Pterophylla samoensis

Pterophylla samoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Oxalidales
Family:	Cunoniaceae
Genus:	Pterophylla
Species:	P. samoensis
Binomial name
Pterophylla samoensis (A.Gray) Pillon & H.C.Hopkins[1]
Synonyms[1]
Weinmannia manuana Christoph. Weinmannia rarotongensis Hemsl. Weinmannia samoensis A.Gray Windmannia samoensis (A.Gray) Kuntze

Pterophylla samoensis, formerly known as Weinmannia samoensis, is a species of plant in the family Cunoniaceae. It is a tree native to the Samoan Islands and to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands.^[1]

In the Samoan islands, Pterophylla samoensis is a common canopy tree in montane forests on lower mountain slopes, and in cloud forests above 650 metres elevation. It also grows on rocky upland lava flows.^[2]

It also grows in Rarotonga's Metrosideros cloud forest, on cloud-shrouded peaks and ridges above 400 metres elevation. Pterophylla samoensis is part of a low forest canopy which averages eight meters high, dominated by Metrosideros collina.^[3]