Hopea inexpectata
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| Hopea inexpectata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Dipterocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Hopea |
| Species: | H. inexpectata |
| Binomial name | |
| Hopea inexpectata | |
Hopea inexpectata is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a large tree, growing up to 35 meters tall, which is endemic to New Guinea. It is known from a single location in Western (Indonesian) New Guinea, where it grows in primary lowland rain forest on clay soil from 450 to 600 meters elevation.[1]
The species was first described by Peter Shaw Ashton in 1978.[2]
