''Anisoptera'' is a genus of
plant
Plants are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all curr ...
s in the family
Dipterocarpaceae. The name ''Anisoptera'' is derived from
Greek
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(' = “unequal” and ' = “wing”) and describes the unequal fruit calyx lobes. It contains ten species distributed from Chittagong (Bangladesh) to New Guinea.
[ Eight out of the ten species are currently listed on the IUCN redlist. Of these, four species are listed as critically endangered and the other four as ]endangered
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. The main threat is habitat loss
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. The timber is a light hardwood.
Species
''The Plant List'' includes:TPL: ''Anisoptera''
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* ''Anisoptera aurea
''Anisoptera aurea'' is a tree species in the family Dipterocarpaceae. This Asian species has been recorded from: the Philippines (Luzon), peninsular Malaysia (Penang), Sumatra, and Myanmar urma( Taninthayi). No subspecies are listed in the Catal ...
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* '' Anisoptera costata''
* ''Anisoptera curtisii
''Anisoptera curtisii'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southe ...
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* '' Anisoptera grossivenia''
* ''Anisoptera laevis
''Anisoptera laevis'' is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The specific epithet ''laevis'' means "smooth", referring to the leaves.
Description
''Anisoptera laevis'' grows as an emergent tree up to tall, with a trunk diameter of up to . ...
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* ''Anisoptera marginata
''Anisoptera marginata'' is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The specific epithet ''marginata'' means "bordered", referring to the leaf veins.
Description
''Anisoptera marginata'' grows up to tall, with a trunk diameter of up to . It has ...
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* ''Anisoptera megistocarpa
''Anisoptera megistocarpa'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in mari ...
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* '' Anisoptera reticulata''
* '' Anisoptera scaphula''
* '' Anisoptera thurifera'' (Synonym ''A. brunnea'' Foxw.)
NB: ''Anisoptera parvifolia'' Warb. is a synonym of ''Hopea
''Hopea'' is a genus of plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The genus was named after John Hope, 1725–1786, the first Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. It contains some 113 species, distributed from Sri Lanka and sout ...
parvifolia'' (Warb.) Slooten
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