | |
| Rubroshorea pauciflora | |
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Rubroshorea pauciflora (called, along with some other species in the genera Rubroshorea and Shorea, dark red meranti or red lauan) is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is native to Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra. It is a large tree, with a cauliflower-shaped crown which can grow up to 60 metres tall and a straight, cylindrical bole up to 220 cm in diameter, with buttresses up to 4 metres tall. It grows in lowland and hill mixed dipterocarp rain forest on well-drained sandy and clayey soils up to 900 metres elevation. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
The species was first described as Shorea pauciflora by George King in 1893.[2] The specific epithet pauciflora is Latin for 'few-flowered'.[3][4] In 2022 Peter Shaw Ashton and Jacqueline Heckenhauer placed the species in the newly-described genus Rubroshorea as R. pauciflora.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Chua, L.S.L.; Cicuzza, D.; Ganesan, S.K; Hamidi, A.; Rachmat, H.H.; Julia, S.; Khoo, E.; Kusumadewi, Y.; Ling, C.Y.; Maycock, C.R.; Randi, A.; Robiansyah, I.; Strijk, J.S.; Tsen, S.; Bodos, V.; Nilus, R.; Sugau, J.; Pereira, J.T. & Kusuma, Y.W.C.K. (2023). "Shorea pauciflora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T33134A68074991. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T33134A68074991.en. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 "Rubroshorea pauciflora (King) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ↑ Allen J. Coombes The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants, p. 106, at Google Books
- ↑ D. Gledhill The Names of Plants, p. 220, at Google Books
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