''Aglaia leucoclada'' is an understorey tree in the family
Meliaceae. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
.
The main threat to this species is the destruction of its habitat.
The specific epithet, ''leucoclada'', derives from two Greek words: ''leucos'' (white) and ''clados'' (shoot/sprout) which were combined to give ''leucocladus, - a, -um'', describing the plant as having white shoots.
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References
Flora of Papua New Guinea
leucoclada
Vulnerable plants
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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