Anisoptera (plant)
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Anisoptera[1]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". is a genus of plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae.[2] It contains ten species distributed from Chittagong in southeast of Bangladesh to New Guinea.[3]Template:Rp
Eight out of the ten species are currently listed on the IUCN Red List. Of these, four species are listed as critically endangered and the other four as endangered. The main threat is habitat loss.
Taxonomy
The name Anisoptera is derived from Greek Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". “unequal” and Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". “wing” describing the trees' unequal fruit calyx lobes.[3]Template:Rp
Characteristics
Its bark is flaky and has vertical cracks.[3]Template:Rp Its wood is pale and yellowish, it makes light hardwood timber.[3]Template:Rp
Species
Ten species are accepted:[2]
- Anisoptera aurea Template:Au – Philippines
- Anisoptera costata Template:Au – Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Philippines
- Anisoptera curtisii Template:Au – Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra
- Anisoptera grossivenia Template:Au – Borneo
- Anisoptera laevis Template:Au – Peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo
- Anisoptera marginata Template:Au – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo
- Anisoptera megistocarpa Template:Au – Peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra
- Anisoptera reticulata Template:Au – western and northwestern Borneo
- Anisoptera scaphula Template:Au – Assam, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and Vietnam
- Anisoptera thurifera Template:Au – Philippines, Sulawesi, Maluku, and New Guinea
NB: Anisoptera parvifolia Warb. is a synonym of Hopea parvifolia (Warb.) Slooten
References
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