Stemonoporus moonii
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Dipterocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Stemonoporus |
| Species: | S. moonii |
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| Stemonoporus moonii | |
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Stemonoporus moonii (Sinhalese: Hora-wel) is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a shrub or small tree up to 4 metres tall which is endemic to southwestern Sri Lanka. It is known from a single location in Kalutara District, where it grows in the understorey of one of Sri Lanka's last remaining freshwater swamp forests and in marshy, periodically inundated areas near slow-running streams.[1] It is threatened by habitat loss from the conversion of swamp forests to rice fields. The IUCN Red List assesses the species as critically endangered.[1]
The species was first described by George Henry Kendrick Thwaites in 1858.[2]
