Astronidium pallidiflorum
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| Astronidium pallidiflorum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Astronidium |
| Species: | A. pallidiflorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Astronidium pallidiflorum | |
Astronidium pallidiflorum is a species of plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is a tree which grows up to 15 metres tall and is endemic to Fiji. It is known from a single location on Viti Levu, where it grows in dense lowland rain forest from 50 to 150 metres elevation.[1]
The species was first described by Albert Charles Smith in 1967.[2]
