Stemonoporus scaphifolius
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| Stemonoporus scaphifolius | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Dipterocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Stemonoporus |
| Species: | S. scaphifolius |
| Binomial name | |
| Stemonoporus scaphifolius | |
Stemonoporus scaphifolius is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a small tree endemic to Sri Lanka. It is known from a single collection made in 1980 from lowland evergreen dipterocarp rain forest in Ratnapura District. It is either extremely rare or extinct.[1]
The species was first described by André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans in 1982.[2]
