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Dipterocarpaceae

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Dipterocarpaceae

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Dipterocarpaceae is a family of flowering plants with 22 genera and about 695 known species of mainly lowland tropical forest trees. Their distribution is pantropical, from northern South America to Africa, the Seychelles, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines. The greatest diversity of Dipterocarpaceae occurs in Borneo.

Species

Dipterocarpaceae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMalvales
  5. FamilyDipterocarpaceae
Observations recorded90,645

Teile dieses Artikels scheinen seit 2016 nicht mehr aktuell zu sein.Bitte hilf mit, die fehlenden Informationen zu recherchieren und einzufügen. Die Flügelfruchtgewächse (Dipterocarpaceae) sind eine Pflanzenfamilie in der Ordnung der Malvenartigen (Malvales).

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
903
With media
292
Family
Dipterocarpaceae
Collections
ANSP, BRIT, MEL, RSA
Recorded in
Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Cambodia, Zimbabwe

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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • Classification
  • Fossilized arthropods
  • Ecology
  • Conservation and climate change
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Dipterocarpaceae is a family of flowering plants with 22 genera and about 695 known species of mainly lowland tropical forest trees. Their distribution is pantropical, from northern South America to Africa, the Seychelles, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines. The greatest diversity of Dipterocarpaceae occurs in Borneo.

The largest genera are Shorea (196 species), Hopea (104 species), Dipterocarpus (70 species), and Vatica (65 species). Many are large forest-emergent species, typically reaching heights of 40–70 m, some even over 80 m (in the genera Dryobalanops, Hopea and Shorea), with the tallest known living specimen (Shorea faguetiana) 93.0 m tall. Named Menara, 'tower' in Malay, this specimen is a yellow meranti tree. It grows in the Danum Valley in Sabah.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dipterocarpaceae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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