Hopea parvifolia
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| Hopea parvifolia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Dipterocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Hopea |
| Species: | H. parvifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Hopea parvifolia | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Anisoptera parvifolia Warb. | |
Hopea parvifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to New Guinea.[2] It is native to Central, Morobe, and Milne Bay provinces of Papua New Guinea, where it grows in lowland rain forests, typically near near rivers and below 200 meters elevation.[1]
The species was first described as Anisoptera parvifolia by Otto Warburg in 1891. In 1952 Dirk Fok van Slooten placed the species in genus Hopea as H. parvifolia.[2]
