Anthoshorea
Genus of tropical trees
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Anthoshorea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It includes 23 species of trees native to tropical Asia, ranging from India and Sri Lanka to Indochina, south-central China, and Malesia.[1]
| Anthoshorea | |
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| Anthoshorea bracteolata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Dipterocarpaceae |
| Tribe: | Shoreae |
| Genus: | Anthoshorea Pierre (1891) |
| Species[1] | |
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23; see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Saul Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. (1834), not validly publ. | |
The genus corresponds to the 'white meranti' group in the Dipterocarp timber classification system.[2]
Species
22 species are accepted.[1]
- Anthoshorea agamae (G.H.S.Wood ex P.S.Ashton) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.
- Anthoshorea assamica (Dyer) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.
- Anthoshorea bentongensis (Foxw.) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.
- Anthoshorea bracteolata (Dyer) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.
- Anthoshorea confusa (P.S.Ashton) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.
- Anthoshorea cordata (P.S.Ashton) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.
- Anthoshorea dealbata (Foxw.) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.
- Anthoshorea farinosa (C.E.C.Fisch.) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.
- Anthoshorea gratissima (Wall. ex Kurz) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.
- Anthoshorea henryana (Pierre ex Laness.) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck. (unplaced)
- Anthoshorea hulanidda (Kosterm.) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.
- Anthoshorea hypochra (Hance) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.
- Anthoshorea javanica (Koord. & Valeton) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.
- Anthoshorea lamellata (Foxw.) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.
- Anthoshorea montigena (Slooten) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.
- Anthoshorea ochracea (Symington) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.
- Anthoshorea polita (S.Vidal) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.
- Anthoshorea resinosa (Foxw.) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.
- Anthoshorea retinodes (Slooten) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.
- Anthoshorea roxburghii (G.Don) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.
- Anthoshorea stipularis (Thwaites) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.
- Anthoshorea symingtonii (G.H.S.Wood) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.
- Anthoshorea virescens (Parijs) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.