Cotylelobium lewisianum

Cotylelobium lewisianum is a species of tree in the Dipterocarpaceae family. It is critically endangered.

Cotylelobium lewisianum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Dipterocarpaceae
Genus: Cotylelobium
Species:
C. lewisianum
Binomial name
Cotylelobium lewisianum
(Trimen ex Hook.f.) P.S.Ashton (1972 publ. 1973)
Synonyms[1]
  • Stemonoporus lewisianus Trimen ex Hook.f. (1900)
  • Vateria lewisiana (Trimen ex Hook.f.) Alston (1931)
  • Vatica lewisiana (Trimen ex Hook.f.) Livera (1924)

Distribution

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It is endemic to Sri Lanka.[1][2]

Taxonomy

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It was named by Peter Shaw Ashton in Blumea, 20(2): 358 1972. published in 1973.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Cotylelobium lewisianum (Trimen ex Hook.f.) P.S.Ashton | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Holotype of Cotylelobium lewisianum P.S.Ashton [family DIPTEROCARPACEAE]". JSTOR Global Plants. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  3. ^ "Cotylelobium lewisianum (Trimen ex Hook.fil.) P.S.Ashton". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-06-17.