''Anisoptera'' is a genus of
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...
s in the family
Dipterocarpaceae
Dipterocarpaceae is a family of 16 genera and about 695 known species of mainly tropical lowland rainforest trees. The family name, from the type genus ''Dipterocarpus'', is derived from Greek (''di'' = two, ''pteron'' = wing and ''karpos'' = fru ...
. 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
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. 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 costata
''Anisoptera costata'' is an endangered species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The name ''costata'' is derived from Latin (''costatus'' = ribbed) and describes the prominent venation of the leaf blade. A huge emergent tree up to 65 m h ...
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* '' Anisoptera curtisii''
* ''Anisoptera grossivenia
''Anisoptera grossivenia'' is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, native to Borneo. The specific epithet ''grossivenia'' means "veined like unripe fig", referring to the purple veins of the leaf.
Description
''Anisoptera grossivenia'' grows ...
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* '' Anisoptera laevis''
* '' Anisoptera marginata''
* '' Anisoptera megistocarpa''
* ''Anisoptera reticulata
''Anisoptera reticulata'' is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The specific epithet ''reticulata'' means "netted", referring to the leaf veins.
Description
''Anisoptera reticulata'' grows up to tall, with a trunk diameter of up to . It has ...
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* ''Anisoptera scaphula
''Anisoptera scaphula'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is native to Bangladesh, Peninsular Malaysia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand.
Description
''Anisoptera scaphula'' is a tall tree, reaching a height of and a girth of . ...
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* ''Anisoptera thurifera
''Anisoptera thurifera'' is a tree species in the family Dipterocarpaceae. This Asian species has been recorded from Bangladesh through to New Guinea; the IUCN has categorised it as Vulnerable.
Subspecies
The Catalogue of Life
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'' (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 south ...
parvifolia'' (Warb.) Slooten
References
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