Aporosa ficifolia
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| Aporosa ficifolia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
| Genus: | Aporosa |
| Species: | A. ficifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Aporosa ficifolia | |
Aporosa ficifolia is a species of shrub in the family Phyllanthaceae. It grows 2-8m tall, it has a restricted habitat, growing in lowland open or pine forests up to 700m elevation.[3]
A. ficifolia is in a clade with sisters Aporosa octandra, A. planchoniana, A. tetrapleura, and A. villosa, separated from other species within the Appendiculatae section of the Aporosa genus.[4]
Description
Like other species in the Appendiculatae section of the Aporosa genus, this species has: glands that are basal and adaxial; disc-like glands scattered unevenly within arches of marginal veins throughout the abaxial surface of the leaf/lamina; stigma that are papillate; and the ovary has pubescent septae and column.[4]
Distribution
Habitat
Occurring in the Dry Dipterocarp Forest of Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, west-central Thailand, it is found in sites which have experienced a full range of burning frequencies, that is, it is found in places that have been frequently, infrequently and rarely burnt as well as unburnt.[5] However, they are most common in sites where fire is infrequent or rare. It is noted that A. ficifolia has adaption traits to the presence of fire: thick bark, and re-sprouting capacity following damage to the stem.
In Kirirom National Park, southeastern Cambodia, there is the largest stand of Pinus latteri forest in Cambodia. The pine provides some 50% of the 8-2 m canopy, growing at elevation from 400 m to 1000 m. Amongst the woody taxa in the understorey is A. ficifolia.[6]
In Choam Takong (choam="permanently inundated evergreen swamp forest", Khmer), Stung Treng Province, northeastern Cambodia, the shrub is infrequently found in both permanently and seasonally inundated areas of a unique evergreen freshwater swamp forest formation, with a canopy dominated by Eugenia, Ficus, and Litsea species, Macaranga triloba, Myristica iners, Pternandra caerulescens, and Livistona saribus.[7]