''Helicia pterygota'' is a plant in the family
Proteaceae
The Proteaceae form a family of flowering plants predominantly distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The family comprises 83 genera with about 1,660 known species. Together with the Platanaceae and Nelumbonaceae, they make up the order Pro ...
. It grows as a shrub or small tree up to tall, with a stem diameter of up to . The bark is brownish. The
specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
''pterygota'' is from the
Greek meaning "winged", referring to the
pedicel. Habitat is
montane forests from to elevation. ''H. pterygota'' is
endemic to
Borneo where it is confined to
Mount Kinabalu in
Sabah.
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References
pterygota
Endemic flora of Borneo
Flora of Mount Kinabalu
Plants described in 1955
Flora of the Borneo montane rain forests
Endemic flora of Malaysia
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