Stemonoporus elegans
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Species of tree
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Dipterocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Stemonoporus |
| Species: | S. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Stemonoporus elegans (Thwaites) Alston
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Stemonoporus elegans is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is endemic to southwestern Sri Lanka. It is a small to medium-sized tree native to the southern slope of Adam's Peak, where it forms small subpopulations in submontane rain forest.[1]
The species was first described as Monoporandra elegans by George Henry Kendrick Thwaites in 1954. In 1931 Arthur Hugh Garfit Alston placed the species in genus Stemonoporus as S. elegans.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sri Lankan Red List Group (2024). "Stemonoporus elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T30830A220446871.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/30830/220446871. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Stemonoporus elegans (Thwaites) Alston". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:321495-1.
Wikidata ☰ Q286331 entry
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