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Vatica elliptica

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Species of tree

Vatica elliptica
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Dipterocarpaceae
Genus: Vatica
Species: V. elliptica
Binomial name
Vatica elliptica
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Vatica elliptica is a rare species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, native to Mindanao island in the Philippines.

Distribution

The tropical rain forest tree is endemic to Mount Kaladis in Zamboanga del Sur province, on the Zamboanga Peninsula of Mindanao island, in the southern Philippines. It is part of the Mindanao montane rain forests ecoregion flora.

It is an IUCN Red List Critically endangered species. Threatened by habitat loss, it is considered to be very close to extinction.

See also

References

  1. ^ Energy Development Corporation; et al. (EDC) (2020). "Vatica elliptica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T33444A114505484. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T33444A114505484.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

External links

  • Media related to Vatica at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
Vatica elliptica


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