Rubroshorea selanica

Rubroshorea selanica is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to the Maluku Islands in Indonesia,^[2] where it is a canopy tree growing in lowland rain forest. It is a critically endangered species threatened by habitat loss.^[1]

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

Clade:Rosids

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Rubroshorea selanica
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus:	Rubroshorea
Species:	R. selanica
Binomial name
Rubroshorea selanica (Valmont) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.
Synonyms[2]
Dammara selanica Valmont (1791) (basionym) Engelhardia selanica (Valmont) Blume Hopea selanica (Valmont) Wight & Arn. Shorea selanica (Valmont) Blume Shorea selanica var. latifolia Blume Shorea selanica var. obtusa Burck Unona selanica (Valmont) DC. Xylopia orientalis Spreng.

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The species was first described as Dammara selanica by Jacques-Christophe Valmont de Bomare in 1791, and has several synonyms. In 2022 Peter Shaw Ashton and Jacqueline Heckenhauer placed the species in genus Rubroshorea as R. selanica.^[2]