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Species of tree

Anthoshorea symingtonii
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Dipterocarpaceae
Genus: Anthoshorea
Species: A. symingtonii
Binomial name
Anthoshorea symingtonii
(G.H.S.Wood) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck. (2022)
Synonyms

Shorea symingtonii G.H.S.Wood (1960)

Anthoshorea symingtonii (also called white meranti) is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is endemic to eastern Sabah in Malaysian Borneo.

It is a large emergent tree, growing up to 50 meters tall with a trunk up to 1.5 metres in diameter.

Anthoshorea symingtonii is native to eastern and southeastern parts Sabah, including Kinabatangan, Lahad Datu, Sandakan, Semporna and Tawau districts. It is found in Kinabalu Park and Lingkabau Forest Reserve.

It grows scattered in undulating lowland and hill mixed dipterocarp forest on clay-rich soils, up to 721 metres elevation.

References

  1. ^ Khoo, E.; Lee, Y.L.; Maycock, C.R.; Nilus, R.; Sugau, J.; Tsen, S.; Hoo, P.K.; Tanggaraju, S.; Pereira, J.T. (2019). "Shorea symingtonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T31930A125917264. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T31930A125917264.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Anthoshorea symingtonii (G.H.S.Wood) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Anthoshorea symingtonii
Shorea symingtonii
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