Rubroshorea rotundifolia
Species of tree
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Rubroshorea rotundifolia (also called light red meranti) is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to Borneo, where it is confined to Sarawak.[1]
| Rubroshorea rotundifolia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Dipterocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Rubroshorea |
| Species: | R. rotundifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Rubroshorea rotundifolia (P.S.Ashton) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck. | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Shorea rotundifolia P.S.Ashton | |
The species was first described as Shorea rotundifolia by Peter Shaw Ashton in 1967. In 2022 Ashton and Jacqueline Heckenhauer placed the species in genus Rubroshorea as R. rotundifolia.[2]
